EV Owners Thread

[Jameshow]

This guy did 120,000 miles in a year. That's 328 miles per day. So it certainly wouldn't happen in the UK. Secondly, if he's doing 328 miles per day, he is massively overcharging the car for no good reason. He has a morning range of 250 miles from his home slow charger. He needs one fast charge per day of about 40% tops.

Probably dangerous to drive at that intensity tbh....

 

[lazybloke]

I suspect that the BEV batteries available today could last 20 years, if you treat them carefully.

Or a hell of lot less if you abuse them regularly. I read that Uber story last night...

The trouble is, how can you distinguish between a good and bad battery?
I don't want to rely on assurances from the sales team that 90% range is "really very good".

I'd prefer something like an AA vehicle report that might interrogate the BMS to look inside the battery and give a more detailed assessment of its condition, and maybe some info of its past usage.


Buying a used EV without good knowledge of battery condition could be a expensive gamble.

 

[albion]

The US ones use Lithium-ion whilst elsewhere it is the more robust safer BYD Blade type lithium iron phosphate.
You still get more range from Lithium-ion even though a Blade setup gets lithium iron phosphate closer.

I certainly would prefer my car to have phosphate ones.

 

[Tenkaykev]

The US ones use Lithium-ion whilst elsewhere it is the more robust safer BYD Blade type lithium iron phosphate.
You still get more range from Lithium-ion even though a Blade setup gets lithium iron phosphate closer.

I certainly would prefer my car to have phosphate ones.

From what I've read LiFePo batteries are a better option unless you really need all the range you can get. The greater safety means less reinforcement is needed for the battery module, the battery is far more resistant to abuse and has a greater depth and rate of charge/ discharge.

 

[lazybloke]

Ooh, i somehow missed the blade battery, looks like a fantastic technology.

The endless battery announcements reached media saturation point a while ago; i got very bored and stopped reading them


Wonder what else I've missed?

 

[icowden]

It's the new gold rush.

 

[albion]

Wonder what else I've missed?

https://rethinkresearch.biz/article...semi-solid-state-batteries-in-11-more-models/

Semi Solid state batteries appear to be in full production. Cost wise higher, I noticed that they are marketed for drones and aviation.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Visited son and family in London and was walking granddaughter to school on our way to the station yesterday. I spotted this on the way. Never seen one before and judging by the cable size I guess about 3kW ?

 

[lazybloke]

https://rethinkresearch.biz/article...semi-solid-state-batteries-in-11-more-models/

Semi Solid state batteries appear to be in full production. Cost wise higher, I noticed that they are marketed for drones and aviation.

Thank you. Will look later.

Visited son and family in London and was walking granddaughter to school on our way to the station yesterday. I spotted this on the way. Never seen one before and judging by the cable size I guess about 3kW ?

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Thought they were 7?
It is on a lighting circuit!!!!

 

[icowden]

Visited son and family in London and was walking granddaughter to school on our way to the station yesterday. I spotted this on the way. Never seen one before and judging by the cable size I guess about 3kW ?

Most lamp-post chargers are rated at 5.5kW but some are 3kW. The cable is supplied by the owner of the car. It does look very thin though.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Most lamp-post chargers are rated at 5.5kW but some are 3kW. The cable is supplied by the owner of the car. It does look very thin though.

Are they free? If not, how does the vehicle owner pay ?

 

[icowden]

Are they free? If not, how does the vehicle owner pay ?

They are not free. A visiting vehicle owner usually uses a smartphone App to activate the charger by finding the charger or scanning a QR code.

For residents there may be other schemes in place. Equally, residents may get discounted charges compared to visitors. Regular Ubitricty charger users can set up an account. When they plug the car in, Ubitricity recognises the car is linked to an account and just debits their Ubitricity account which they pre-load with some money. They also offer smart charging which pauses when rates go up.

 

[Tenkaykev]

They are not free. A visiting vehicle owner usually uses a smartphone App to activate the charger by finding the charger or scanning a QR code.

For residents there may be other schemes in place. Equally, residents may get discounted charges compared to visitors. Regular Ubitricty charger users can set up an account. When they plug the car in, Ubitricity recognises the car is linked to an account and just debits their Ubitricity account which they pre-load with some money. They also offer smart charging which pauses when rates go up.

Thank you, makes sense now 👍

 

[Tenkaykev]

A question for this sub forum We're currently at our daughters place in Leeds. She has a VW id3 and a dedicated charger on her wall. When she visits us for Christmas I wondered if there was any way that she could trickle charge from our domestic supply? I looked in the boot and there's a length of yellow cable with a dedicated plug on either end. I know there's several local charging stations but wondered if there was another option. We're having solar PV installed next week, and see there's an option for a dedicated car charging station, but as we no longer have a car it seems like an expensive option for irregular usage.

 

[albion]

"Using a typical 7kW charger at home the charge time is 9 hours and a half hours. Charging using a 11kW charger however reduces this time down to just 6 hours 15. This is a large contrast to using the 3-pin charger which comes with the vehicle on purchase, this can take up to 35 hours to charge from 0% to 100%"