Recent content by John Sauve Rodd

I had this; I found that my car insurance would pay for the entire repair of the chip (not a replacement windscreen) at a professional repairer namely AUTOGLASS ; I found one close to me (Ashford Kent) - it was done in 45m and I cannot remember where the chip was of see a trace. The process is...

The battery leasing passed into history a while back; as to the safety rating, we didn't know when we bought it and it's never been an issue for the Zoë owners' club I've polled online. Another car (a neighbour has one) that would suit OP is the BMW i3; I've been out in the neighbour's and it's...

We got a 2020 Zoë for my wife (I drive a ZS EV, my second one, but she wanted a smaller car) and it is hands down one of the best driving cars I've ever known. There are plenty of late models high spec on sale at 8-9-1-11£k and not clapped out. Honestly, apart from a couple of tyre valve issues...

Our second EV is a Renault Zoë and she self-locks when you move a few feet away. Excellent performance unless you are back and forth around the car e.g plugging in to charge with the auto fob card in your pocket because she opens-shuts all the time and cuts off preventing a charge.

And that's for all MGs is it? Either way £100 or more is a rip off but then we're all overcharged: last time Invicta (Maidstone) serviced my ZS I watched it from my comfy seat - they took it well late and returned the paperwork to the service chap after 25 minutes which incudes putting it on...

Surely any Tesla software is in the app not the MG? Someone please tell me more as google even AI assisted does not say much.

What is the Tesla fix?

Someone using AI - the bold text is a giveaway. More and more AI overviews are quick and succinct.

And when Volvo began to do it in the 80s (from memory) it was because DRLs meant fewer accidents. My late and unlamented mother in law cursed the bloody Swedes, like people do.

Very high mileage MG BEVS - how they hold up: I've discovered several videos on YouTube from a couple James and Kate (husband and wife) who are involved with the EV supply/service company 'Cleveley' and who use a small fleet of MG5 estate cars and something they call 'the van' for parts delivery...

Oh, come on! You drive it where you normally drive your own ZS EV and look at miles drive, the miles per KwH and percentage battery start and finish. If the many high mileage Tesla studies are relevant to other marques then at 238k miles the MG in question should have 85% of the original...

The easiest way to quickly determine battery SoH is to take it on a measured run. That apart, consider the wear and tear on the modern EV or hybrid: before Tesla, you could find on YouTube USA hybrids like the Prius running pretty much as they did new with 1/4, 1/3. 1/2 a million miles on the...

A 238,000 mile 2019 plate ZS, used as a taxi. We're used to seeing v high mileage Telas being analysed every which way, but this is one of our own (My first EV was a 2020 version of this car and since 2022 I've ahd the newer LR version and I am delighted with it)

Thanks 'Data' - I am an 80% charge man unless a long journey is called for which in my 8th decade happens less than it once did + the train carries me El Cheapo and mostly hassle free. I'm an Octopus customer but wasn't when I got the Electroverse card. My sole gripe with the ZS (and I seem to...

Can you enlighten on how NMC batteries behave differently to LFP? I was sure my car had LFP. On Electroverse, the charge procedure 'experience' was poor because the screen on the charger at Morrisons (MFG the owner) was almost invisible in the strong sunlight and unlike my ChargeMap RFID (I use...