It was OK cheers, mixed bag really. My dad’s health isn’t great and I’m having to do more and more for him. He can barely walk and is overweight but just keeps rejecting any ideas we have that will help him. I fear he’s going to have some kind of accident and the decision making will be out of his hands.
Had a work trip to London for a few days though which was nice, had a bit of a game day one day with various people from across the org so a good chance to meet new people you wouldn’t normally meet, and also an all paid for bar in the evening. Generally just nice to get away for a bit and chat (I work remotely so don’t physically see my colleagues that often!)
I took the EV out on a fairly long distance trip. Planned in a charging stop halfway along, but didn’t need it.
What EV do you have? Cannot complain about free leccy! How much should it have been?
I’ve got an MG5 Trophy, and it does alright. The range is slightly disappointing - from 100% in Eco mode, it says it’ll do 221 miles.
Will it bollocks. If you were going 30mph up and down a flat runway then maybe, but hills and motorway is kryptonite for batteries, and I’m sure it’ll be worse in winter. Rapid chargers - 50kW and above - are fucking incredible mind and the infrastructure isn’t half bad, but you’re not far off petrol rates for the convenience. That said, I’m usually stopping off somewhere for a coffee - so to charge it while I’m doing that means I’m only “losing” five or ten minutes off my journey.
As for how much I saved, obviously depends on the tariff but I’d say probably twenty quid. It was a 7 kW charger in a car park so they generally sit around 40p/kWh. I’m not complaining. In fact I’m still thrilled 😂
Fingers crossed your father will listen to reason too. I hope you have many years ahead of you both 😊
I think all EVs are like this, some worse than others. Carwow on YouTube often do EV range tests across different cars to see how they compare to their claimed ranges and see what happens when they run out.
I wouldn’t mind a Kia EV3 but I want to run our current car into the ground before we even consider a new car!
It was OK cheers, mixed bag really. My dad’s health isn’t great and I’m having to do more and more for him. He can barely walk and is overweight but just keeps rejecting any ideas we have that will help him. I fear he’s going to have some kind of accident and the decision making will be out of his hands.
Had a work trip to London for a few days though which was nice, had a bit of a game day one day with various people from across the org so a good chance to meet new people you wouldn’t normally meet, and also an all paid for bar in the evening. Generally just nice to get away for a bit and chat (I work remotely so don’t physically see my colleagues that often!)
What EV do you have? Cannot complain about free leccy! How much should it have been?
I’ve got an MG5 Trophy, and it does alright. The range is slightly disappointing - from 100% in Eco mode, it says it’ll do 221 miles.
Will it bollocks. If you were going 30mph up and down a flat runway then maybe, but hills and motorway is kryptonite for batteries, and I’m sure it’ll be worse in winter. Rapid chargers - 50kW and above - are fucking incredible mind and the infrastructure isn’t half bad, but you’re not far off petrol rates for the convenience. That said, I’m usually stopping off somewhere for a coffee - so to charge it while I’m doing that means I’m only “losing” five or ten minutes off my journey.
As for how much I saved, obviously depends on the tariff but I’d say probably twenty quid. It was a 7 kW charger in a car park so they generally sit around 40p/kWh. I’m not complaining. In fact I’m still thrilled 😂
Fingers crossed your father will listen to reason too. I hope you have many years ahead of you both 😊
I think all EVs are like this, some worse than others. Carwow on YouTube often do EV range tests across different cars to see how they compare to their claimed ranges and see what happens when they run out.
I wouldn’t mind a Kia EV3 but I want to run our current car into the ground before we even consider a new car!