EV Owners Thread

[stephec]

Filling up my car today and something else has come to mind, no more Tesco club card points. 😂

Not just yet though as I've had an email telling me the expected delivery date is April, with the usual, 'this is an estimate, unusual circumstances, blah blah blah.'

One other thing I've never heard before as well, they also said that it will be built to whatever the current spec is at the time, not the one I ordered, now if I don't get my heated steering wheel........

 

[CXRAndy]

Is there a new model being released soon?

 

[dicko]

Now £9785 and on Gumtree.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/dacia/202...-auto-hatchback-electric-automatic/1507561140

It is very customary at Gumtree to offer half the price.
Edit -sold. Looks like they only had one.

Similar to the one a few houses from me, the owner tells me he is very satisfied with his purchase and after showing me around I recon I could live with that too, trouble is I’ve spent rather a lot on our Australian adventure.

 

[FishFright]

And then you have wholly owned limited companies subsidiaries like BBC World Wide that handle , for example all their the overseas sales of licence fee financed programmes.

 

[albion]

There now seems a massive push towards Sodium batteries with the new Catl ones close to LFP all round but with a current ultra low production cost of $19 per kWh.
I wonder if the new China safety mandate says that the sodium battery is the main future? Cost wise certainly.

 

[biggs682]

Whilst out on my morning walk this morning an EV vehicle I think Kia stopped and the driver asked me if I knew where the nearest WORKING charging point was as he wasn't local to the area and had already visited 2 that were both out of action.

Is there not an app that shows this info ??

 

[Gunk]

Whilst out on my morning walk this morning an EV vehicle I think Kia stopped and the driver asked me if I knew where the nearest WORKING charging point was as he wasn't local to the area and had already visited 2 that were both out of action.

Is there not an app that shows this info ??

My car shows inactive and active chargers on the satnav map

 

[geocycle]

We are looking at either a used kona or Nero. But in the absence of nearby Hyundai or Kia we popped into Renault and was quite impressed with the 2024 Renault scenic. It’s a bit bigger than I wanted but has real buttons, lots of space for a bike and huge battery. Anyone any experience? The new Renault 4 looks great, smaller and quirky but no second hand options yet.

 

[CXRAndy]

Whilst out on my morning walk this morning an EV vehicle I think Kia stopped and the driver asked me if I knew where the nearest WORKING charging point was as he wasn't local to the area and had already visited 2 that were both out of action.

Is there not an app that shows this info ??

Yes Zap Map is reasonably accurate. The best way is to plan to use reliable networks like Ionity, Instavolt.

Don't use the likes of gridserve, BP pulse.

Unfortunately experiences like this put people off EV ownership. Its partly ignorance, laziness to do proper research and planning for longer journeys.

This is why certain car brands stand out for their total package, not just their car

 

[biggs682]

Yes Zap Map is reasonably accurate. The best way is to plan to use reliable networks like Ionity, Instavolt.

Don't use the likes of gridserve, BP pulse.

Unfortunately experiences like this put people off EV ownership. Its partly ignorance, laziness to do proper research and planning for longer journeys.

This is why certain car brands stand out for their total package, not just their car

So there is a way of checking, perhaps it was a hire car or new to owner who knows I didn't ask and just told them the location of the ones I knew about locally whether they were working or not

 

[albion]

From Finland, Donut Lab 400wh/kg Solid State batteries will APPARANTLY be in the new, now in production, Verge TS Pro motorbike.(£30,000)
https://thepack.news/donut-lab-unveils-worlds-first-production-ready-solid-state-battery-at-ces/
1000,000 cycles.
They also claim production costs are cheaper than Litium Ion !

A revolution if all true, the key word being 'if'. No more ebike fires?

 

[albion]

My initial thought was scam but usually it was a US company prospecting for punter funders.
This one though is Finnish but to me, it now looks the same scenario, there being too many claims for it to be real.
Maybe it is an attention grabber to sell bikes, assuming the bikes are not also a scams.

Considering it is all 'cheap and production ready' truth might emerge quick.
Anyone who ever ordered a bike, good luck getting a refund !
Edit - quick research says 2,100 test rides since 2024, a 9 month order backlog but little to no trace of actual ownership.
I even noticed a post saying his friend was now getting the solid state version and another that a customer is still waiting after 3 years !

 

[SpokeyDokey]

BYD overtakes Tesla in global production stakes.