Haven't done a long spin in Mrs Tracos EV myself but I suspect it would be OK although I don't think it will hold a candle to the S600. Although it must be siad that car does come with range anxiety and the possibility of breakdown resultuing bankrupty yet the long distance comfort is on another level entirely when it is working.
IMO diesel is at it best cruising on the motorway at 130kph with the stereo on to drown out the sound of the engine, sorry kids in the back. Engine noise is not even noticeable at those speeds. I regularly do 350km stints without stopping and get out at far end surprisingly unruffled.
Im sure a decent EV is somewhat quieter and I look fwd to having an EV that has a decent range to test this out over a long unbroken journey but I honestly dont get the getting out of an ICE car wrecked thing. Its good that we're not all made from the exact same cast I suppose.
I have an EV and a 3series BMW, the BMW is used as a local runaround (2k a year) and the EV does all long trips.
Can drive from Dublin area to West Cork and the car charges quicker than I can use the toilet and grab a coffee or some food so it's zero inconvenience and no need to be hanging around for 45 mins.
My wife took the BMw to the local garage last week to fill up on her own in the evening as too much hassle with the kids in the car and it took nearly 30mins for the 1.5km roundtrip and queueing in and out of the petrol station. And wasn't even the circle K discount day. What as waste of time vs 5s to plug in an EV.
If you're regularly driving 1000km a day and someone else is paying for the fuel then of course that's easier but for everyone else doesn't make much difference, lose a bit of time on the occasional long trip vs saving time (and money) day to day with home/work charging.
I have a 2 series, I visited the petrol station today, took me 2 or 3 minutes, no queuing, driving past it anyway, last time I stopped was 6 weeks ago much the same experience, only problem I had was trying to remember where the fuel flap was as I was nearing the station, 215 euro of petrol since June, going for 320 km drive tomorrow, I probably be ok till February, same problem again with the fuel flap.
Look for the arrow on the fuel gauge. That points the side.
Funny story: We went out to Tesla Sandyford and sat in a Model 3, and ordered one a week later having at that point never driven an EV (or even been a passenger in an EV)... The 1st time either or us ever drove an EV was when we test drove a Model 3 about 2 weeks before collecting ours...
First time I ever sat inside an EV, let alone a Tesla, was the day I went to collect my Model 3 during covid restrictions. Driving it away from Sandyford through the deserted city was one of the most surreal days of my life.
Apple’s immersive next-gen CarPlay will start with Porsche and Aston Martin / 2024 vehicles from high-end automakers will get the first taste of Apple’s “cohesive design experience that is the very best of your car and your iPhone.”
I have an EV now but when I had petrol, I never got out of the car to fill it, the attendant filled it and I paid for it all within a few mins.
How long have you had an EV?? I haven't seen a forecourt attendant in 30 years!
And the attendant also carried a card reader or accepted cash and discharged change 🤷
Maybe they can tell us what garage still has an attendant.
There are some in County Louth that have attendants and card readers. The usual pathetic responses to ones own experiences.
My sister has a petrol car, she will only buy petrol from attended petrol stations.
https://ekfuels.ie/
i know them well
one example for the ignorant posters and it is from present day.
ABOUT US
EK Fuels Ltd is a local family run business. We are proud of our forecourt service, our fuel pumps and car wash are always fully attended offering a fast, friendly and reliable service by our team of fully trained staff.
you are great craic 😁
I had was trying to remember where the fuel flap was
Most cars will usually have an arrow next to the fuel symbol on the dash stating which side of the car the flap is on, and if there's no arrow, it's usually the side of the fuel pump image with the filler hose coming out of it...
Arrow example (flap is on the right)
Non arrow example (flap on the right)
And if there's no arrow, its the side the the hose is coming out of the pump symbol.
Are people getting changeover switched fitted to their domestic supply’s with V2L?
Otherwise you are potentially connecting a generator to the grid which is extremely dangerous to people working on the grid.
Why was I never told this by anybody before now? Countless last day returns of rental cars trying to spot the fuel cap in the side mirrors as I drive along.
I've been to one charging station where the App doesn't work. There's an attendant who comes over and taps his RFID card to start your charge. The quaint thing is that he then asks, "how much do you want" ? 😀 When you get to that percentage SoC, he reappears from his portacabin, taps the RFID again to stop the charge and you head over to pay by credit card or cash.
Admittedly, this charging station is co-located with a CNG station, so the attendant is there anyway for the CNG customers. But it's cute how they've persisted with the old world service model for their shiny new solar farm and chargers.
The solar inverters approved for European market detect missing AC and isolate automatically so will be same with any DC to AC equipment without need to worry about it.
Years upon years of renting cars here too, so it was good that a colleague told me about this 'trick' very early days in my career!!
Yeah but in the case of someone buying a car with V2L capability, is it made clear that a changeover switch is required to stop backfeeds onto the grid?
Does the car feed out at Ac? I presume so.
So it just a case of running a lead from the car into a plug in the house to run some circuits right?
Or is that now how it works?
Quick example of my trips from Cork to Dublin.
I can do one longer stop or two short ones. We stop in Ballacolla to use the toilets, (child) so can plug in, use the toilet and grab a coffee. 15 mins we're on our way again. We don't have to wait on the car.
I bet they recognise that the connection is live and shutdown and/or in a case of smart charging station there is a clamp meter on the meter tails. Otherwise you'd be discharging you battery for free to everybody in your town.
My last 3 series had not got the arrow, I just checked and the 2 series has it, I did not spend long thinking about, anyway I am off, see ya 'all, merry Christmas and happy new year.
So how do you know where the fap is on an EV?!
You need a V2G chargepoint first. Not many in the country have this.
Also, IS10101 is currently out for public consultation and one of the changes is around V2G.
You can lodge a submission to the NSAI about it if you wish.
Except if it is a Ford, can be pot luck then.☺️
V2L is just like a petrol generator, changeover switch can be used or just run extension leads, it is not grid tied. Or synchronous with the grid, connect to grid some thing will likely go bang.
V2G will likely be charge point based, where the car supplies DC and the charge point (which actually for once be a charger!) Will match the grid like a solar inverter will do.
That will deal with anti islanding and all that fun.
10-15mins is just to get home to charge. Not charge fully.
I do north Dublin-Cork (Little Island) same day return a few times a month and do a 15min charge somewhere like Fermoy on the return journey (while getting coffee/late lunch), and that gets me home.
e: actually, just typing that, I checked and there's two Circle Ks with 150KW chargers less than 15mins drive from Little Island, so I could also get a sandwich there and charge the car...
An 11KW charger at a hotel or somewhere would probably do the job too, if I was going to be out having a sit-down lunch somewhere.
See my point is if the ESB network is switched out for maintenance this results in the homeowner having no power from the grid.
If that homeowner has a V2L capable EV, the homeowner can plug the car directly into the house wiring to have power- is this correct (assume no zappi home charger as it hasn’t been fitted yet).
If this is the case what’s to stop the EVs juice feeding through the ESB meter and cutout on out to the grid where it goes to the nearest transformer and is converted to 10/20KV?
If this can happen that’s a massive issue to the crews working on the grid.
I presume this has been looked at and addressed but I just don’t know the details of what precautions are in place to stop this happening- does anyone know?
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