schmurnanAny of my UK followers got an #EV? Thinking of taking the plunge but need a sensible conversation (i.e. not asking angry people on reddit)
Richard Knott@schmurnan south London based, park in the street and have had a EV for 2.5 years, 25k miles. Most regular trip is to my mother, I work there one day a week to keep her company 30 miles away and drive to France every other month, about 500 mile trip. Done a few long trips in te uk, longest was to Cornwall this year, seen a saving of roughly £1k a year in fuel, and £300 in service costs.
@schmurnan I check for charging location ps on longer trips but other than that the car does the rest. Not noticed significant travel time increases, plan eating when the car’s charging on long trips.
Something else I did before buying was checking for charging options for other common trips, like going to my sister or family on the south coast, usually found infrastructure better than expected (supercharger 5 minutes from sister, close than to me, slightly annoying 😋)
Something else I did before buying was checking for charging options for other common trips, like going to my sister or family on the south coast, usually found infrastructure better than expected (supercharger 5 minutes from sister, close than to me, slightly annoying 😋)
@richardknott see, real world examples of how doable EVs are for longer trips. The country is crippled with fear and range anxiety! What EV do you have, if you don’t mind me asking?
Suzy RichardsThis is why the Tesla cars are so good for anyone that has range anxiety. All charging stops are all planned for you. You turn up and just plug in the car. No cards, apps or anything. It tells you when you can go and what battery percentage you will have at the destination.
I had other EVs before and would be scouring ZapMap and making plans for charging stops and spending ages looking for chargers that were the reliable networks in roughly the right place.
@serichards @schmurnan I believe the polestar will do so, based on Andrew till’s most recent video @tillathenun
My brother in law recently got one, but hasn’t done any long trips yet. (He’s been to Cambridge once but doesn’t count as long in my book)
https://youtu.be/YR1hEukgJ-Y?si=EeBIqiYd-NfOW50T
My brother in law recently got one, but hasn’t done any long trips yet. (He’s been to Cambridge once but doesn’t count as long in my book)
https://youtu.be/YR1hEukgJ-Y?si=EeBIqiYd-NfOW50T
A long(ish) journey using Google Maps in the Polestar 2. How easy is it?
@richardknott @serichards @tillathenun as a former Volvo V60 owner the Polestar really appealed to me. I like the Polestar 4 but not sure I could get used to no rear window. Plus it’s more expensive than the other cars. Aren’t Polestar supposed to be on the verge of going bust? Or was that a rumour?
@schmurnan Erm, Tesla model 3 LR. He wasn’t (or at least publicly) nuts when I bought it