Kilowatt Half Hour Ep 67 : Renault gets hot, SEAT goes cold . | Electrifying

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March 23, 2025

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28 responses to “Kilowatt Half Hour Ep 67 : Renault gets hot, SEAT goes cold . | Electrifying”

@allannielsen5308

March 23, 2025

Tom thank, you are always positive and Beautiful Lady thank you also been objective

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@DanaVastman

March 23, 2025

Hey you guys!… Appreciate what you do. Sorry for all the dysfunctional comments in the world today. AI’s just going to make it worse. Maybe shut them off…

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@mike.r5-green

March 23, 2025

Welcome back! I was wondering if emailing the podcast broke the format Great to hear what you’ve been up to and what’s going on in the EV market.

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@worldofcars_ldn

March 23, 2025

Hi Team, I’ve always been a car guy and an avid follower of the channel for the reviews but also like to keep up to date on the evolution of the tech side including the public charging infrastructure. As a resident in Camden London, and someone who has only on street permit parking available, keeping an eye on the local charging possibilities is a key driver if I’m to switch to an EV. The message of more and more public chargers being installed across the country is great but here my local council seem to be going the other way! Recently the lampposts on our street were being replaced and with already having some with Shell chargers I thought “great, more coming” but they’ve all been removed! We’re now just left with 4/5 Source London 22kw chargers for ours and the next street with around 2000 homes (mostly 3/4 storey houses converted into flats).
I’m wondering if the recent price increases to the parking permits is a driver (mine is up 20% even though I only have a small 1.2 petrol Fiesta) as being emissions based they get more money for ice cars. We always reading how strapped for cash councils are but is this really the way forward? Come on Camden, what’s going on?!

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@DFID7Tourer

March 23, 2025

To be fair the most helpful and engaging brands when test driving were the VW group and Ford. I found Kia and Hyundai unresponsive but also Byd were a bit underwhelming.

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1. @mikadavies660
  
  March 23, 2025
  
  Do you think that VW and Ford are trying harder because they are not selling their brands very well.
  
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2. @DFID7Tourer
  
  March 23, 2025
  
  @@mikadavies660 I think with respect to Ford most certainly yes, the dealership was a ghost town and they were keen to follow up afterwards even though the Explorer was disappointing to say the least.
  As for the VW Group, Skoda were incredibly helpful and flexible nad gave me an all day test drive. VW were friendly, professional and able to answer all questions I had as part of the process. Cupra were equally helpful.
  
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@DFID7Tourer

March 23, 2025

While I waiting for my ID7 Tourer to be delivered I kept seeing in the reviews how critical people were of the haptic buttons and the electric air vents and I must admit although it was not a big issue in my mid it did make me worry a bit.
What I have found though is that I actually like the buttons on the wheel and the fact you can easily swipe and select what you want and you soon adapt to the different style of cars. The automatic climate control gets a bit of geting used to but I actually now find it so much better than constantly fiddling with controls although the real test will be in the summer I am sure !

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@barnseyfrommossley

March 23, 2025

Seat leaving the EV market is a good thing.
My Seat Mii broke down 6 months ago with a battery problem. It is STILL in Faintree Seat in Shrewsbury awaiting repairs, despite being diagnosed and warranty being authorised in January.
The excuses for the delay make Harry Potter books look factual. No courtesy cars available, I’ve had to buy another car because the Mii has been off the road so long. The dealership doesn’t care. I’ll never have another VAG group car, and would tell everyone else to avoid them like the plauge.

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@James-BB70

March 23, 2025

I knew that swear box would come out . 2 dumb questions, we talk about regen and putting energy back into the battery, presume to then improve the range but I’ve also heard that no regen allows the car to coast more which improves the range. So which is it please? Also, I like the look of the Anderson home wall box but are we going to get discount code via Electrifying ?

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@jackbyron2149

March 23, 2025

Question for the next episode:

Hi Team,

In your last episode you talked about buying a used Polestar 2 – it’s on my potential list but my hesitation has been that it doesn’t have dedicated EV architecture; my thinking is a ground-up built EV would be better for owning rather than leasing, am I overrating the importance/benefits of this? Thanks for your time.

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@MigV40

March 23, 2025

You definitely don’t get the level of service you pay for at Mercedes! We have a Smart Forfour and I’ve had multiple terrible experiences when going to the dealer. A receptionist at Mercedes Oxford eyed me the whole time while I looked at a #1 in the showroom, and then when I opened the door of a C200 she came up to me to say that they ask that I don’t get in the cars because they want to keep them clean!

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1. @mikadavies660
  
  March 23, 2025
  
  Very well said…
  I have a Mercedes EQC and my local dealership are kind of “noses in the air / stuck up” because I didn’t buy it from them!!
  
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2. @MigV40
  
  March 23, 2025
  
  @ they think so highly of themselves, which I don’t understand.
  
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3. @MaticTheProto
  
  March 23, 2025
  
  Sounds like a very incompetent dealership
  
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4. @MigV40
  
  March 23, 2025
  
  @ it’s a shame because it’s the only Smart dealer near us and we had a VERY bad experience at Merc of Newbury so never returning there. The Smart ‘specialist’ guy at Oxford was extremely helpful and not pushy at all when we test drove a #1 Brabus a year ago so for that reason only I would return.
  
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@johnnodge4327

March 23, 2025

I also have an Ioniq 5, and find the local dealer pretty poor. However it doesn’t put me off the car, which is absolutely fantastic.

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@mikadavies660

March 23, 2025

I have just purchased a Mercedes EQC, under £25k and it has a stunning motorway manners. Previously I had a Citroen E-C4. I can confirm it was comfortable but not close to the Mercedes. The E-C4 did long journeys without issue, but after 4hrs I was getting a little tired. I have done longer journeys in the EQC and I can’t fault the ergonomics.

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1. @nealy2815
  
  March 23, 2025
  
  That’s a big jump in footprint and weight. I assume the ec4 was much cheaper to run?
  
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@ddc72

March 23, 2025

As a current (but unlikely ever again) Tesla driver It’s a shame to hear the ‘we’ll just talk about the cars’ statement on Tesla echoed here. Although not reviewing the cars is indeed not an option, at least mentioning the bad stuff its CEO is engaged in should be part of the review. If you don’t, then at least it would be worth telling what a CEO of a car company can get away with before it gets mentioned in a review. Given that, through his actions at DOGE Elon likely already has blood on his hands, I’m curious to know where Electrified draws the line…

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@gavkenny

March 23, 2025

I saw a Capri today at the Ideal Home Exibition in London. It just looks like a genric SUV – such a waste of a decent landmark name.

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@thevolvodrive2811

March 23, 2025

It’s easier to fool people than convince them that they have been fooled.

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@Mi82475

March 23, 2025

Great work as always!
I’m definetly not Elon’s son but thank you for reading on air the doorhandle comment!
I hope to get an answer in the review , those details are quite important in my opinion, and the EV4 hatch seems quite a nice car.
Hope it’s nice on the motorway so the fleets of all europe can replace those f*ing diesels.
I write to you from Italy, we are dragging massively on the transition, because we are old, poor, grumpy and stubborn. Having big fleets realise there are sensibile economic cars to replace their golfs and tiguans ecc can be an hope, even if we are 10 years late compared to the UK.

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@misreb1

March 23, 2025

Good to see you back guys. I like this show and I wait for it every week. I like the car studio setting! Just to let you know, I listened to your advice and napped myself a used BMW i4 in the beautiful green colour! My first EV. I had it for 2 weeks now and love driving it. One thing I was not aware of coming to an EV which I like to share with other newbies: we are all warned that motorway and winter efficiency are worse for EV than slower city driving. However driving in rush hour in a commute is worse. I was confused and nervous in the first week seeing my efficiency in my BMW i4 at 2.8 or even lower. It was till I drove to nature reserve 20 miles away when I saw my efficiency jumped to 3.5 miles/kwh. Makes sense now I look at how frequent acceleration and stopping (even for a calm driver like me) can drain the battery faster than an open 50mph road. I actually got better efficiency on the motorwaycompared to rush hour commute. Just thought to put it out there

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@MGcyclist

March 23, 2025

I also have a 22 model Ioniq 5 on lease which had a failed ICCU. Unfortunately this happened when I was on holiday, but although the local dealer was a bit average, Hyundai customer service couldn’t have been better. The recovery of my car to the local dealers and issue and delivery of a hire car to get me home was all handled smoothly by people who couldn’t have been more helpful. Once my car was fixed (about 7 weeks) the recovery of the car to my home address (some 500 miles from the dealers) and return of the hire car was all handled without issues, so a big thumbs up from me. As for my next lease car, its another Hyundai of course, a Kona electric

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@neilrwilliams218

March 23, 2025

For a comfortable second hand EV I’d suggest the Kia Soul. Did 2×120 miles in a day last month without a stop to charge and felt fine. Just swapped to an EV3 and the drivers seat is noticeably firmer, so hoping it will give a little over the coming weeks.
The dealer has my old Soul up for £17k.

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1. @stuartj5520
  
  March 23, 2025
  
  I have a 22 Soul and I can agree – it is the most comfortable car I have ever driven on long trips. I’m waiting to see the EV2 in the flesh before I decide whether to go for that or the EV3.
  
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@RonStanley-u4h

March 23, 2025

re-Nicks from Wiltshire’s question about a car that is comfortable and less tiring to drive (hope I remembered your name correctly). I also have a chronic illness that leaves me tired after doing very little. I currently drive a Citroen e-C4 and can vouch for it’s comfort – it is easy to drive, goes over road imperfections or road humps without a jolt, has buttons for all of the heating etc controls so not having to dive into on-screen menus. There is not a huge amount of space inside but it may be enough for your needs.

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