Kilowatt Half Hour Ep 79 : Plucky prices, prohibited poos and peak power | Electrifying

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June 29, 2025

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21 responses to “Kilowatt Half Hour Ep 79 : Plucky prices, prohibited poos and peak power | Electrifying”

@stephenwensley

June 22, 2025

Go on then Tom, get your journalism hat on and go and speak to Lotus and KEF about what is involved in treating a great sound system in a car

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@calumthornton1918

June 22, 2025

Alphitronic are also used by Fastned, Gridserve & Ionity.

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@commuterbranchline8132

June 22, 2025

You guys rock and are most deserving of most wider audience. Nicola was so genuine, natural and hilarious on the Kia EV6 GT review it’s definitely most watch worthy. Liked, subscribed and shared!

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@jaalittle2814

June 22, 2025

Australian BYD Atto3 owner here. Brake lights definitely come on when sitting on regen down a long hill. Same happened for my work’s Hyundai Kona.
Makes sense for having that it place, to be honest.

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@simonevans8979

June 22, 2025

Tom echoes my own findings exactlty: Own an EV for more than four years and have `priceless`charging at ANY time – day or night – and it ONLY comes down to speed of charging IF that may be restricted by the tariff. I went for a 7.4 KW/h wallbox even when I had only a PHEV. Now full EV its a no-brainer….
FWIW FAR more important is peak charging speed on a `fast` charger (and the cars peak charging rate) – Its the main reason I will replace my E208 cos I cant get more than 60kw/hr locally – admittedly havent looked at charging rates on all chargers in my area. I get 7.4kw/hr at work, so that makes maths simpler too!

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@martingill6996

June 22, 2025

Great chat ❤

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@gordonmackenzie4512

June 22, 2025

My MeganE Etech has 4 regen levels with paddles. The brake lights come on under regen braking on levels 3 and 4.

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@LoLeinster

June 22, 2025

I used to own a 2013 diesel Mazda 6 estate and when I bought it, the front Bose speakers(which provide the bass)were blown.

As it was a used car, I got the money back from the dealer for the cost of repair or replacement and brought it to an audio specialist.

They told me that Bose & Mazda haggle over the cheapest possible speaker that Bose would be willing to attach their tuner system to, so the consumer usually ends up with a really cheap speaker which can’t handle the system and blow really easily.

He’d seen quite a few Mazda’s with the same issue and they had used a really cheap(unbranded)Sony speaker but stuck the Bose badge cover on top.

He was able to repair the speakers and did a far better job than the manufacturer actually had done to begin with.

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@PHXRenegade

June 22, 2025

Be glad you were only “mentioned in meetings”. I bet there were discussions along the lines of “That woman is never coming to a Ford launch ever again!!” 🙂

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@davidclabon1138

June 22, 2025

Can we please film the next meeting of Nicola and the Ford team, would make great viewing! 🙂

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@williammillard687

June 22, 2025

I thought the intro was – ” Welcome to the pick and pock of peckled peppers..” btw…I was at Insurance college with Steve Fowler in the late 80’s

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@neilrwilliams218

June 22, 2025

Like Steve Fowler, I also take a music track to test the car audio. It’s an uncompressed WAV file of the London Show Choir with a 31 piece orchestra at Abbey Road. The Kia Soul’s sound system was like being back in the studio. The EV3 is good, but not the same level.

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1. @InspectorGamecat
  
  June 22, 2025
  
  Our Soul does have a great stereo, it sounds lovely
  
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@gonzaloleviatanh

June 22, 2025

Last week I saw for first time a Nio on the M4 on my way to London

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@Adam-pt3cb

June 22, 2025

Getting a proper charger will often allow you access to intelligent tariffs which provide cheap electricity windows for the whole house (on top of the cheap overnight rate). I’ve seen my electricity bills drop even with the increased use from charging an EV

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@GaryGotham

June 22, 2025

There’s also a Rivan pickup on the fleet of the local building contractors and property developers where I live in Wiltshire.

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@johngraham1321

June 22, 2025

Adding to your regen braking brake lights discussion: the Citroen EC3 eManual pdf I was sent by my dealer in March says the following –

Regenerative braking

With the mode C and when decelerating

The mode C emulates engine braking, slowing
the vehicle with no need to depress the brake
pedal. The vehicle slows more quickly when the
driver releases the accelerator pedal.
The energy recovered when the accelerator
pedal is released is then used to partially
recharge the traction battery, thereby
increasing the vehicle’s driving range.

The resulting deceleration of the

vehicle does not cause the brake
lamps to come on.

OK what they say about the C pedal being ON = regen braking isn’t right, as it is in regen mode at start with the C button off. I am unable to see the brake lights myself but does anyone knows who has an EC3?

Also what about the pedestrian warning noise that comes on cars like BYD? Mine doesn’t seem to make any noise at slow speed? Is that OK?

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@johnnodge4327

June 22, 2025

On a steep hill, our Ioniq 5 does put the brake light on. If it’s a gentle hill, they don’t come on. Our Ioniq 5 seems to put the brake lights on when the regen is putting more than about 10kW into the battery.

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@downtoearthtechtests2685

June 22, 2025

In Nicola’s defence (😂) the Grandland does still do that rocky thing occasionally. It’s the auto hold system having a mare. Use the handbrake and it’s fine.

Also, it transpires the HUD disappearing in hot weather thing is actually mentioned in the manual…it’s a feature, not a bug 😂

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@JjaysYoutube

June 22, 2025

Honestly, if you’d told me 20 years ago that Hyundai and Kia would be selling cars for £50-90K, I would’ve been on the floor laughing. Back then, they were budget brands — now they’re going toe-to-toe with the likes of BMW, Audi and Merc, and in some cases actually outperforming them. Meanwhile, the Germans keep cutting corners and charging extra for every tiny add-on. Yeah, car prices in general are a bit mad right now, but to be fair, Kia and Hyundai are probably bang on with what they’re charging for their top-end stuff.

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@narrowboatlongpod4176

June 22, 2025

You can always get a 32A Commando socket installed and use a 32A charger. The Tesla granny charger will take 13A, 16A and 32A plugs. A dedicated charger does have advantages, though.

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