Im old enough to remember you saying all these things about diesels.
And why do I drive one? Because the used market is shaped by the choices of new car buyers and I spent 6 months trying to buy a petrol and failed
Im old enough to remember you saying all these things about diesels.
manufacturers can (do - no?) surreptitiously downgrade the acceleration-endurance to protect the battery if its worn ... a bit like apples throttling. - MakeoveliBut all that will happen is you’ll see cars sold with battery pack warranties
This looks impressive
Grid Serve Electric Forecourt can charge 36 cars simultaneously with a variety of rapid chargers, while drivers and passengers utilise the retail and food facilities at their leisure.
What makes this off-the-scale amazing though is that all of the power to charge these EVs comes from sustainable energy, including a 60 acre solar farm, and all surplus energy for the Electric Forecourt goes back into the grid.
36 EV spaces, 24 ICE. 350kWh charging, 60ac solar farm, 6MWh storage battery, grid-tied, smart balancing, leasing, trees, coffee, shopping, 24p per kWh !! Nice
Capacity to charge 750miles per minute
This is the first of 100 planned.
iPace?Got a date for my new car so going electric just before Christmas
iPace?
Glad to hear it finally arrivedP2 turned up today. It's quick.
Niceyup, how did you guess
Caesium blue HSE. Not sure if black pack or black wheels yet as it’s pretty much a mixture of fixed options. Only choice was colour.
Surely EVs allow for this though? Especially with the advice from the loudest voice in the industry to "ABC"Unfortunately, for people wanting to buy used - you're probably buying an ex PCP car where the drivers not given a crap about care for the battery. For all you know it's sat at 100% connected to the charger through most of it's life.
Surely EVs allow for this though? Especially with the advice from the loudest voice in the industry to "ABC"
Yeah, I'm impressed how smooth it is... if you know what I mean?Glad to hear it finally arrived
Carwow timed the 0-60 at 4.1 seconds, impressive considering it weighs 2.1 tons.
Nice
If I were in the motor trade, I'd be getting my mechanics clued up about EVs. There's going to be a huge market for specialist garages who are comfortable working on and around high voltage electrical systems.
If I were in the motor trade, I'd be getting my mechanics clued up about EVs. There's going to be a huge market for specialist garages who are comfortable working on and around high voltage electrical systems.
I’d definitely have one of my top mechanics trained up and working on EVs/PHEVs now and getting my company known as an EV specialist ASAP.
I suspect we'll be having this discussion in 5 years time when @[TW]Fox tells us he's driving the latest BMW 5-series electric
If BMW ever bother to release one I'll be in the queue. They are far too interested in wacky looking weird EV models instead sadly. I am very interested in the idea of a 545e though.
I am not anti EV - I am anti freedom of choice through legislating against the sale of ICE cars. As I have said before if it wasn't for the fact we bought it new not that long ago I'd have an electric Mini already.
Let EV replace ICE on merit not because the alternatives are illegal.