Regarding motorway services, it would be really handy if they had a dynamic sign on the services for live availability and price, something like "CCS2 350kW chargers - 9/12 available, £0.69/kWh" As you say, I'm sure they used to do this for fuel prices and I'm sure I've seen this already in France (the price, though I don't think the availability)
@stever65620 минут бұрын
Always pack my cables away properly 😂
@nimbuskhannk62727 минут бұрын
Being a Portuguese, it is utterly hilarious for me seeing 2 women testing a car called Kona.
@peterwalker653536 минут бұрын
Road tax on EVs. You may have covered this already. What’s the news on upcoming road tax on BEVs? Any advice on delaying the payment by ‘paying’ the current £0 early to get a further 12 months at that rate? Am an avid subscriber/listener. Thank you for an interesting 20-25 minutes as I playback at 1.25 speed 😀
@kelvin325737 минут бұрын
Take in the horrendous depreciation, and you’d have to insane or an idiot to buy one of these, or pretty much any EV.
@garyprill59738 минут бұрын
Great pod cast again. GINNY FOR PM.
@peterwalker653540 минут бұрын
Cables. Drive a Niro EV. Cable fits perfectly in the frunck, right by the charging port. Excellent design.
@nr5494Сағат бұрын
Left my i3 for a month in an airport car park with 20% charge. It lost nothing, and the 12V was fully charged. So losing 25% in 2 days is ridiculous. . Whilst in a small seaside town in SW France I saw one Citroen Ami EV, but dozens of Méharis and 2CV’s. I’m with Tom on these, and so obviously are many French.
@Orange_Manbaby58 минут бұрын
I’ve left my EV at the airport 4 times for over a month, once for 6 weeks. Never lost any change at all.
@citedcanvas85Сағат бұрын
Whats the point of an electric Alfa. How are we meant to get the full alfa experience on the side of the road in a cloud of smoke going oh nooooo!😂👌
@timrothwell33Сағат бұрын
NIO's battery swap is a daft idea. It's so niche that it's pointless. It's a continuation of the pretence that we need to replicate the "5 minutes to fill" world of ICE vehicles.
@citedcanvas85Сағат бұрын
Piano black plastic interior should be illegal for all cars.
@AlistairHughesСағат бұрын
Mike: do you have anything like an OBD monitor plugged in to your Ioniq 5, which would drain the 12V battery? Or do you have any service (intelligent charging, or vehicle monitoring) that would be regularly polling the car's status over the air? I regularly leave my EV6 (same battery, software and architecture) parked up for 4 or 5 days at a time and the traction battery doesn't lose any noticeable charge at all. I left it at Heathrow on 17% for 3 weeks and when I came back it was still on 17%. My dealership (Gravell's Kia, Swansea) is very good, and I've always had all the software updates and replacements whenever they were available. It might be worth checking with your dealers to see if there is any work outstanding on your car.
@matpat2636Сағат бұрын
Vote for Ginny!
@colinpalmer9070Сағат бұрын
So fed up with the Tesla denying aspects of this podcast. Dynamic pricing clearly annotated in real time with plug and play charging but these guys think it is not possible. Who pays these guys ?
@colinpalmer9070Сағат бұрын
We had one Ford MachE in our neighbourhood. It has just been swapped out for a Tesla Model Y. Ford pretty lost in EV space.
@Orange_Manbaby55 минут бұрын
There is a world outside the US. And Kia, BYD, VW, Skoda, Renault, Mag, Citroen, Audi are pretty strong on it. Tesla have a growing problem in they’ve only has one new model in the last 5 years.
@robsmith1a2 сағат бұрын
I'm not sure quarterly software updates suit Europeans. It drives me mad that things change on my phone very frequently. They can't even fix pot holes in the UK so how are they going to sort out planning laws?. On the other hand it seems they can build flats on every spare inch of land where I live so maybe they should build car chargers that look like tiny flats - there may even be some cover for users too.
@hishamg2 сағат бұрын
My Dad’s first car was a 1967 Fiat 500, I would love to have an electrified original Fiat 500. I have also ordered a salary sacrifice Hyundai Ioniq 5 (supposedly arriving at the end of the month) so I am slightly worried about Mike’s problems. Edit: I am seriously starting to wish I had gone for a Skoda Enyaq instead.
@colinpalmer90702 сағат бұрын
Was keen on the electric 2cv but the 10kwh battery was a deal breaker. Ended up getting the 500e cabriolet for a pretty similar price.
@leonidkrysiuk71512 сағат бұрын
Nice, but my choise Scenic)
@ricco123tube2 сағат бұрын
I purchased a front (drunk) boot and retrofitted it to my 21 Kona. My cables and other stuff live there.
@user-vo2gp7yv4w2 сағат бұрын
On the cable storage, why don’t they build it into the parcel shelf
@Orange_Manbaby53 минут бұрын
Safety. Frunks are the best option.
@Stan-at-KangarooIslandTV2 сағат бұрын
I always fold, and sometimes tuck. Thankfully there is a heap of cable storage up front and underneath in my Polestar. Still not enough for a space saver spare tyre though, so I’m just about to put a cargo basket on the roof.
@dismasx58552 сағат бұрын
Must agree with Ginny, cables get chucked in the boot with no regard for packing them away. Also hardly use them as we either charge at home or on a rapid if out and about.
@Orange_ManbabyСағат бұрын
I always pack them away and put in a frunk.
@TassieEV2 сағат бұрын
Someone got a WhatsApp message during the show right when Mike started to cover the mailbag. Sorry Ginny how do you deal with long road trips or travel to long distances chuck your type-2 on top of your luggage?? AC charging is good for overnight at a hotel for example and means your battery is full when you leave in the morning without the need to stop at a fast charger(DC) which could be ICE'd by idiots and the authorities do nothing even if there is signs it takes the enforcement officer to be there at the time.
@simonwhitcombe8413 сағат бұрын
Amazing if the 10kw battery in the 2cv can take it 60miles (6miles/kwh) Great to see Ginny back❤
@paulhayes21893 сағат бұрын
Real range. With 30 percent motor driving..... 168miles...😢
@alistairl3 сағат бұрын
Really interested in the Cupra Born VZ and just spotted Tom's review on the website. It seems to be everything I feel I'm missing in my ID.3. The ID.3 has great space, efficiency and performance and the tech is fine (higher spec than my golf) but needs a bit more driving spark. Even if I can't stretch to a VZ I suspect I'd get a similar spec Cupra Born next instead of the ID.3. On charging cables a colleague of mine who is a 3d printer geek printed a hook for me that means I can hang my cables if they are wet from the bag hook - it basically adds a scoop so the cable can hang from it. Cable either goes there or coiled in the bag.
@Pottery4Life3 сағат бұрын
I've always thought a compartment on the side of the boot would be nice for cables. No need to off load the works to grab your cables.
@blobstrom4 сағат бұрын
Mike, once the 12v has died once then the battery has lost a load of capacity and therefore will fail easily. I always keep a small start pack in my Kia Soul, it’s about the size of a mobile phone.
@klackon14 сағат бұрын
If you are thinking of purchasing a rear wheel drive car, then you also have to consider winter or cross climate tyres. My rear wheel drive BMW rear wheel was confined to my driveway following a reasonable fall of snow. My colleagues reported the same situation with their rear wheel drive cars. After purchasing a second set of alloys and winter tyres, my BMW would sail through snow bound roads. Several car dealerships in my area actually offered a service (at a cost), whereby they would swap out a customers summer tyres for winter tyres, then store the summer tyres until it was time to change them over.
@Orange_ManbabyСағат бұрын
Much of that doesn’t apply to modern EV’s which have a balanced centre of gravity and not a big lump of weight at the front of the car.
@Nam3Iess4 сағат бұрын
5:01 I am complaining about that rubbish piano black in the middle which the automotive industry just can not let go already for some odd reason 🤦♂
@mightywallaby5 сағат бұрын
Agree the Kia EV3 ticks a lot of boxes. Looking forward to your video when driving it 😊
@PaulMeier-cu3ds7 сағат бұрын
Glad to see Ginny back. Mike’s tale of his Ioniq 5 running out of 12 volt juice raised all kinds of issues. Firstly if you go on a two week holiday leaving the car at the airport and finding that it does not work when you get back then the car is useless no matter what powers it. Secondly, the KW Half Hour team seem to have some sort of death wish when you think letting any car, ICE or EV, getting too far below half full is a good idea. Fill up little and often - at least that is how I have to live.
@dismasx58552 сағат бұрын
Seems like a real issue with that specific car. Our Zoe gets left at the airport for a month at a time and has never lost more than 2% or failed to start 🤷♂️
@tsancio8 сағат бұрын
Beautiful scenery. Nice car.
@lucky.penguin.slots149 сағат бұрын
The front cup holders are on the floor.
@Mchooligan0910 сағат бұрын
The number of times I have had to call a network because a charger was not working is quite a lot over 8 years of EV driving and in almost all cases they have been able to access the unit remotely. Why can't they display and then update prices remotely, too!
@stevejones748510 сағат бұрын
Easy on the eye......
@roddycreswell861311 сағат бұрын
If you want ev go for it. If you try and replace my gas/diesel vehicles with ev that’s a huge problem.
@ObiePaddles11 сағат бұрын
What do you think of the EV trend to calling the EV range as 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9? Remember when we had names like Golf, Scirocco, Passat etc and we call coped? I’m so bored with Model 3, EV3, EX3 etc.. Cables in the Frunk for the win. Loads of space in Model 3 and Y, and dont use Frunk for much else normally so always able to get to cables on rare occasion it is needed.
@matbowden915611 сағат бұрын
On the whole charging thing... Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could just wireless charge 😁. Dream mode switched to "fully on" what about bidirectional wireless charging 🤯👍. ...only issue after that. The obscene price per kilowatt 😢
@mrmawson243811 сағат бұрын
Cheers
@mrmawson243811 сағат бұрын
Jinny next President
@mrmawson243811 сағат бұрын
I would shove it anywhere
@mrmawson243812 сағат бұрын
My dad is 80 this year
@andysmith991312 сағат бұрын
Is old cars for years and the punishment car for missing you targets was a 2CV. WORST car I ever drove. And how the rig does the gearbox work?
@ObiePaddles12 сағат бұрын
I love classic conversions that are 100% reversible so no impact on chassis. Makes a car into a daily or genuine tourer. Plus there is the bit where people can do what they like with their own money!
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Regarding motorway services, it would be really handy if they had a dynamic sign on the services for live availability and price, something like "CCS2 350kW chargers - 9/12 available, £0.69/kWh" As you say, I'm sure they used to do this for fuel prices and I'm sure I've seen this already in France (the price, though I don't think the availability)
Always pack my cables away properly 😂
Being a Portuguese, it is utterly hilarious for me seeing 2 women testing a car called Kona.
Road tax on EVs. You may have covered this already. What’s the news on upcoming road tax on BEVs? Any advice on delaying the payment by ‘paying’ the current £0 early to get a further 12 months at that rate? Am an avid subscriber/listener. Thank you for an interesting 20-25 minutes as I playback at 1.25 speed 😀
Take in the horrendous depreciation, and you’d have to insane or an idiot to buy one of these, or pretty much any EV.
Great pod cast again. GINNY FOR PM.
Cables. Drive a Niro EV. Cable fits perfectly in the frunck, right by the charging port. Excellent design.
Left my i3 for a month in an airport car park with 20% charge. It lost nothing, and the 12V was fully charged. So losing 25% in 2 days is ridiculous. . Whilst in a small seaside town in SW France I saw one Citroen Ami EV, but dozens of Méharis and 2CV’s. I’m with Tom on these, and so obviously are many French.
I’ve left my EV at the airport 4 times for over a month, once for 6 weeks. Never lost any change at all.
Whats the point of an electric Alfa. How are we meant to get the full alfa experience on the side of the road in a cloud of smoke going oh nooooo!😂👌
NIO's battery swap is a daft idea. It's so niche that it's pointless. It's a continuation of the pretence that we need to replicate the "5 minutes to fill" world of ICE vehicles.
Piano black plastic interior should be illegal for all cars.
Mike: do you have anything like an OBD monitor plugged in to your Ioniq 5, which would drain the 12V battery? Or do you have any service (intelligent charging, or vehicle monitoring) that would be regularly polling the car's status over the air? I regularly leave my EV6 (same battery, software and architecture) parked up for 4 or 5 days at a time and the traction battery doesn't lose any noticeable charge at all. I left it at Heathrow on 17% for 3 weeks and when I came back it was still on 17%. My dealership (Gravell's Kia, Swansea) is very good, and I've always had all the software updates and replacements whenever they were available. It might be worth checking with your dealers to see if there is any work outstanding on your car.
Vote for Ginny!
So fed up with the Tesla denying aspects of this podcast. Dynamic pricing clearly annotated in real time with plug and play charging but these guys think it is not possible. Who pays these guys ?
We had one Ford MachE in our neighbourhood. It has just been swapped out for a Tesla Model Y. Ford pretty lost in EV space.
There is a world outside the US. And Kia, BYD, VW, Skoda, Renault, Mag, Citroen, Audi are pretty strong on it. Tesla have a growing problem in they’ve only has one new model in the last 5 years.
I'm not sure quarterly software updates suit Europeans. It drives me mad that things change on my phone very frequently. They can't even fix pot holes in the UK so how are they going to sort out planning laws?. On the other hand it seems they can build flats on every spare inch of land where I live so maybe they should build car chargers that look like tiny flats - there may even be some cover for users too.
My Dad’s first car was a 1967 Fiat 500, I would love to have an electrified original Fiat 500. I have also ordered a salary sacrifice Hyundai Ioniq 5 (supposedly arriving at the end of the month) so I am slightly worried about Mike’s problems. Edit: I am seriously starting to wish I had gone for a Skoda Enyaq instead.
Was keen on the electric 2cv but the 10kwh battery was a deal breaker. Ended up getting the 500e cabriolet for a pretty similar price.
Nice, but my choise Scenic)
I purchased a front (drunk) boot and retrofitted it to my 21 Kona. My cables and other stuff live there.
On the cable storage, why don’t they build it into the parcel shelf
Safety. Frunks are the best option.
I always fold, and sometimes tuck. Thankfully there is a heap of cable storage up front and underneath in my Polestar. Still not enough for a space saver spare tyre though, so I’m just about to put a cargo basket on the roof.
Must agree with Ginny, cables get chucked in the boot with no regard for packing them away. Also hardly use them as we either charge at home or on a rapid if out and about.
I always pack them away and put in a frunk.
Someone got a WhatsApp message during the show right when Mike started to cover the mailbag. Sorry Ginny how do you deal with long road trips or travel to long distances chuck your type-2 on top of your luggage?? AC charging is good for overnight at a hotel for example and means your battery is full when you leave in the morning without the need to stop at a fast charger(DC) which could be ICE'd by idiots and the authorities do nothing even if there is signs it takes the enforcement officer to be there at the time.
Amazing if the 10kw battery in the 2cv can take it 60miles (6miles/kwh) Great to see Ginny back❤
Real range. With 30 percent motor driving..... 168miles...😢
Really interested in the Cupra Born VZ and just spotted Tom's review on the website. It seems to be everything I feel I'm missing in my ID.3. The ID.3 has great space, efficiency and performance and the tech is fine (higher spec than my golf) but needs a bit more driving spark. Even if I can't stretch to a VZ I suspect I'd get a similar spec Cupra Born next instead of the ID.3. On charging cables a colleague of mine who is a 3d printer geek printed a hook for me that means I can hang my cables if they are wet from the bag hook - it basically adds a scoop so the cable can hang from it. Cable either goes there or coiled in the bag.
I've always thought a compartment on the side of the boot would be nice for cables. No need to off load the works to grab your cables.
Mike, once the 12v has died once then the battery has lost a load of capacity and therefore will fail easily. I always keep a small start pack in my Kia Soul, it’s about the size of a mobile phone.
If you are thinking of purchasing a rear wheel drive car, then you also have to consider winter or cross climate tyres. My rear wheel drive BMW rear wheel was confined to my driveway following a reasonable fall of snow. My colleagues reported the same situation with their rear wheel drive cars. After purchasing a second set of alloys and winter tyres, my BMW would sail through snow bound roads. Several car dealerships in my area actually offered a service (at a cost), whereby they would swap out a customers summer tyres for winter tyres, then store the summer tyres until it was time to change them over.
Much of that doesn’t apply to modern EV’s which have a balanced centre of gravity and not a big lump of weight at the front of the car.
5:01 I am complaining about that rubbish piano black in the middle which the automotive industry just can not let go already for some odd reason 🤦♂
Agree the Kia EV3 ticks a lot of boxes. Looking forward to your video when driving it 😊
Glad to see Ginny back. Mike’s tale of his Ioniq 5 running out of 12 volt juice raised all kinds of issues. Firstly if you go on a two week holiday leaving the car at the airport and finding that it does not work when you get back then the car is useless no matter what powers it. Secondly, the KW Half Hour team seem to have some sort of death wish when you think letting any car, ICE or EV, getting too far below half full is a good idea. Fill up little and often - at least that is how I have to live.
Seems like a real issue with that specific car. Our Zoe gets left at the airport for a month at a time and has never lost more than 2% or failed to start 🤷♂️
Beautiful scenery. Nice car.
The front cup holders are on the floor.
The number of times I have had to call a network because a charger was not working is quite a lot over 8 years of EV driving and in almost all cases they have been able to access the unit remotely. Why can't they display and then update prices remotely, too!
Easy on the eye......
If you want ev go for it. If you try and replace my gas/diesel vehicles with ev that’s a huge problem.
What do you think of the EV trend to calling the EV range as 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9? Remember when we had names like Golf, Scirocco, Passat etc and we call coped? I’m so bored with Model 3, EV3, EX3 etc.. Cables in the Frunk for the win. Loads of space in Model 3 and Y, and dont use Frunk for much else normally so always able to get to cables on rare occasion it is needed.
On the whole charging thing... Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could just wireless charge 😁. Dream mode switched to "fully on" what about bidirectional wireless charging 🤯👍. ...only issue after that. The obscene price per kilowatt 😢
Cheers
Jinny next President
I would shove it anywhere
My dad is 80 this year
Is old cars for years and the punishment car for missing you targets was a 2CV. WORST car I ever drove. And how the rig does the gearbox work?
I love classic conversions that are 100% reversible so no impact on chassis. Makes a car into a daily or genuine tourer. Plus there is the bit where people can do what they like with their own money!
Nio aren't good
Says the guy that has never driven one
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