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"cold-gating" it is sometimes called. For instance by Bjorn Nyland who lives in Norway where this is more of an issue.

Good point - I hadn't considered the cold weather which is the most obvious reason!

I hope this is true, it would be a big development. However, there is a problem in working out what 'solid state' means and firms have been found to be making false claims about solid state batteries before... https://undecidedmf.com/is-yoshino-really-a-solid-state-battery/ This is what leads...

Have you got the SR SE? We do and the official maximum is about 88kw. However, we've only had about 70kw on our few DC charging stops, with the speed dropping off from there as it filled up. I wonder if it is something to do with the fact that the charger is 800V and the car is 400V meaning...

Indeed! Unless it is just hype and no product which might lead people to distrust the industry going forwards.

Yes, that is why it is particularly surprising. They are an electric motor company, not a battery company, though I think I read they had close relationships with a battery company.

Yes quite a shock this one, since this is a very small company and it has come out of nowhere. Though perhaps it was really developed with/by a partner. Massive companies have spent billions trying to develop this technology like QuantumScape. We will have to see if others can verify the claims.

The way I see it is that the 7kW charger provides a lot of convenience and adds to the value of the house anyway if you sold up. All houses with driveways are going to need one. The cabling to ours (Givenergy) was also fed through a hole in the wall into the back of the unit. However, that...

You'd want a ready supply of clean water and a huge surplus of renewable energy. New York or London probably not the best place for it! Unless perhaps they is being impacted by flooding and this is a way to use up the water.

Porsche have been making synthetic 'e-fuels' in South America. https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/innovation/porsche-efuels/porsche-what-are-efuels-35829.html This will be the solution going forwards for legacy combustion engine cars (vintage cars not upgraded to battery). There are two huge...

This feels a lot like that time that Austria and Germany played out a tepid world cup game in order to get exactly the result both needed to go through to the next round.

Love a poll but I'm not sure about repeating the same answers more than once and also what does... "Do members what DIY info" mean? Should it be "want" and a question mark on the end?

Sounds like you're already aware of the main one (HV battery state of charge when left). 12v battery? Perhaps a worry will be about the 12v battery so maybe plug that in to a battery charger thing every now and again. We used to do that with our old car that had an electrical issue and chewed...

Turns out I guessed right, there... https://www.mgevs.com/threads/mg4-ev-owners-share-your-best-photos.24667/#post-421414 We are all learning Rolfe-law

I don't get this reference. Caliban is the car, is Hilda the e-bike?