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This week's EV bargain that I'm not buying
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Yes, usually exaggerated.
What distance is the Sligo trip?
@shefwedfan should be able to give you accurate feedback as he just bought one.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057723422
Cheers for that, it's 210km door to door.
She normally bounces on from sligo to Westport to friends of hers, which is grand on the way down, but on the way back it'll be a decent spin Westport to swords.. we'll have a look at charge points now i know what 10min can do!
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Cheers for that, it's 210km door to door.
She normally bounces on from sligo to Westport to friends of hers, which is grand on the way down, but on the way back it'll be a decent spin Westport to swords.. we'll have a look at charge points now i know what 10min can do!
I'm not familiar with the charging speeds of the Golf, but I would be fairly certain that 10 minutes would give a 25-30% top-up.
I had 60% battery in my Leaf earlier. I wanted to stop off at a garage and pick up a roll. I pulled in at a Fast Charger. I plugged in. Went inside and ate a roll ( eat quickly). I came back to 82% after only a few minutes. The charge slows down after you hit 80%.0 -
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Cheers for that, it's 210km door to door.
She normally bounces on from sligo to Westport to friends of hers, which is grand on the way down, but on the way back it'll be a decent spin Westport to swords.. we'll have a look at charge points now i know what 10min can do!
What's the range of the Golf?
My 24kwh Leaf will do 120km on motorway at approx. 100kmh.0 -
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Cheers for that, it's 210km door to door.
She normally bounces on from sligo to Westport to friends of hers, which is grand on the way down, but on the way back it'll be a decent spin Westport to swords.. we'll have a look at charge points now i know what 10min can do!
goz83 didnt mean 10mins for a full topup!
He meant a 10min topup would do to make it. Although I wonder about that.
I dont know the exact range of an eGolf but I'd say you'll need more than 10mins topup to cover a 210km trip also allowing for some spare capacity and bad weather and the fact that it will be at higher speeds (open road including motorway). I'd say a full 20-30min topup would be closer to the mark.
Also remember that when you topup at a rapid charger you generally only topup to 80% as the last 20% takes much longer. Charging at home will be to 100%
Westport to Swords might even require 2 stops depending on where the chargers are located.0 -
EPA range of the eGolf is 134km, about the same as a 24kWh Leaf. The Golf is more aerodynamic though so at 100km/h (real, not indicated
) I'd expect it to do a bit better.
@Donnelly - how far is your trip to Sligo and at what speeds would you like to drive this? Dublin city to Sligo is 210km, which means even at lowish speeds of about 100km/h you will need almost a full charge in the middle, which will take a lot longer than 10 minutes. When you get to Sligo your battery will be mostly empty again. And maybe it's just me but £15k for a 2 year old Golf seems like a lot of money. With flight + ferry + charge point, you are talking about €19k landed here. You can nearly buy a brand new Leaf for that kinda money or an Ioniq for €6k more or a '16 30kWh Leaf with a much better range than the Golf
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Thanks for all the info folks, badly needed. My wife won't buy a Nissan or Hyundai. I've tried to talk her round, but it's not happening. I'll talk to her later regarding range of the newer models.
We thought 20ish on the drive was good value :O that's why we were going for it..........
More research required. In the mean time the long suffering a3 gets it's cold starts 6+ times a day
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Correct - that's why I've posted it up in the 'EV bargain that I'm not buying' threadI don't think it will give you the range you need though so you can do your commute without charging?
I'll probably wait until next year and pick up a 30kW Leaf (which again, is probably not enough in terms of range - but should be affordable at that point).
However, if someone wanted a fresh 6.6kW Leaf right now without me having to actively bother to put it on the market, I might stroll in and buy this Zoe.
It's the 22kW charging that's the draw for me. Otherwise, I don't really like anything about the Zoe. BTW, has there ever been an independent comparison done on the original Zoe and Leaf batteries in terms of durability and range?0 -
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