Electric cars and the grid..... it has begun.

[maroon]

Is it warming the battery all the time or is it like a glow plug thing?

 

[pressbrake1]

It was -5 here overnight, our Leaf is fine. Takes a couple of minutes to get toasty warm inside and defrost the windows. Comes with a remote app to turn on heating/defrosting so by the time the monosyllabic kids have got their coats and shoes on, the car is ready for the school run.

I borrowed the mrs leaf today as I couldnt face the cold on my gs with summer gloves
She’d switched on the heating from her phone ready for me , all defrosted
It’s enough to turn me soft!

 

[pressbrake1]

Only if all chargers were on exactly at the same time & all going full belt. I suspect that the load soon drops once the initial switch on boost has taken place , juice is going into the batteries on diminishing demand as the batteries become more charged .
At a guess less than one third ( According to Smart Meter data usage ) will be on each day or night and even then if you are like me, the load can be held off till off peak rates become available

Quite possible with nighttime tariff with everyone’s timers coming on
I charge the leaf from the solar and watch load which is full until the last couple of hours

 

[redlig]

Leafs run in Norway, Canada and other **Language**ing cold country’s fine!

Don't they have grid supplied heaters as standard to assist cold starting? Also I wonder the % of homes have charging they to ensure a full battery before setting off.
Also did anyone hear a short news item indicating that the Gov are now considering imposing a MVT on electric vehicle's ?

 

[DAPPH]

The MVT for all new EV's news item was in the media several weeks ago , It's already now in place on PHEV hybrids , has been for a year or so IIRC.

 

[maroon]

The MVT for all new EV's news item was in the media several weeks ago , It's already now in place on PHEV hybrids , has been for a year or so IIRC.

WTF

 

[DAPPH]

WTF

Motor Vehicle Tax ... you might know it as the road fund licence from years ago

 

[maroon]

Motor Vehicle Tax ... you might know it as the road fund licence from years ago

Car tax? Disc sandwiched between a sock and the window just behind the coat hanger aerial.

What's PHEV and IIRC?
Interactive Internet relay chat?

 

[DAPPH]

The North definitely needs the levelling up.
Road fund licence got renamed at the turn of th century from the 20th to the 21 st century

Paper disc's for road tax or VED ( vehicle excise duty" stopped being issued about 10 years ago

Look up the Outlander PHEV ours is seven and a half years old .

Use google or a friend to check out what IIRC means .

 

[maroon]

So MVT an ved are two separate things?
I've never paid MVT on anything.

I do Google... But three thing was a bit ott

 

[dobbslc]

@DAPPH
Do you know if you can get a 7 seater PHEV?
We had the diesel 7 seater Outlander and recently sold it and got a Honda HRV but the missus keeps on about missing her 7 seater!

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Just had the reminder of the "Vehicle Tax" which expires at the end of the month - £360 for my [soon to be] 20 year old e60.

 

[Popcorn]

Isn't the battery being kept warm whilst the car is connected to the charger on a floating trickle ? That would explain a half discharged battery unconnected to the mains showing on it's displays that it's too cold to operate.

I was talking about when it's parked up away from a charger.........

 

[brightspark]

They always are around Dyfed-Powys (not investigating actual crime, but waving hairdryers, while civilians masquerading as Police skulk in Scamera Vans undertaking licensed highway banditry).
Carmarthenshire is the worst region in Wales for relentless cynical speed traps you'll find in my experience.

there safety cameras dont forget that they have them on the main road near us but theres never been an accident in 45 years on it

 

[Popcorn]

IIRC = If I Recall Correctly

 

[barracuda816]

Doesn't use much, they haven't got to be boiling

this and if it’s plugged in it’s all nice and pre warmed with a charged battery. Bit like using a Webasto but that also uses fuel (range) also a ICE car has less range (I know quicker to refuel than the an EV)

 

[Popcorn]

No sunroof, even a Webasto uses fuel when it's parked up..........

 

[GRW]

there safety cameras dont forget that they have them on the main road near us but theres never been an accident in 45 years on it

Yeah. I detest the things. Round here they are always deployed at peak traffic times (where the volume of traffic means no chance of catching anyone truly dangerous, but they'll catch a profitable number of "offenders" a few mph over the posted limit - and often when the limit has been lowered below that which has been considered perfectly safe for decades).
There is very little to no "safety" justification for where & when the Scamera's are deployed in Dyfed-Powys - but a mass of evidence pointing squarely at blatant Highway Banditry.

 

[maroon]

I've never been had from a tripod/van camera. Got clicked on the 184 years ago static camera. Dual carriageway that was 30 dropping from 60 or 70. It's there no longer. Had an rc thing being on a phone and two for red light jumping. Quite content with one of the red light ones could of been worse. Even though it wasn't red I was flying around a mulitilane t junction sideways right in front of them. I was lucky he never ripped my license up.
The other red light I stopped. Waited then drove through it whilst it was still red apparently. I can only assume I went of a change to green from a pedestrian crossing a little further up the road. Two sets of lights on top of each other.

Clean as a whistle now. Nil poi

If they didn't Park in the same spots all of the time they might catch people

 

[minimutly]

Yeah. I detest the things. Round here they are always deployed at peak traffic times (where the volume of traffic means no chance of catching anyone truly dangerous, but they'll catch a profitable number of "offenders" a few mph over the posted limit - and often when the limit has been lowered below that which has been considered perfectly safe for decades).
There is very little to no "safety" justification for where & when the Scamera's are deployed in Dyfed-Powys - but a mass of evidence pointing squarely at blatant Highway Banditry.

The local rag has been headlining with "Speeding motorist caught (yes caught) doing 24 in a 20 zone".
Before long we'll all be criminals...