Content by Cabansail in December, 2025

There are many options, depending on budget. One thing I am looking at is to move over to three phase. That would allow better charging options. It could be done with the main house using just the single phase, with solar and batteries. Then the other phases would be just for the car, and maybe...

It is what the ACC is for. On that trip it takes about 15 min longer each way but uses way less fuel energy. A lot if the trip is along 2/3 lane roads. I do keep the same speed during the winding roads closer to home too. The 40kph advisory corner speed is just that, advisory. That is the fun...

Last time I made this trip it was about 11ish. That was in Eco Mode and keeping it at about 85kph, not using the brake by anticipating when slowing was required. More in tune with the car now, but the A/C will be used more in this heat. There is a free charger at a local eatery, so will use...

Unless I am in a hurry on a trip I normally drive under the limit. The drag has an inverse square relationship so dropping the speed just a bit lowers energy consumption by a lot. In my old car I could get 3.8l/100km from a Mazda 3, way under the published figure.

I am going to re-jig my home solar set up and then self charge from Solar. Right now I use the DC Charger in town, which is Solar Powered. It would be slightly cheaper to Home Charge but that would deplete the home battery. There are storms about, and that leads to Blackouts in my area. If the...

I have a couple of 400km+ trips coming up. Will see what sort of economy can be achieved. Hope to get it close to or under 11kWh/100km (5.6 mi/kWh).

I blame all the Christmas Puddings and Cakes. They use all the Currants and Electric Currents.

If you do buy the cables, probably getting them from the stdealer is the most expensive supplier.

This is with the effect faded in.

Looks like I am going to change them around on mine.

How long since you switched Front and Rear wheels? It depends on driving style as to which pair wear the most. Front from steering, rears from power (in a RWD). If they are still in their original positions you may maximise the endurance with a swap.

These are Chinese cars. They don't know the words in English, so they just hum instead. Hat ... Coat ... Door

As I said elsewhere, a Smart Dongle came with the car from the original owner. It works OK most of the time. I did get an Ottocast Play2Video Ultra 2.0 and it had more features but lagged a LOT. I did some research and found a fix for that issue. It was to configure the phone to connect using...

My car came with a Smart Dongle. It would occasionally drop out, so I bought an Ottocast Play2Video Ultra 2. It worked but has a lot of lag. I think it's due to my Phone not syncing at 5GHz. It is the iPhone 11 which only does 2.4GHz. So I am back on the Smart Dongle. If I go on a long trip I...

I have been looking at a new set of boots for my XPower. Talking with a supplier who I know gives good advice and he has pointed me towards the Yokohama Advan SportV108 EV. His opinion is they perform well above their price point and also have quite good longevity. The XPower will put more...

Try one of these instead. It will protect everything from any sort of attack.

Just a few layers in Photoshop.

How about a Sketch?

I bought it on the 29th August. So a bit over 4000km in 3 months.

The car is 25 months old. I bought it with q bit under 28000km

Looked in the garage yesterday and noticed it was bang on the increment. Still on the original rubber, but will have to address that soon.

In the current weather I probably need Battery Cooling.