Kilowatt Half Hour Episode 36: Seven seaters, Cybersters, Fords and affordables! | Electrifying.com

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This week, Ginny, Mike and Tom shoot the electrical breeze on a range of topics, including World Vehicle of the Year, the long-awaited return of the Ford Explorer and Omoda's arrival in the UK. The group likewise respond to listeners' concerns to assist them discover the perfect electrical car.

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Each week, the Electrifying.com satisfy online to go over all the important matters at hand. Such as the weather condition, what we're all having for our tea and who discarded who in last night's Love Island. In between these heavyweight subjects, we also talk about electrical cars. A lot. Probably an unhealthy total up to be sincere.

And when we do go over automobiles, we discover a lot. From market gossip to the more ordinary usefulness of electrical car ownership, it's the place where we dish the dirt on the vehicles we have actually been driving and deliver our own verdicts on the latest electric automobile news. We likewise like to have a great laugh at the daftest little bits of anti-electric news that we've seen in journalism.

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April 12, 2025

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21 responses to “Kilowatt Half Hour Episode 36: Seven seaters, Cybersters, Fords and affordables! | Electrifying.com”

@BMWHP2

July 6, 2024

Yeahhhh, my favorite EV program, thanks to all for the work.
We have been riding cabrio’s and coupes for all our live, but dont have the $ for the Cyberster.
So, we are anxiously awaiting our ë-C3 Max, (11kW AC charger, black with white roof)
We will have to be patient till end October .

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@Wheelchairuser90

July 6, 2024

Please don’t choose that mustard colour sample on your wall. That with all that dated orange pine will be too much!
(The spooky door opening was a highlight!)

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@mikeburgess8801

July 6, 2024

Great episode! I love the look of the Inster, looks a great, roomy, affordable car. Not sure I. The name, but looking forward to the Mercedes Facebo. The Vauxhall Threa abd the Ford Tikto . Keep up the good work!

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@rogerfinch7651

July 6, 2024

E golf is my unsung hero. Efficient as anything and it’s a golf!

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@brummiesalteno-81

July 6, 2024

The Spanish word for frunk/froot mixes frente (front) and Maletero (luggage holder) maleta is a suitcase. I like it.

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@stephenwensley9328

July 6, 2024

The insta reminds me of some of the beige cooking gadgets my grandmother used to have from the 50s. Wouldn’t be surprised if it came with a tobacco faded yellow floral wallpaper interior decor option

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@Stephen-fs5rj

July 6, 2024

Intelligent Octopus is 6 hours (11.30-5.30) at 7p per kwH

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1. @synthmaker
  
  July 6, 2024
  
  Not quite, it’s 6 guaranteed hours but I often charge during the day and get the same lower tariff I get during those 6 hours, not only for charging the car but also for any other electricity I use in my home. As I don’t have a home charger and just plug to the 3 pin wall socket and charge at 2kW, almost all electricity I use is at the lower rate, a lot more than just the 6 guaranteed hours. That’s why when they said Ovo was cheaper than Octopus it was not true as they use a different system that doesn’t give you the cheaper rate during the day.
  
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@jamesmccormack3229

July 6, 2024

Just sitting minding my own business listening to the podcast on YouTube and boom, I heard my name as you read my comment. I nearly gave myself whiplash checking if I had heard right! Haha as always, I love the channel and the reviews, guys!

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@TIHIR1

July 6, 2024

Your channel has converted a total petrolhead, I collect my e:Ny1 Monday. The reviews and explanations of tech and cars etc and the plain quality of your videos is excellent. Thank you!

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@Pottery4Life

July 6, 2024

Thank you. I would go with the explorer. Ginny – Don’t your ghosts know when you are filming?

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@stevejordan4299

July 6, 2024

My unsung hero is the original 28kWh Ioniq. A very efficient car and well equipped.

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@stephenmuddell1383

July 6, 2024

Welcome back podcast!!! You were saying you’d like to see larger EV’s with smaller batteries – I’d like to see a small affordable EV with a huge battery! When you can’t charge at home, or at work, a range of 400+ miles would reduce the number of times sitting at a pubic charger.

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@AlanTov

July 6, 2024

Great stuff.

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@markbennett6658

July 6, 2024

A couple of points. Tom should have referenced the Octopus Agile tariff. I have solar and battery as well as an EV but don’t have a compatible charger or car for the Intelligent tariffs. If you use the Octopus Compare app which I recommend it seems that I’m still better off with Agile than either the dumb Go or Flux tariffs.

Secondly for Ginny if her tumble dryer, which will be much hungrier for electrons than her washing machine, doesn’t have a built in delay put a plug-in one into the wall socket, program it for midnight to 5am and plug the dryer into that!

Lastly I agree with Tom that neither the latest Kona or the Inster are easy on the eye. The latter has a face like Farage

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@evkx

July 6, 2024

Great podcast. Just wanted to add reasons to buy Q8 over Q6
– Better seats. You get indivudal countour seats with massage and ventilation. Probably one of the best seats in the market, but it is an expensive option (Q6 can only massage OR ventilation depending on seat option)
– Better rom in second row.
– Interior quality. More expensive material and options. As en example you cant get the Q6 with full leather dashboard

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@thelaserhive3368

July 6, 2024

Oh thanks Ginny. Dave here again! Just stunned to hear my comment read out. At the moment I’m driving an eGolf and we can still get wheelchair, me, partner and dog into it. But in the future the Alpine Renault 5 derivative is on my wish list ! Though I’d love to be able to get everything into a Cyberster, I don’t think that’ll happen.

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@neil300zx

July 6, 2024

Hi Tom, octopus intelligent go has 6 hrs of cheap rate between 1130 and 0530 @7 ppkwh. Plus when the grid is green outside of those time octopus still allow you to charge at the cheap rate outside the 6 hour slot

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@sunnyd6291

July 6, 2024

Yeah right on guys cars are being released so slowly glad your back!!!!! What’s happening with the situation with tariffs on cars coming into the uk??? Lol Tom your normally not enthusiastic unless it’s a nissan leaf!! Ginny please don’t paint mustard on your walls seriously start a poll about it on this channel…Tom totally agree with your points on the inster

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@vp272

July 6, 2024

Love this podcast episode, great to see these experienced reviewers
Tom, are you able to give more cheap cash purchase discounted EV’s? Autotrader do a lot of offers.

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@anthonystevens8683

July 6, 2024

Congratulations for recruiting Vicky, one of the very best car reviewers online. She is a no nonsense reviewer and that’s what we need. Cracking video all.

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