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Kilowatt Half Hour Ep 60 : New Year, New Car

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22 responses to “Kilowatt Half Hour Ep 60 : New Year, New Car”

  1. @DFowlesID7 Avatar
    @DFowlesID7

    Good to hear the Enyaq swear box concept is gaining traction !!

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  2. @neilrwilliams218 Avatar
    @neilrwilliams218

    In terms of badgering councils for a cable groove, look on their website for the process for getting a drop kerb installed as it’s likely to be the same team who would have to do the work.

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  3. @charleshough6189 Avatar
    @charleshough6189

    The ID Buzz is difficult to climb into with the floor obviously high to accommodate the battery. Rules it out for me. I still like old school sun roofs which open.

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    1. @matthewtyler-jones8317 Avatar
      @matthewtyler-jones8317

      Skoda Enyaq for you then!

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  4. @matthewtyler-jones8317 Avatar
    @matthewtyler-jones8317

    On the smallest violin for the car industry. Mike’s new bargain: That Buzz is mechanically identical to my Skoda Enyaq, but £20k more list price. VW hope people will pay the premium for the nostalgic (inefficient) shape. Turns out not enough people will. That discount Mike got brings the price down to what the Buzz is actually worth.

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  5. @alangravy27 Avatar
    @alangravy27

    Google Maps now has charger details which you can activate in the settings

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  6. @helipeek2736 Avatar
    @helipeek2736

    Is Mike broadcasting from a cross Channel ferry and worried it might sink.

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  7. @PaulMeier-cu3ds Avatar
    @PaulMeier-cu3ds

    Great KWH, thank you.

    I think the different experience people get in the cost of charging is something you really need to hammer away at. If you drive an ICE the most difference in price you will get is 10-15p at the pumps. With an EV you may be able to charge at home for 10p overnight or at a rapid charger for 70-80p. Then there are those who are fortunate enough to be able to charge at work for nothing; or those who have renewables at home and can charge for nothing. These price disparities really and rightly put off people from EVs if they can not take advantage of the cheaper options. And that is before you get into the availability of public charging in your own area – mine is in the Welsh Marches and is pretty patchy.

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    1. @sIightIybored Avatar
      @sIightIybored

      That 15p difference at the pump is only 10% too so EV’s go from 5x cheaper to 2x more than fuel. Though the unfortunate trend being for the cheapest public chargers being at best the price of fuel.

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  8. @taloire43 Avatar
    @taloire43

    The Village Centre in Chinnor South Oxfordshire has two 22kwh chargers!

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  9. @johnkellett7797 Avatar
    @johnkellett7797

    The manufacturers most affected by the discounted EVs are those that were late to the EV market and remained fixated on ICE

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  10. @stonyness Avatar
    @stonyness

    I have some similar circumstances to Hilary, living in a terraced house with on street parking. I live around 16 miles North West of Cardiff, in one of the South Wales Valleys. I made the move to electric around 6 months ago, There are AC chargers installed in council car parks ~100m away from my house. In practice, I more often charge at the supermarket, in a council car park near to my work or at the train station so far. AC chargers cost is comparable to petrol costs, although I do have the benefit of a salary sacrifice scheme and make savings in tax there. It can still work without access to charging at home, but will depend on what’s available near you. Over time it is getting better. Previously when visiting family it has been challenging as their town had no chargers, and I had to plan a charging stop en route as I couldn’t charge at the destination. A few weeks ago four AC chargers were installed 200m from their house, giving me more options!

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  11. @stevencowie6368 Avatar
    @stevencowie6368

    I’m in Toms camp, except when in my 1955 series Landrover,

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  12. @stephenwensley Avatar
    @stephenwensley

    Camp car introvert, but I’d have the Buzz over the EV9!

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  13. @stevenleitch8681 Avatar
    @stevenleitch8681

    Well done Ginny,great performance 👌

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  14. @petergahan9076 Avatar
    @petergahan9076

    On Thursday evening, it was -5 and my Corsa was charging at 13kw and eventually reached 25!

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  15. @Chris-mh3vf Avatar
    @Chris-mh3vf

    I live in whitby a major tourist area and there is ONE 50KW charger in the town ONE!

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  16. @jamesengland7461 Avatar
    @jamesengland7461

    One simple step to marginally increase range is to park facing the windshield and driver’s side windows towards the sun, which will remarkably help to warm the interior; the converse on hot days to reduce cabin heating.

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  17. @madmandonna1 Avatar
    @madmandonna1

    I would be here for a Kilowatt hour! It’s very soothing listening to you chat in a lovely friendly manner about cars old and new, so make the show an hour instead!

    I’m currently in the Renault Zoe ZE50, and I’d like to get the new R5 as I think it’s the best looking small car released in the last decade, but my one reservation would be that it’s not a big enough improvement over the Zoe.
    The batteries are nearly identical, and the R5 only seems to have a couple of extra bells and whistles over its processor (though the 100kW Charging in a massive improvement). Would you recommend the R5 over the Zoe, or should I consider other smaller cars like the BYD dolphin or hold out for the ID2?

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  18. @stephenwensley Avatar
    @stephenwensley

    Perhaps you should drop the time part of the podcast time, and replace with The Kilowatt Rapid Charge, or Kilowatt Coffee Break

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  19. @lm3718 Avatar
    @lm3718

    Love the upgrade to 1080p and better microphones – noticed, and much appreciated!

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  20. @availablepublicly39 Avatar
    @availablepublicly39

    Mike, your ID-Buzz attracts higher fees on toll motorways – a quirk of the rules is that the charges are based on the height over the front axle! So it is seen as a van not a car. Still worth it though! Mine’s like yours so see you round town. 🙂

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