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Kilowatt Half Hour Ep 80 : Getting stuck, free charging and Lego butchery | Electrifying

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29 responses to “Kilowatt Half Hour Ep 80 : Getting stuck, free charging and Lego butchery | Electrifying”

  1. @simonevans8979 Avatar
    @simonevans8979

    I sold SMART cars back when they were left-hand drive `unofficial imports`. Got great stories of training the UK Fire Brigade to get into smashed Smart ForTwos to get around the Tridion bodyshell…

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  2. @helipeek2736 Avatar
    @helipeek2736

    Perhaps the following could be used as an opening: “A Cordial Welcome To The Congenial Collaborative Kilowatt Half Hour – HURRAH and HUSSAR”

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  3. @richardellishk Avatar
    @richardellishk

    I’ve used my run flat tyres a couple of times with a puncture, great compromise for not having a spare to drive straight to a tyre repair shop.

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  4. @terrysankey3982 Avatar
    @terrysankey3982

    Spotify asked me the other day if we wanted to use ‘larger higher quality downloads’ so I said yes. Whether the quality is any better, who knows, my wife has the subwoofer turned up to eleven in our Volvo when she plays her heavy metal and I’m just thankful the windows haven’t blown out!

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  5. @gavkenny Avatar
    @gavkenny

    Now we have to see the butchered lego model on the next podcast.

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  6. @stuartneal831 Avatar
    @stuartneal831

    Two things to mention about the sound quality in cars , as you get older your hearing deteriorates so you can’t appreciate certain sounds and surely you should be concentrating on driving and the sounds around you not what’s going on in your car

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  7. @KennethPaul Avatar
    @KennethPaul

    100% agree with audio quality, CDs sound great in a cars compared to modern streaming. Great podcast again this week, thanks for the half hour-ish of great electric news and chat enjoy the ☀️

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  8. @terrysankey3982 Avatar
    @terrysankey3982

    Tyre pressure sensors are a little strange. My wife hit a kerb and took out two tyres (20 inch alloys with rubber band tyres are absolute rubbish!) and the pressure sensor said zilch. Replaced tyres (Volvo rescue excellent job) and the pressure sensor chimed in the following day to say the sensor hadn’t been zeroed!

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    1. @jamesengland7461 Avatar
      @jamesengland7461

      Yep, and they often malfunction, and sometimes the sensor costs more to replace than a tire 😂

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  9. @stephenwensley Avatar
    @stephenwensley

    I’ve also had no problems with the Enyaq as a 6’ 4” driver, but my challenge is that my kids are now approaching 6ft themselves. The hunt continues for a car that will accommodate three 6ft teenagers in the second row comfortably – I’ve yet to find anything. Looked at the MG 5S & Cyberster (was curious – couldn’t see a thing! 😂), Kia EV3 (disappointing), Skoda Elroq & Enyaq, VW ID7, Audi A6 & Q6, Mini Countryman (surprising), Smart #3 (also surprising the #5 might be worth a look), Renault 5 (knew it was going to be a two seater, would make a great second car), BYD Seal U & Sealion, Hyundai Insta (my mother also needs a new car, but was surprised by this one as well), Volvo XC30, XC40 and EX90 yesterday and most I would say are 4+1 as that middle seat in the back is not comfortable. Is our choice just the Buzz & EV9/Ioniq 9 or is there anything else out there?

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    1. @mattb4721 Avatar
      @mattb4721

      Whenever someone seeks a car that can accommodate 6-foot+ teenagers, I recommend a roof-rack…. 🙃

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    2. @downtoearthtechtests2685 Avatar
      @downtoearthtechtests2685

      There is a distinct lack of cars that can even cope with three younger kids comfortably for longer journeys! There seems to be an obession with making the outer seats as comfortable as possible, but this obviously cramps the middle seat. The way seats are shaped means that the two outer seats automatically push the outer passengers towards the middle of the bench. In older MPVs, the seats were slghtly narrower but spaced the passengers more equally across the rear.

      Consequently, we found the Elroq / Enyaq too narrow, along with the Scenic (very disappointing for a car with that heritage) and EV3 (Niro EV slightly better). Best fit for us (with a £40kish budget) were the Vauxhall Grandland and MG HS, both of which are wide with a flatish rear bench. Boo.

      Good luck!

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    3. @stephenwensley Avatar
      @stephenwensley

      @@downtoearthtechtests2685Yea, the MG wasn’t on my list, but after after trying the new 5S I think that or the upcoming 6 will be an option. I won’t touch a Stellantis product.

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  10. @TassieEV Avatar
    @TassieEV

    What an adventure that Nic had if nothing else memorable and a story to tell. Thanks for the podcast again for another week the Kilowatt 3/4 hour which is fine I like them longer to be fair.

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  11. @DFID7Tourer Avatar
    @DFID7Tourer

    As a relatively new EV owner one of the things to consider is the cost of a charger installation as a sunk cost as you never had to buy your own petrol pump before an ICE car was bought. However many of the manufacturers periodically have tie in offers and deals even through company salaray sacrifice where they include a free smart charger installation.
    Having test drove a wide selection of potential EV’s last summer and autumn I got lucky in that my preferred milk float of choice did indeed come with one of those offers and it was also the charger I was highlighting as the best solution if I had to buy myself.

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  12. @carlbrandom Avatar
    @carlbrandom

    On the subject of granny charger.

    You absolutely can do long distances with them with clever charging!

    3 trips from South Lincolnshire – London
    1 trip from South Lincolnshire – Newmarket
    1 trip from South Lincolnshire – West Nottinghamshire
    1 trip from South Lincolnshire – Wellingborough

    I did all of these in a week using a 3 pin plug and only paying 7p kWh with OVO charge anytime on my 2023 Kia Niro.

    I travel 15,000 miles a year and managed 26 months with a 3 pin plug.

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  13. @johnnodge4327 Avatar
    @johnnodge4327

    CD quality is much better than MP3, as MP3 is compressed, even in the highest bit rate.
    CD audio has a bit rate of 1411 kbps, but the best MP3 is limited to 320 kbps, so a lot of the music simply isn’t there. Normally the high frequency sounds are capped at 8kHz, and the low frequency is cut below 40Hz, not to mention that a lot of harmonics simply don’t exist in compressed audio.
    CD much higher bit rate allows a frequency reproduction of between 20Hz and 20kHz, along with all the harmonics that musical instruments provide.
    CD for the win!!, although what is actually heard does depend on the rest of the system being able to reproduce the better sound offered by CD.

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  14. @Bullit151 Avatar
    @Bullit151

    I fitted a Pioneer CD multi-changer in a Cortina a LONG time ago, and played Chris De Burgh’s “A Spaceman Came Travelling” on it. When it hit the “la, la, la, la’”s it was angelic, I don’t think I will ever forget it.

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  15. @nicolahume Avatar
    @nicolahume

    Look, for all Lego lovers – I apologise. It was a choice of ‘saw off a piece with a steak knife’ OR ‘throw the whole thing across the room’. I think I made the right choice😅

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    1. @martingill6996 Avatar
      @martingill6996

      Should have dug deep, opened more wine and locked yourself away to start again mind you the wine maybe why the mistake was made so you may have had to right off a week, on balance you made the right choice, life is too short.

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    2. @robertglass2144 Avatar
      @robertglass2144

      There was a third option sling the bottle of wine across the room no mistake made on the Lego, sorted

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    3. @nicolahume Avatar
      @nicolahume

      @@robertglass2144that’s never an option

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    4. @robertglass2144 Avatar
      @robertglass2144

      ​@@nicolahume😂

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    5. @neilrwilliams218 Avatar
      @neilrwilliams218

      Think your next Technic challenge should be the Lego McLaren P1, set 42172. Mine is all together but the gearbox doesn’t quite work.

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  16. @Grizzold-HP2 Avatar
    @Grizzold-HP2

    We bought the first Smart in 1999, and after that . . .6 followed. We ended with a Smart 2017 Brabus Cabrio. Great rides and cheap in fuel. We used it for everything, including trips to Italie or Austria.
    But now, we wanted an EV, sold it and bought a Dongfeng BOX 40kWh LFP battery. WLTP should be 310km . . . .

    We haven’t bought fuel since 2024 November, and charge with our solar panels. Done 14.000km with it and (apart from 1 trip to Austria) always charge at home. . . .about €0.05 per kWh.
    Worst consumption was 300km on 1 charge, best range . . . . .421km on 1 charge . . .Over 10km per kWh ! ! ! !
    That was with warm weather, doing 60kmh and 80kmh roads, 2 persons and always folow the max speed rules.
    (We have photo’s evidence of to back the range up.)

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  17. @richardpiper4828 Avatar
    @richardpiper4828

    Thanks for the mention but whilst the Alpine A290 is definitely on my wish list as I struggle to find anything that comes close to being a successor to my beloved BMW i3s. Being long legged I’m afraid I find the steering wheel in the lap driving position of Peugeots challenging and the top of the rim seems to obscure the instruments. Sadly, I think the Peugeot brand has been devalued to little more than a shopping trolley.

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  18. @EVinstructor Avatar
    @EVinstructor

    With any sound system you can have a really good set of speakers and a high quality amplifier but if you put low quality into it the sound will still be bad. The weak link in cars is Bluetooth. Even with wireless CarPlay the music is often sent via Bluetooth. Bluetooth strips out information to make the file smaller so the quality goes down. A wired connection is best, although less convenient, because it sends more information to the sound system.

    You can get reasonably high quality music with premium Spotify. Tidal gives an even better quality getting very near CD quality at times.

    However, as an audiophile who goes to ridiculous lengths to get a good sound at home I often think, what would it be like listening to music at home with the level of noise in my living room that you get in even a very quiet EV. So a car cabin is always a compromise.

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  19. @anthonystevens8683 Avatar
    @anthonystevens8683

    Sorry to hear about Nicolas transformation to ‘Stinky Nickie’ on the France jaunt. In the past I’ve tested car audio with a couple of tracks, Bat for Lashes ‘Glass’ and Goldfrapp ‘ Hairy Trees’. Both are quite old by todays standards but I have them on original CD albums ripped to USB on the highest MP3 quality that my old PC will do and copied to USB. I do this as I used to have a car that was fast, fun and practical but the audio system was frankly pants. Great work as always Electrifying team, I think I’ve seen most of the ‘Half Hours’ but yet to get an EV.

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  20. @StuartDWright Avatar
    @StuartDWright

    Nic, tip – give your camera lens a wipe. It’s dirty – probably from a finger. It’s got a nice, romantic haze, but I’m guessing that’s not what you’re going for.

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