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On the substantial body quality I don't think we'll know until a few years when they start to rust and the suspension falls apart (or not). An old Volvo I used to have held up very well for example, but a Ford Puma crumbled to dust relatively early. Mine's had a few warnings (auto-hold, airbag)...

Had a great holiday in N Wales last year - charging on site though so didn’t need much else. booking.com and presumably some other sites let you filter results by ‘has charging’ which was definitely a good idea

Last year that's exactly what happened with my Easee One charger, perhaps that's just particularly poor on the software front, as one might perhaps guess from the name. Hopefully others aren't as bad

Yes the next v4 chargers have longer leads for that reason I think, but it may take quite a while for them to filter through and become the majority

From the Home Screen in the car: Tap the battery Tap the 100% line

Hmm, they didn't report the state of health at my first service, did you specifically ask? Though I do have an ODB dongle, so could read it myself

Had some software updates for the first annual service yesterday (I mentioned jerky cruise control along with half a dozen other issues) and I have to say it's a lot smoother now, more properly damped. Only tested on A roads so far but look forward to trying out on the next motorway trip. It now...

It is at least a relief to listen to someone relatively sane explain their thoughts in a measured way. I don't want to watch anti-EV youtube rants by various others, so this is the only one I've seen where I can get them from the horse's mouth. Yes we may disagree with some points but...

It re-maps the 'throttle' so you get more power at less travel, but it doesn't change the max. power - you still get exactly the same full power if you floor it. I keep it in normal too.

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* and turn battery heating off - that can eat a lot

Ah, good thing to raise. I've got mine booked in in a month or so. The list I've sent them is airbag warning pretty much all the time now intermittent: auto-hold warning, the auto-hold feature when you press the brake pedal doesn't work auto-headlights: they often don't dip for oncoming...

As Alan said, you can find the plugs, maybe get an assorted pack and use the one which fits, but I didn’t realise that until later, I just cut the cables and used some cable connectors

Yes, I’ve done the tweeters only (so far). The video earlier in the thread very useful, though personally I did the housing/holding a bit differently

Well done all for your sterling work, nice to hear. I guess as EVs become more common and more owners speak to more people, we'll reach a tipping point of understanding.

I think today was the first time someone said 'I like the electric car' without any qualifications or questions, which was nice! Another more typical conversation over the Xmas holidays was along the lines of nice car, it's electric is it? [something about charging] me: well it's a long range...

After a good few trips driving in winter now, I can say what makes the most difference by far is whether you have battery heating on. For short trips with it on, it bottoms out at 2.0 miles/kWh, which is I understand the min. it will display, off it gets a fair bit better, around 3, though I...

I've a 'half speed' 3.6kW charger installed, it adds nearly exactly 5% per hour, i.e 20% between 12:30am and 4:30. A normal 7kW charger should therefore add about 40%.

Probably the temperature I'd have thought, battery heating is probably the first thing to try. I don't use DC chargers often, but had 120 or 130 the last time a few months ago (battery heating off, but warmer). Sometimes particular locations can be slow though, not sure how widespread that is.

I've had it come on before, you can easily get a good few hours driving on mixed roads. As Tight Git said, you have to stop the car, get out, lock it and open up again. Similarly I was only a few minutes from home, coming back at night. It's a good reminder to make a quick stop somewhere on the...