Content by Hugo A Go Go in December, 2025

No need to turn car off. Assuming a CCS rapid - remove rubber port cover, plug in charger, pay for it, wait for it to handshake with the car and start charging (around 30 seconds). Either get back into car, or lock car and go do something else. Whether the car is powered on or off shouldn’t...

This one is the key for me. The charge rate really slows down after 80% and it is usually quicker to move on to the next charger instead of charging until full. For example, I returned from the Newcastle area to Dundee last weekend. I charged at Ionity Metrocentre from around 10% to 80% which...

I admit that I have done this on a couple of occasions to pass the time whilst rapid charging. But I’ve always used the hotspot on my phone so I don’t waste the car’s data. You are correct that the Satnav will use internet data for things like traffic congestion (when the road shows amber or...

Have you been playing about with watching videos on the car screen, and inadvertently went over the data allowance? It is reported to be 1GB per month. I’m not sure what happens when you reach it, whether they cut you off completely or throttle it to 2G.

Y A similar thing happened to me in Cornwall in my previous car, when a minibus forced me into the hedge. Luckily it did polish out with one of those Meguiars polishing kits that attaches to a cordless drill.

Nah there’s no financial benefit or anything. I guess I just prefer the ease of swiping the card, instead of opening the app, finding the correct site and identifying which unit you are using, etc. I leave the card in the centre console in my car so it’s always there.

As I said earlier in the thread, I’ve only ever used an Electroverse card and this is how I’ve signed up for the Ionity subscription. It’s just a case of plug in the car, and then authorise payment, which I do by holding my RFID card to the reader. You can also authorise it, and start it from...

I’ve done a charge since activating the Ionity subscription, and it has definitely paid for itself already. I charged from about 10 to 80%. I couldn’t be bothered going past this as it was going to take another 55 minutes to reach 100% and it’ll be faster to do a 10 minute top up at Ionity just...

Certainly when you do the Ionity subscription through Electroverse, it seems you can sign up then cancel within the first month. Isn’t it the same if you do it directly via Ionity? I’ve just signed up for this, and it seems I can cancel before the 13th if January to not be charged for another...

I would advise you to get an Octopus Electroverse card. It’s free, even if you’re not an Octopus customer. And if you are on an Octopus EV tarriff you get a small discount on charging. It works with just about every major charging network with the notable exceptions of Tesla and Gridserve...

Funnily enough, I am in Newcastle just now, having travelled here from Dundee yesterday. I left on 100%, and added 30.32kWh on the way when we stopped to eat, arriving in Newcastle on 59%. I probably could have made it without charging on the way - it was more an opportunistic charge since the...

The temperature has been in single digits for most of the month, and even below zero on a few days. And here is one for our metric using friends