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I wonder why they can't use the existing systems they have in place for ICE vehicle pay at pump services and extend them to EV chargers? https://support.shell.com/hc/en-gb/articles/115005981965-How-does-Pay-at-Pump-work-at-a-Shell-Station

I spotted a few on my road trip this week, a few orange on the motorways and a blue on charge at Scotch Corner services Also saw this Tango spotted at Woodall services by Matt Watson, time stamp 17:21

S is for OPD mode and means the regen will STOP the car rather than letting it roll or creep forward

I was updating my Excel sheet today and realised I had not been tracking the difference between what a charger records as energy sent to the car and how much energy the car records as being stored in the battery (based on % charge). Have updated this and can see a 220kW discrepancy since I have...

Just back from another Edinburgh to Leicester round trip no issues with the Tesla chargers at Adderstone (Purdy Lodge) and Harrogate (Weetons Garden Centre). Turn up, plug in and start charge on the Tesla app, high 130kW/h under 50% state of charge and 70-50 kW/h when over 50% The car has taken...

Did you try to put the key in the "alternative starting location" (bottom of the storage compartment between the front seats). This is supposed to work when the key battery is low.

Maybe this Jerry Pan tutorial video will help to determine if things are working as they should be

A couple of ways to check if the speed recognition is using sat nav POI. Do you get a speed limit displayed before you have passed any sign on a drive, also when you turn onto a road with a different speed limit to the previous road does the speed limit change before you pass a sign. If the...

Cruise set to 70mph and as JohnnyG mentioned that is the downside of the XPower being a bit heavier with the second motor, but that is the same with the performance model of any ICE car, "Ye canny change the laws of physics, captain"

I guess the exceptions to this would be a leased or hired car where the owner of the car (lease or hire company) is the party responsible for maintenance and deciding where the car is serviced. I can book my car in for a service with my lease company when it is due, but they will tell me which...

This really has nothing to do with the car and everything to do with the infrastructure. At the moment it makes sense to pre plan all charging stops with contingencies for any long trip. We are still not at the point where you can randomly choose any fuel stop as you can with ICE cars and expect...

Looking at 2 sets of pictures from Google maps it looks like they should be on a curved part of the carpark close to Currys and Dreams, they look like the newest type of Tesla charger. They are not shown on the Augiust 2023 streetview pic but they are there in October 2024. From the pic on...

A fully speced R5 Roland Garros (with front and rear dashcam) was coming in at £31,500 new on the Renault configurator, so an ex demo should be under £30k

Still have 18 months on the lease for mine, but I suspect a fully loaded Renault 5 (or A290) or an Ioniq 5 will be high on my list of test drives, as used these will be in the under £30k bracket by then.