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[Pacemaker]

Those Insters have had great reviews and would suit 90% of the driving population

 

[Professor]

Those Insters have had great reviews and would suit 90% of the driving population

I think I would get anxious taking it too far- realistic range is 160 miles on a charge but as long as access to top up it would be fine. Very smooth and comfortable- but not as much fun as our Mini Cooper!

 

[Pacemaker]

There is a great article by Rory Southerland, on this subject..we don’t need larger batteries we need less anxiety!

Once you start travelling around and realise the actual range and the speed of chargers and how to find them it becomes a breeze.

If you are on Octopus Energy get Intelligent Go 7p a kw on an overnight charge and get an Electroverse card from Octopus that gives you discount off most public chargers and is a good app to plan journeys.

My bladder controls my driving time more than my battery.

 

[Smurph]

There is a great article by Rory Southerland, on this subject..we don’t need larger batteries we need less anxiety!

Once you start travelling around and realise the actual range and the speed of chargers and how to find them it becomes a breeze.

If you are on Octopus Energy get Intelligent Go 7p a kw on an overnight charge and get an Electroverse card from Octopus that gives you discount off most public chargers and is a good app to plan journeys.

My bladder controls my driving time more than my battery.

Just been to London and back on one charge, stopped off had a lovely cup of coffee and cake whilst it charged, which took no time at all.

Only had the EV since February of this year and I can't see myself ever driver another petrol or diesel car again.

 

[Cooperman]

Just been to London and back on one charge, stopped off had a lovely cup of coffee and cake whilst it charged, which took no time at all.

Only had the EV since February of this year and I can't see myself ever driver another petrol or diesel car again.

The desire to stop is the differentiating factor for me. Whilst I’ve no need or wish to stop for a coffee, it makes the migration to EV a little less beneficial. When the time comes where 420 mile range is consistently achievable and/or I will want a coffee break, then EV becomes more desirable.

 

[Smurph]

The desire to stop is the differentiating factor for me. Whilst I’ve no need or wish to stop for a coffee, it makes the migration to EV a little less beneficial. When the time comes where 420 mile range is consistently achievable and/or I will want a coffee break, then EV becomes more desirable.

I've always been a get in car and get to my destination asap, used to hate stopping. All that's needed is a bit of planning, the car's sat nav will calculate when you need to stop (if at all) and where.

These days by the time I've had a quick waz the cars battery is almost topped up enough and also most hotels have charging stations these days.

The range on mine is 272 miles and once you get over the range anxiety and learn to trust that when it says x amount of miles it generally does mean x amount of miles.

I went for the Tesla due to them being around pretty much the longest and having the best charging network infrastructure in the UK.

 

[Cooperman]

I've always been a get in car and get to my destination asap, used to hate stopping. All that's needed is a bit of planning, the car's sat nav will calculate when you need to stop (if at all) and where.

These days by the time I've had a quick waz the cars battery is almost topped up enough and also most hotels have charging stations these days.

The range on mine is 272 miles and once you get over the range anxiety and learn to trust that when it says x amount of miles it generally does mean x amount of miles.

I went for the Tesla due to them being around pretty much the longest and having the best charging network infrastructure in the UK.

My best mate as a Model Y and I have seen the software and charge planning functionality in his; it's very slick.

 

[J_B]

I've always been a get in car and get to my destination asap, used to hate stopping. All that's needed is a bit of planning, the car's sat nav will calculate when you need to stop (if at all) and where.

These days by the time I've had a quick waz the cars battery is almost topped up enough and also most hotels have charging stations these days.

The range on mine is 272 miles and once you get over the range anxiety and learn to trust that when it says x amount of miles it generally does mean x amount of miles.

I went for the Tesla due to them being around pretty much the longest and having the best charging network infrastructure in the UK.

I used to be the same, get in the car and get where I'm going asap.
Then I developed a prostate the size of a grapefruit and I don’t pass many services any more.

 

[Smurph]

I used to be the same, get in the car and get where I'm going asap.
Then I developed a prostate the size of a grapefruit and I don’t pass many services any more.

Since planning my journeys and taking regular breaks, I’m finding it a much more pleasurable journey.

I barely drank anything when driving due to my bladder getting smaller and smaller

 

[Professor]

There is a great article by Rory Southerland, on this subject..we don’t need larger batteries we need less anxiety!

Once you start travelling around and realise the actual range and the speed of chargers and how to find them it becomes a breeze.

If you are on Octopus Energy get Intelligent Go 7p a kw on an overnight charge and get an Electroverse card from Octopus that gives you discount off most public chargers and is a good app to plan journeys.

My bladder controls my driving time more than my battery.

As we are in a new build we ended up tied into British Gas-although we have changed to the same 7p per kWh rate for off peak. Having solar panels also makes a decent dent in the electricity bill.

 

[Pacemaker]

I have disposed of the prostate issue but I wouldn’t recommend the surgery unless you really need it, although the initial TURPS procedure was excellent and solved most of my bladder issues, unfortunately/fortunately that identified the cancer which resulted in a compete Prostatectomy.

I still need to stop every few hours, i used to drive all over the UK and EU for hours on end, as i got older i not only had the prostate issue i also started to feel very tired if I didn’t have a break.

The EV has made driving far more pleasurable and doing London and back without stopping is no longer something i want or need to do.

I read an article which also highlighted that driving at 65-70 mph compared to 70-80mph saves such a small amount of time compared to the added stress of driving faster that its just not worth it. I do think as an EV driver you quite often drive a little bit calmer than when in an ICE car not sure why but everyone i know says the same thing.

Same as the professor i have also gone solar panel and home battery set up which has saved a fortune and given me some stability on Utility bills in retirement.

 

[Cooperman]

Growatt, Solax or GivEnergy inverter anyone?

 

[Smurph]

I have disposed of the prostate issue but I wouldn’t recommend the surgery unless you really need it, although the initial TURPS procedure was excellent and solved most of my bladder issues, unfortunately/fortunately that identified the cancer which resulted in a compete Prostatectomy.

I still need to stop every few hours, i used to drive all over the UK and EU for hours on end, as i got older i not only had the prostate issue i also started to feel very tired if I didn’t have a break.

The EV has made driving far more pleasurable and doing London and back without stopping is no longer something i want or need to do.

I read an article which also highlighted that driving at 65-70 mph compared to 70-80mph saves such a small amount of time compared to the added stress of driving faster that its just not worth it. I do think as an EV driver you quite often drive a little bit calmer than when in an ICE car not sure why but everyone i know says the same thing.

Same as the professor i have also gone solar panel and home battery set up which has saved a fortune and given me some stability on Utility bills in retirement.

Excellent point about a bit slower. I always used to try and beat the sat nav time, now it's beating the predicated battery level on arrival.

I find myself getting less stressed on the motorway.

 

[Niigata Jack]

As we are in a new build we ended up tied into British Gas-although we have changed to the same 7p per kWh rate for off peak. Having solar panels also makes a decent dent in the electricity bill.

I was wanting solar because our electric bill can be horrendous with all the clothes that our youngest goes through due to his condition washer is always on and a drier with the weather we got, plus to cost of running a Koi pond, but at 64 the chances of me getting my money back on the cost its not worth it, although I may get something rigged up to run the pond, that's costing me 20 quid a week.

 

[Pacemaker]

Growatt, Solax or GivEnergy inverter anyone?

I have a Giv Energy inverter 5.2kw which has been good, my only regret is that i should have hard wired the internet rather than Wi FI , the connection drops fairly regularly which when you are home isn’t much of an issue when you are away then you are stuck with whatever you set up with previously. I should have also got a bigger battery to buy cheap overnight to carry more through even the darkest winter days.


There is an awful lot of push for Sigenergy systems all the installers raving on YouTube but i never know if this is sponsored stuff or genuine as it’s not easy to tell. However it does look a good neat set up albeit it is quite large.

As for Max regards payback, I don’t think about it i just see it as stabilising my bills so that i know i am not going to get pushed over the edge in retirement. I never think how much payback i had from my Worcester Bosch combi.

I pay £60 per month for gas central heating and all my electric inc dishwasher, tumble dryer, hob and double oven and charge the car. I use Octopus intelligent go tariff and pay 7p kw overnight to charge car and the house battery 9,5kw I can then export solar at 15p KW back to them.

I am currently £400 in credit having just had my monthly bill. I will eat into that over Nov to Feb and might go into debit but once March arrives the central heating goes down a bit and the solar starts putting in more than i use again.