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Kilowatt Half Hour Ep 56: The most famous cat on the internet & Formula E kicks off

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Each week, the .com meet online to discuss all the important matters at hand. Such as the weather, what we're all having for our tea and who dumped who in last night's Love Island. Between these heavyweight topics, we likewise talk about electrical vehicles. A lot. Most likely an unhealthy amount to be sincere.

And when we do talk about automobiles, we find out a lot. From market gossip to the more mundane usefulness of electrical vehicle ownership, it's the place where we dish the dirt on the vehicles we have actually been driving and provide our own verdicts on the most recent electric car . We also like to have a great make fun of the daftest bits of anti-electric that we have actually seen in the press.

We can't assure that you'll find out much. You probably won't. But if you elegant thirty minutes of idle chat and gossip about the world of electric automobiles, we're here for you. If you like it/ dislike it/ think it's too long or too short, let us understand.

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22 responses to “Kilowatt Half Hour Ep 56: The most famous cat on the internet & Formula E kicks off”

  1. @mahargrekab Avatar
    @mahargrekab

    Great episode as always! Nice to hear the Cupra Born getting a mention. Had mine a year now, and love it.

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    1. @sunnyd6291 Avatar
      @sunnyd6291

      Cupra are amazing

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  2. @kpitter4790 Avatar
    @kpitter4790

    Tesla model X bought at the start of Covid also had free charging for life (for the original owner owner only and not transferable). I now have a Merc GLC 300e (PHEV) which this summer often managed 80 miles on electric but only 60 now during the cold weather! But surprisingly on a recent trip from Southampton to Sheffield it managed 42 MPG on the return run starting off with no charge and with 4 up + week end luggage! Not bad for a 2.0 petrol SUV 😊

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  3. @johnw65uk Avatar
    @johnw65uk

    Just hope the size of that bonnet the froot in the Jaguar comes with a set of luxury 5 peace suitcase set or a hot tub.

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  4. @BMWHP2 Avatar
    @BMWHP2

    Thanks for all the work. Love to see so many petrolheads (like me) also love EV’s.
    It is all about the travel, not about the propulsion tech.

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  5. @rogerfinch7651 Avatar
    @rogerfinch7651

    Had a VW Egolf for 4 1/2 years in south 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and averaged 4.4miles per kWh. Small battery, so nice and efficient and all trips were 30-50mph for the most part. Amazing car and great value – knew I wouldn’t be doing much motorway speeds so perfect at the time. Now in Tesla Model Y and after 2,800 miles average 236w so ~ 4.2miles per kWh in the last 3 months. Wouldn’t touch any EV with bad efficiency now. Never trusted the manufacturer ranges on EV or ICE and always used good reviewers (like you) and the EV database website for real world figures. Keep up the great work. Lots of Leaf cars? Barnards Bush! 😂

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  6. @jonas-xz6se Avatar
    @jonas-xz6se

    Ya efficiency is important.With petrol/diesel we are always on about mpg

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  7. @jnksgb Avatar
    @jnksgb

    Congratulations Nikki. You’ll do a great job I’m sure. I look forward to watching the coverage. Love Formula E.

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  8. @stephenwensley9328 Avatar
    @stephenwensley9328

    Wait for the new Merc Cla to come out for the efficiency test, then run a test comparing it to the Model 3, VW ID7, lucid air and Hyundai Ioniq 6

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  9. @vp272 Avatar
    @vp272

    They should state efficiency at:
    30 degrees – urban and extra urban
    5 degrees – urban and extra urban

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  10. @Hell-Hound1 Avatar
    @Hell-Hound1

    Winter EV efficiency vs economy.
    The wife drives a 73 Niro 4 + heat pump. Average summer efficiency 4.5 miles per kwh. However in the recent cold spell, this has dropped to 2.2 mpkwh. This 50% loss of efficiency would seem to be worrying, does it not?
    But, all is not as bad as it may first appear. She has a 10 mile round trip commute to work, and back. Across a city, with bumper to bumper traffic all the way. Average speed under 10mph. Using the car pre heat/defrost function via the app. along with lights, wipers, and heating all adding to the drain on the battery. Even with max regen. she doesn’t get fast enough for it to be of much benefit to her. So pretty much the worst case scenario for efficient driving of an EV.

    This figure of 2.2 was jokingly mentioned in the pub. Where it was jumped upon with much glee, and gusto by a few anti EV sceptics in our company. “You’ve lost half your range, we told you EVs are rubbish” etc. etc. Oh, how they laughed.

    Economy.
    When asked what mpg they were getting on average, the replies were 30-40 ish mpg depending upon driving.
    Time for some maths.
    We are lucky to be able to charge from home, and have a cheap rate electricity tariff.
    So, with us paying roughly 8p per KWH and averaging 2.2 miles for said 8p. Against an average cost of £6.20 per gallon of petrol, we were getting the equivalent of approx. 170mpg. As a worse case scenario.

    The smile upon the sceptics faces was removed with mathematical facts. Although their overall thinking still had a ways to go.

    Efficiency and economy. Often used in conjuncture with each other but, often mis-understood.
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  11. @RichardHilditch Avatar
    @RichardHilditch

    The Jaguar issue is that at every other car show/launch the concept car is next to at least one car that is for sale for the brand so you can see the evolution etc. In this case all cars have been removed from sale! Of course the inside and doors of concept cars can be ignored. In this case the huge bonnet will surely make for a frunk big enough to sleep in!

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    1. @jonevansauthor Avatar
      @jonevansauthor

      I actually thing a frunk only car would be an interesting form factor given we can now do that with electrics. But I’m confident an electric e-type would sell better than anything based on this concept. Just as confident I am that this concept will be about as relevant to their eventual product as London catwalk fashion is to what you see in Next.

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  12. @dcvariousvids8082 Avatar
    @dcvariousvids8082

    Jag’s concept – designers’ been watching too many reruns of the intro of 2001: A Space Odyssey and have taken the ending to heart. You can choose any car but this one. Attempt no buying here.

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  13. @crm114. Avatar
    @crm114.

    The ‘EV database’ is a good source of real world range data at different temperatures.

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  14. @johnknight9150 Avatar
    @johnknight9150

    It’s so comforting having what’s just about always been a bloke’s domain hosted entirely by women. It just feels nice to have the world opened up more and I wish things were like this sooner.

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  15. @garywilde6171 Avatar
    @garywilde6171

    Plural of Leaf is Leafs as it is a brand name.

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  16. @neilrwilliams218 Avatar
    @neilrwilliams218

    Could you add an efficiency converter to the website to help people?
    Over almost three years and 20,000 miles I’m averaging 4.4 miles per kWh.
    I think governments will have to start mandating fleet average efficiency with staged increases of 0.2 every couple of years.

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  17. @RodneyCurtis Avatar
    @RodneyCurtis

    I think it would be hilarious if Nikki did a test drive of one of the racecars, reviewing it as if it were just a normal Electrifying review: “There are no cupholders or frunk, but the naught to 60 is insane.”

    Also, “The range was very limited: we could only get around the city.”

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  18. @richardpiper4828 Avatar
    @richardpiper4828

    LEAF is an acronym for Leading Environmentally-friendly Affordable Family car so the plural must be LEAFs.

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  19. @sIightIybored Avatar
    @sIightIybored

    Efficiency talk would make a welcome change from the misleading use of drag coefficient.

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  20. @johnnodge4327 Avatar
    @johnnodge4327

    An EV’s efficiency is so good, and the battery in energy terms is so low, that even small changes in energy consumption, makes a large difference to total range.
    An ICE vehicle will suffice range reduction in winter too, but as an engine is so inefficient, but as there’s so much energy available in a tank of fuel, the ICE vehicle doesn’t really notice a large reduction in range.

    There are many factors that effect EV range, like the temperature of the battery, which when cold suffers energy loss. This isn’t actually a loss as such, more that all the energy isn’t available until the battery has warmed up.
    Also lots of short trips effect range, as the cabin needs to be warmed up every drive. A long drive on the other hand only needs to maintain the cabin temperature, once the initial warm up cycle is complete.
    Driving on wet roads increases energy consumption, as the water under the tyres needs to be moved out the way, and water is heavy stuff, particularly the quantities that need moving over a long journey.
    Rapidly accelerating away uses a great deal more energy than pulling away slowly, so try accelerate no faster than an ICE car to save energy.

    Keeping the cabin temp at a sensible level also saves energy.

    Of course if you’re lucky enough to have a cheap home charging rate, a bit of extra energy consumption over the winter isn’t really an issue.

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