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Well, here's the thing. I had decided to do a <10% to 100% charge on Caliban overnight. Takes a long time on a granny lead, and I wanted everything well calibrated before setting off on my road trip in ten days. I got home on 6%, nice, let the car sit at that while I had lunch, then started the...

I'm hearing great things about this new version of Tesla's self-driving software. I honestly thought it could be decades before this was feasible, but they seem to be pretty damn close with the version 12 the Tesla boys in Merika are raving about. Will it take all the fun out of driving? Who...

I know there are detailing threads around, but this is a very specific query. What's the easiest way to get tar spatter off paintwork? I just had Caliban hand-washed, and have only now realised how much tar spatter he's picked up over the winter. I can get each spot off with a fingernail, but...

YouTuber driving a Tesla from Inverness to Applecross. If you're going to do that route, this is the perfect time of year and the perfect weather. Absolutely stunning.

When I got my car I just plugged in the granny lead and let it get on with it. I still haven't got a home charger or a variable tariff (although I'm thinking of going full solar/home battery later this year). I also started to take notice of my electricity consumption for the first time. One...

So far I've been lucky at public chargers and I've never been soaked. I figure though that it's only a matter of time. I don't fancy driving a long distance wearing full rainwear. On the other hand, you have to get out of the car to put on a jacket, and if the rain is heavy enough then you'll...

Sorry I've been away from the forum for a few days. I might have something to report as a result, too early to tell yet. Anyway, can someone tell me this. In chargers with tethered cables, is it possible to take the plugs out of the holsters before you've identified yourself to the charger with...

Hiss, boo. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/22/uk-slashes-predicted-takeup-electric-cars-half-energy-prices

No, not a silly question. Think about it. Every ICE car needs to go to a filling station to refuel at the pumps, every time it needs fuel. Things might get a bit busier at certain times, such as after work, and on holdays when a lot of people are driving further than they normally do. But...

I have painted myself into a corner, and will have to drive 186 miles to my friend's house in Yorkshire on 23rd December. This is too far for the SR to manage on one charge in winter. Every EV in the country is likely to have detached itself from its wall-box teat on that day and decided to set...

My query really relates to whether there is any practical alternative to the Gridserve chargers at Killington Lake when driving south on the M6. I'm driving to Sussex in a couple of weeks and I had a route planned on ABRP which involved a stop of 52 minutes at Killington Lake. This wasn't the...

I expect it has happened. I particularly expect it might have happened in the days when EVs had a lot less range than modern cars, and when chargers were fewer and further between. But now? EV drivers don't habitually drive on until they're running on fumes. Most people leave enough wiggle-room...

I don't use the immersion heater much, maybe only for a boost in winter. I use the oil central heating for the water.

This story here. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-12260483/NADINE-DORRIES-handed-electric-car-5-000-miles-clock.html OK, it's the Daily Fail, and it's going for the controversial click-bait, but this is an article published today, referring to events last December, so it's not old...

I was going to post this in someone else's thread, but then realised it would be an unjustifiable hijack. The story of how to get an electric car but make so much saving elsewhere that you find yourself in credit to the tune of £800 without a wall box or variable tariff. I was paying no...

When I was a kid, my dad had a black Ford Anglia, FVA155, called Stanley. I don't remember him referring to the car as Stanley much, but that's what he told pre-school me when I asked what the car's name was. When the exceedingly elderly Stanley went (astonishingly, not to the great car breaker...

Does anyone know anything about this outfit? Yesterday I encountered banks of chargers of theirs that don't appear on ZapMaps at all. I drove down from Scotland to Yorkshire on Tuesday and didn't stop to charge until I was at Southwaite, well into England. I saw Gridserve at Southwaite and...