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Losses on AC charging are typically about 500w, which is largely fixed as it not only covers heat loss but more importantly and significantly running all the power electronics in the car. In your 5 hour window you will have sent (and paid for) 11.5kwh but you will have only added 9kwh (36 miles...

And as I said that may work out best if youre a low mileage user. But the cheapest economy 7 deals from all the major providers seem to be about 13p-I’m currently paying 6.6p for 6 hours. And there’s still a good chance you’ll need to install an outside socket, or run the cable out of a open...

That may account for marginally lower figures than I originally accounted for but a normal charger is more flexible and you can’t get a cheap overnight tariff with a granny lead. Unless you’re a particularly low mileage driver the payback period for an Ev charger is relatively short (especially...

Virtually all new houses in the UK, apart from Northern Ireland, are required to have EV chargers. That means about 15000 chargers on new builds alone. If they are combined figures that only leaves a relatively small number a month for retrofits. Which considering 50000 EVs a month are sold even...

Interested to know where you’re getting these figures from? Are they just retrofits or does it include new builds as well?

Only if there is a big difference in outside temperature versus required inside temperature. Which, heatwaves excluded, most of the time there isn’t as, as I said previously, we live in a country with a mild (not super hot or super cold) climate.

And conversely in UK summer conditions the range will be even higher. The UK has an increasingly mild climate and urban areas are typically even warmer. The cost of using a small EV for urban commuting in the UK would be tiny if home charging, and even if you are public charging would be cheaper...

You’re quite correct I meant miles per kWh! I’ve also realised the figures I gave were meaningless without context. So as I said I can get 5.5-6 miles per kWh in slow driving which would be typical of urban commuting but my average life figures across almost 60000 miles is 4.2 miles per kWh...

It’s worth noting that in an urban commuting context achievable mileage will often exceed the WLTP range figure as the typical speeds are rarely in excess of 40 mph (and are often much lower). I regularly see 5.5-6kwh per mile on these types of journeys in a larger car so these lighter A segment...

Most easy to build sites already have chargers, and those that don’t (eg a handful of motorway service stations) need grid upgrades anyway. Batteries may save on the expense of a large grid upgrades in some other locations (eg dealers) but there are other significant costs including the cost of...

Don’t get over excited about BYD flash charging. While it may or may not become mainstream it’s currently only available in their Porsche priced sub brand Denza cars, not their mainstream models. You won’t be seeing it anytime soon (if ever) on their or any other A or B segment cars. That’s...

There are more A segment (electric) cars coming, namely the Renault Twingo/Nissan Pixo. Although a modern A segment car looks very different to one from the 70s or 80s, a lot of the growth in cars is for safety purposes which is no bad thing.

They have put their foot it in, not only by not voting him out as CEO but by approving his ludicrous pay deals-the last one being worth $1 trillion dollars. 1791119971 Does buying a german car support the third reich? No Does buying a VW enable diesel gate? No Does by buying a Tesla...

Not according to New Automotice they’re not: This is taken from their August figures but according to that they’re not selling 2.5 times as many cars as any of the other brands in the 10 ten. In top model lists Teslas normally come out on top but they only have two models. Most other...

12% diesel??!!