EV Owners Thread

[Buck]

Regardless, anyone who buys one needs their head seeing to. Far better EVs out there.

 

[CXRAndy]

Regardless, anyone who buys one needs their head seeing to. Far better EVs out there.

There maybe better looking EVs but for the monster pickup, this will suit many. I don't know how many pre orders, but I heard it was vast numbers.

Just looked, initially 1 million preorders, which has grown to 2 million

 

[Buck]

Most will be in America and potentially speculative orders too. Amazing that they have got so many but my view on its looks still stands !

I’ll be interested to see how many actual sales they do get and what capcity they have for production - not sure howmany ‘000 per month they can build?

 

[Buck]

Apparently the reserve was just $100 so that will be a lot of people speculating hoping to sell their slot or make a few $$$ on receipt.

I’ve just read that there is a 5 year wait for them.

 

[albion]

Regardless, anyone who buys one needs their head seeing to. Far better EVs out there.

Shareholders buy. As will a fair few cash rich. Tesla are promoted as the Apple of cars.

 

[CXRAndy]

View: https://twitter.com/garyblack00/status/1730339371486785895?t=P67LI63MU9OwnRm7J7ayYw&s=19

 

[classic33]

Shareholders buy. As will a fair few cash rich. Tesla are promoted as the Apple of cars.

There's one that's likened the Cybertruck to the DeLorean.

 

[mistyoptic]

There's one that's likened the Cybertruck to the DeLorean.

An insult to the DeLorean IMO

Truck best described as fugly

 

[mustang1]

"Using a typical 7kW charger at home the charge time is 9 hours and a half hours. Charging using a 11kW charger however reduces this time down to just 6 hours 15. This is a large contrast to using the 3-pin charger which comes with the vehicle on purchase, this can take up to 35 hours to charge from 0% to 100%"

Yeah but no one drains the battery to 0% and typically don't charge beyond 80%. So to charge from 20 to 80% on a 3 pin takes 16 hours. Still a long time, but half the time from the above quote.

 

[mustang1]

The good news is - yes! There is!

She just needs a "granny" charger cable with a normal 3 pin plug on the end.

The bad news is that VW do not supply these cables as standard. The good news is that you can buy them. The further bad news is that they are not cheap.
They cost in the region of £100 depending on how long you want the cable. They can not be connected to the regular cable to extend it further.

Obviously charge rate is slow, about 3 miles for every hour plugged in.

3mph charging seems unusually slow.flr a 3 pin plug. I think it should be at least double that as a minimum.

 

[mustang1]

That's only an issue if you live somewhere really cold. Our winters in the UK are fairly mild.

What @icowden said. Also the battery packs could be pre-heated.

 

[mustang1]

Thinking of charging the i4 to 90% now its colder to keep range up, any issues? I'll add its a company car.

If it s a company car then go all the way to 100% if you can.

 

[albion]

This documents the price changes.
https://www.carscoops.com/2023/11/t...in-comparison-to-teslas-earlier-promises/amp/

Advance pre production prices are unusual to be given. And it was obvious from what happened to their car prices, advance notification still is simply attention grabbing via underpricing. So none realism.

 

[CXRAndy]

Thinking of charging the i4 to 90% now its colder to keep range up, any issues? I'll add its a company car.

If you don't need more than 80% leave it at that. For winter, pre condition the battery before journey this will give you nearly summer range . If the BMW doesn't have a dedicated precondition function, set the heating to warm the car 20mins before departure, this will circulate the coolant for the battery through the heat pump and also warms the cabin

 

[Grant Fondo]

If you don't need more than 80% leave it at that. For winter, pre condition the battery before journey this will give you nearly summer range . If the BMW doesn't have a dedicated precondition function, set the heating to warm the car 20mins before departure, this will circulate the coolant for the battery through the heat pump and also warms the cabin

Thanks i only use it a couple of times a week though?