Random EV thoughts.....

listermint · 06-07-2021 07:00PM

ELM327 wrote: »

The chinese MG5 is an estate with good range for the money and not a bad looking car

Never actually heard about that at all and I would have considered myself to be on the nose with ev news.

Have to say though it is kinda reminding me of a Dacia Logan in the looks department.

Maybe older Passat front mercedes rear with Logan side profile to tack them together.

It's missing something. But seems great value all the same.

AndyBoBandy · 06-07-2021 07:08PM

listermint wrote: »

Never actually heard about that at all and I would have considered myself to be on the nose with ev news.

Have to say though it is kinda reminding me of a Dacia Logan in the looks department.

Maybe older Passat front mercedes rear with Logan side profile to tack them together.

It's missing something. But seems great value all the same.

Check out the Bob Flavin videos on YouTube… he’s been given an MG EV for a year..,

silver_sky · 06-07-2021 08:26PM

Perfect taxi driver car. They get a nice EV grant now too. €20K off a new (non-wheelchair accessible) taxi.

Kramer · 06-07-2021 08:41PM

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Check out the. On Flavin videos on YouTube… he’s been given an MG EV for a year..,

That was then, this is now. Apparently he had to give it back. He's back in his '06 Seat now & has been critical of the MG.

Kramer · 06-07-2021 08:45PM

Black_Knight wrote: »

Wife is taking the ID.4 on a trip around Munster tomorrow....ABRP says it's a bit tighter than I imagined, arriving home with only 10% battery.

Kramer wrote: »

She'll be grand on that journey - she'll have a good 20%+ buffer IMO .

How did she do? I was concerned when it rained......extra consumption.....little cooler too.....I'm sticking with 20% though :pac:.

the_amazing_raisin · 06-07-2021 08:49PM

Looks like wrightbus in NI just released a fully electric double decker

https://www.electrive.com/2021/07/02/wrightbus-presents-their-first-battery-electric-bus/

Up to 200 miles on a single charge. Even if it loses a big chunk of that to weather and loading it should still be plenty for the average urban bus shift

Maybe someone should suggest to Minister Ryan that the NTA opens up purchasing for these when he's visiting the ESB J14 site? Now that there's a workable electric bus available the NTA should move away from diesel buses as swiftly as possible

Plus (sorry to drag in politics here), the Irish government buying a load of buses from a NI company and supporting jobs there would probably play well in the minds voters there who are currently being fed nothing but lies from the DUP and Tories

AndyBoBandy · 06-07-2021 08:56PM

Kramer wrote: »

That was then, this is now. Apparently he had to give it back. He's back in his '06 Seat now & has been critical of the MG.

Didn't know that, but in fairness I wouldn't be seeking out every new video from the likes of Bob or Bjorn etc....

I must have a look now for it. does he cover it in a video?

DrPhilG · 06-07-2021 08:59PM

Kramer wrote: »

That was then, this is now. Apparently he had to give it back. He's back in his '06 Seat now & has been critical of the MG.

Was he critical of it before or after he had to return it?

the_amazing_raisin · 06-07-2021 09:33PM

DrPhilG wrote: »

Was he critical of it before or after he had to return it?

I know he was disappointed in the charging speeds he was getting at ESB chargers and was expecting a software update to fix that

Didn't hear anything after that

Busman Paddy Lasty · 06-07-2021 10:15PM

the_amazing_raisin wrote: »

Looks like wrightbus in NI just released a fully electric double decker

https://www.electrive.com/2021/07/02/wrightbus-presents-their-first-battery-electric-bus/

Up to 200 miles on a single charge. Even if it loses a big chunk of that to weather and loading it should still be plenty for the average urban bus shift

Maybe someone should suggest to Minister Ryan that the NTA opens up purchasing for these when he's visiting the ESB J14 site? Now that there's a workable electric bus available the NTA should move away from diesel buses as swiftly as possible

Plus (sorry to drag in politics here), the Irish government buying a load of buses from a NI company and supporting jobs there would probably play well in the minds voters there who are currently being fed nothing but lies from the DUP and Tories

Tender already out for 800 fully electric buses

Some hydrogen and single deck ev are already on the road. Less prominent routes maybe as a bit of a test run.

Cyrus · 06-07-2021 10:31PM

the_amazing_raisin wrote: »

I asked the reception desk last year about this, basically it's first come first served and they don't seem to police them. I'd say people would generally move after a day

There's 2 pod point chargers with 2 Type 2 untethered sockets each. Don't forget your cable

The reception desk said you'll need to download the pod point app, but reports on plugshare say the units will just plug and charge, no authentication needed

Unfortunately we had to cancel the trip (thanks covid ) but let me know how you get on, we're hopefully going later this year

Just in this for anyone that cares all parking spaces were full when I got there (with only 3 cars...) but I was able to park beside and use the free charging point.

At least the 3 cars that were poorly parked were all actually evs or hybrids

I went down the next morning to plug mine out and all were still charging hopefully they moved later that day.

The Etron should just about make the round trip without a charge but why risk it.

Kramer · 07-07-2021 01:24AM

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Didn't know that, but in fairness I wouldn't be seeking out every new video from the likes of Bob or Bjorn etc....

It's easy, just like, subscribe & hit the notification bell icon

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DrPhilG wrote: »

Was he critical of it before or after he had to return it?

I'm not sure.......I happened to meet someone today who brought it up. I think Bob's big on TikTok & Insta so maybe he was doing updates there.

Kramer · 07-07-2021 01:28AM

I dunno, but does this make any sense to anyone here? I know The Netherlands is rife with Teslas & chargers/charge points, which is great, but their model (the Dutch, in Holland :pac:), is now being banned, just as it was about to be rolled out in other, larger EU countries

.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/electric-cars/opinion/why-is-the-european-commission-dismantling-the-continents-most-successful-ev-charging-model/

Black_Knight · 15-07-2021 12:04PM

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117608221#Comment_117608221

Damn boards downtime.

She got on grand. 336km driven, 17.8kWh/100km, 60km/hr average speed. Arrived home with 18% battery, but also 122km range. Seems like that 18% is way underestimated if the GOM is correct - IMO the GOM was correct in this instance. 18% giving 122km is 670km at 100%. Not a hope of that.

Didn't charge for 2-3 days after she got home (think I had about 55km range left), but put 71kWh into it when I did.

the_amazing_raisin · 15-07-2021 09:02PM

Thank goodness boards is back, my wife was getting tired of listening to me complain about ESB chargers and yakking about how V2G is the future and it'll all be better when I get solar panels :)

the_amazing_raisin · 15-07-2021 09:07PM

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117613593#Comment_117613593

Surely the 18% was correct and the GOM was way off?

If you put 71kWh in (at the charger I'm assuming) then after losses that works out at 83% of the 77kWh capacity

There seems to be an extra kWh hidden in the battery to account for early degredation, so that's probably where the extra came in

I guess your wife is a very efficient driver if the GOM figured she'd get 120km out of just over 13kWh. You'd struggle to get that in an Ioniq!

Black_Knight · 15-07-2021 09:24PM

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117617027#Comment_117617027

I didn't charge it when she got home. I charged it a few days later, after about 50km more of driving. I think the GOM was more accurate than the %. I didn't check out EVNotify to see what the actual BMS SOC was though.

The roads she was on were typically single carriage, some rural roads too. She'd be a gentler driver than I would be, but she was under pressure to get to everywhere she needed to go and get back in time for creche pick up. Need some cooler weather to wash the car now. Bugs all over it.

the_amazing_raisin · 16-07-2021 09:03AM

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117617125#Comment_117617125

Ah I get you now, forgot you'd been driving afterwards as well

Hopefully it isn't a sign the BMS is screwed up, seen a couple of videos of otherEVs where the battery percentage plummeted at the end and the car died before it should have

The Black Oil · 17-07-2021 10:44AM

Just saw a Renault Twizzy in the wild, tiny.

Black_Knight · 17-07-2021 11:02AM

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117623309#Comment_117623309

Yup. Basically a tall go kart.

cannco253 · 17-07-2021 11:51PM

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117618404#Comment_117618404

cannco253 · 18-07-2021 12:03AM

First time using easygo today at IKEA. Had the fob and app set up on the phone. Swiped the fob but couldn’t get it to start. Tried to add funds to the easygo wallet but the transaction wouldn’t go through. Called easygo, they said they are having problems with the IOS app and it won’t allow funds to be added. You have to log in through the website to add funds. Anyway, easygo started the charge remotely and all worked in the end.

Moved down to decathlon, first charger I plugged into didn’t recognise the easygo fob at all. Tried the plug on the other side and no problem.

No easygo chargers in Galway so couldn’t try it out before today, but hopefully should be no more problems. There’s always the “will it work” moment when you try a new charger for the first time, but gets easier with experience.

Had to explain to a Leaf driver at decathlon why the Esb card wouldn’t work on easygo. They hadn’t heard of them before but once I told them what to do they had no problem.

Easygo have very little signage at the chargers compared to Esb, but they answered my call very quickly and resolved my issue.

silver_sky · 18-07-2021 10:45PM

Rarely have issues with EasyGo. I think I had to call them once. Then again I've mainly only used their charge points in Lidl and did use one of the motorway ones once. I think their app (at least on android) is far better than esb.

the_amazing_raisin · 19-07-2021 01:22PM

Looks like Bjorn had some issues with a borrowed Model X at the Superchargers 😱

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UopqRQLImc

Nothing wrong with the car, seems like the car was between owners in Tesla's systems and had no payment method, so the Supercharging got cut off as a result

I know we all bemoan the legion of RFID cards and app, and Tesla's plug and charge system is definitely the best out there. But I still don't see what was so wrong with the model of paying someone for stuff that it had to be gotten rid of 😀

ELM327 · 20-07-2021 10:28AM

The tesla one works best because the DC units are "dumb" and all the tech including regulating who can charge and at what rate, is done by the car liaising with base.

The problem here was taking a long trip by someone who was neither the buyer nor the seller, right at the change of ownership time.

If it wasnt Bjorn I would call this FUD as it would never happen in real life.

innrain · 20-07-2021 11:44AM

Unless someone succeeds in stealing one and the owners reports it. I think it is normal behavior and they could have foresee it will happen. The original owner probably removed the credit card details once the car left their premises without considering the consequences.

AndyBoBandy · 20-07-2021 12:15PM

So I was having a mooch around PlugShare last week while Boards was down, looking at how Dublin compared to some other cities in terms of DC charging, and was fairly shocked at what I saw!!

Dublin (city population: 554,554);