I don’t understand why filling up an EV needs to be more complicated than using my local Asda for pay at pump diesel. It’s why I chose a Tesla. But this tycan looks better.

I would agree. That is coming to Norway next year at least - the gov has mandated all new public chargers to have card payment

Government has been asleep at the wheel. We got unlucky that EV revolution started when Tory governments have been in power. Our own fault really.

Totally agree. Looking at the scene, the consolidation of companies is happening this year and next, where more acquisitions means fewer brands and also fewer cards/apps. Hopefully it'll be sooner rather than later

Or simply buy a Tesla 😉

It’s what Tesla do best. Why can’t the other chargers be just plug in and charge.

Fastned can do that. I have it set up for my ev6

EV road trips are a hit and miss. That's why some people (me included) don't fully trust EVs for long road trips. Long EV road trips are never flawless. Ever. You WILL always encounter charging issues no matter how carefully you plan your trip, and no matter how experienced of an EV driver you are. If you encounter chargers that don't work while you are supposed to be enjoying your holiday, it causes a lot of stress and anxiety, instantly ruining your holiday mood. I never use my ID.3 for holiday trips. For short to medium journeys (200 miles max) and for daily commute, it's a fantastic little car. I will be keeping my ICE vehicle for long trips until the UK charging infrastructure vastly improves from where it is now.

Its not possible at the costs he's quoted.

@@FirstLast-rh9jw Really??? I thought it was a bit high if anything!!

it's not quite not possible but from the perspective of someone they'll be able to see quite a few issues here - like knowing to avoid Ionity and use other chargers, or ignoring the Porsche dealership suggestion because it would've been closed. it works if you know what you're doing but isn't as smooth as it could/should be just yet.

The problem with him is Lee MacMaster, not the charging system. On his way up to JOG he first drove past 12 Ionitys (at Carlisle) to court trouble at Gretna which has only 4 Ionitys and is much busier and less reliable. He then charged far longer than he needed to, because his next stop was Perth, and he could have got there from 80%. Instead he doubled his charging time to go to 100%. He got to Perth at over 40% and again charged to 100%, whereas he only needed about 65% to get to his next stop which should have been Inverness. All the time complaining about how long it was taking. Then when he got to Inverness he drove right past the (open) Tesla superchargers there and headed for the least reliable and most expensive 50 Kw CPS charger in the Highlands. Again he could have managed to get to JOG with a relatively short charge, but he stayed for an hour and a half in the rain and the dark to go over 80%. This got him to JOG so late (and so exhausted) that he didn't have time to charge up on the single Gridserve before bedtime. As a result of having to charge to 100% on a 50 Kw charger in the morning he didn't get away on the challenge proper till after eleven! His first stop should have been the (open) Tesla superchargers at Aviemore. He drove right past them to detour to a 50 Kw CPS village-green charger at Kingussie. He said he only needed a quick top-up to get to his main charge at Perth, but he stayed for about an hour putting in far more than he needed on that slow charger. (He could have got to Perth with only a ten-minute stop at Aviemore.) At Perth he went to the Ionity site first, which was fully occupied. Bear in mind his car satnav would have told him that, but he chose to go there anyway, so he could bellyache about it and waste even more time before going to the Porsche centre where he should have gone in the first place. Where he again charged to 100%, taking ages even on the 350 Kw charger, when a six-minute stop at Gretna would have got him to Killington Lake much more quickly. At Killington Lake he ignored the chargers there until the morning, then made out he was all surprised that it would take three and a half hours to charge his car on the Gridserve there which is only rated at 40 Kw. He could have charged on that in the evening while they were having dinner, but he didn't. Alternatively, even better, he could have left the car on the type 2 connector all night, that's what it's for. But he didn't. In the morning he wasted another hour or two trying to charge on that very slow Gridserve, and pretending not to know why it was so slow, before finally going to the Porsche centre only 14 miles away. He had well over 14 miles range in that car in the first place. And that's where I lost the will to live. But he does it EVERY SINGLE TIME. He pretends he has no idea where any chargers are or what they'll be like or how to find them, even though it's all there in front of him and if he just did what the car suggested he'd be fine. He chooses low-powered chargers over high-powered ones, busy sites over sites with plenty chargers, and broken chargers if he can find them. Once he went to an Osprey site that was so new it hadn't yet been turned on, and complained that all the chargers were out of service! He parks his car too far from the charger, or the wrong way round, then complains that the cable won't reach his charging port. He charges all the way to 100% nearly every time, while looking at his watch and complaining how long it's all taking. Seriously, Christine, it's all a carefully-contrived act to attract the anti-EV haters to his channel. It's not real.

Bear in mind two things. First, for normal day to day driving you will never wait six *minutes* to charge, let alone six hours. Maybe six seconds. You just plug in when you get home, and unplug again next day, full up. If you have picked the right car, that is one that will cover your day-to-day driving needs (even in winter), then you will never see a public charging station in the normal course of events. It's LESS hassle than stopping at a petrol station every 400 miles or so. You literally NEVER need to stop for fuel. Second, for road trips where you do need to use the public DC charging system, it's nowhere near as bad as Lee MacMaster (Davey) makes out. His videos are performance art. But not only that, it's getting better literally by the week. His performance at Southwaite couldn't happen now, as it's been upgraded. There are three more chargers at JOG so he could have charged overnight there. Even in the time I've had my car (less than 10 months) the improvement has been off the scale. It might not be long before we don't need to do much planning, just see that the charge is getting low and check where the nearest ultra-rapid site is. And maybe they won't all let a Taycan charge at 250 Kw, but they're certainly going to do a lot better than 50 Kw, for sure.

Same here re always looking for a place i can EV charge I wont book one i cant. I've had those that are happy for you to plug in somewhere, those that are but impose a surcharge (fair enough), and one that was happy for me to plug in when i asked, no cost, and i was expecting a 3 pin socket and found a proper charger. Yes the rates are low but generally i am somewhere where i do few miles or none per day and am walking around the local area so even a couple of days to charge from very low isnt an issue.

Its because the costs quoted are unachievable. Try it again at 0.79 per kilowatt hour. Time to get the Pug out of mothballs!

@@FirstLast-rh9jw That's not true - the costs are achievable. You do need to put in a little work to find the best/cheapest chargers though, which you don't have to do with petrol/diesel. Though i would note that for liquid fuels you always pay extra per litre to fill up at motorway services, just in the same way as fast chargers cost more. For sure the big cost saving is if you can charge at domestic tariffs rather than at fast chargers. Still, I drove round europe last summer (4000 miles) in an EV and it cost me less than an equivalent diesel. Not a lot less, but certainly a bit cheaper.

I've almost never had a problem with CPS. Maybe it depends on the council that supposedly owns the chargers as to whether they get the maintenance done.

No you can use web pay

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If I won an EV, I would sell it. The charging infrastructure in most of the UK is completely inadequate and EV running costs are the same or more than an ICE car at the moment. Factor in that an EV is more expensive to buy than comparable ICE options and it deprecates faster. Don’t forget electricity rationing (eg Switzerland restricting EV charging) because there isn’t enough generating capacity and this issue will get worse. Just look at the inconvenience in driving this EV to Scotland, it would been a pleasure and cheaper in a petrol powered Porsche .

@@arturo468 Well you’re a cheery fellow. Not sure why you watched the video in the first place 🤷‍♂️ But what the hell, we’re all entitled to an opinion.

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Yeah but the thing is when there will be only EV's on the road it is not goint to be that cheap anymore. They will bump up the costs and you will be forced to pay.

​@@MaDDeX93 I don't see how that would be possible since electricity production is way too affordable and easy to set up at almost any scale. People don't realize how cheap it can be to drive an EV and that "higher charging costs" do not result in the scenarios people are scared of: My previous car did cost me ~180€ of fuel per month and that was pre 2021 fuel costs. My EV costs me ~50€ of electricity per month. A 50% bump on fuel costs means an increase of 90€ and a 270€ total per month. A 100% bump on electricity costs would still only be a 50€ increase, resulting in 100€ per month.

No need for winter tyres in UK or Ireland. Never centrally gets that cold.

Standard Michelin tyres… I’m sure winters are available but as I live in the south they’re never really needed tbh

Full costings are in it near the end of video… !

You're lucky mate. In Australia it isn't game over, it's when is the game going to start? I've seen 2 charging stations and one of them is in my town. Governments here both state and federal suck heavily on the teat of fuel taxes and are not likely to give that up. No incentive to change to EV and car companies see little need to introduce many models into this tiny market. No leasing benefits so again, not many companies are opting for EV and the trickle down effect of ex lease used EVs isn't a thing in this country. Too many vested interest in the status quo by powerful shakers and movers at the big end of town inhibit EV take up at every point. We are the lucky country with so many minerals in the ground ready to sell to countries that make stuff out of them then sell them back to us at huge profits. Lucky country but certainly not a smart country. Quite dumb by any measure.

This particular 4s with a great spec (lots of extras !) and now about 45k miles is worth about £85,000

@@RSEV Thank you Sir. That makes it a more realistic proposition, but, not enough to persuade me to change our Y for it. Thanks again, keep the videos coming.

Should have been tap n go from the start. Or, sign up for an EV charge account with a single company, then all charge providers work through that single account.

Most England chargers ARE now tap and go to be fair. Rfid cards from the vehicle manufacturer for reduced rates fair enough but they should ALL have contactless payment facility as standard.

Think Fort William the DNO supply is the hold up for the new chargers.

They’re getting cheaper on the used market… gradually….

Most chargers in England now are just contactless payment to be fair. Ionity needs registering or an rfid card. Manufacturers normally supply their rfid card with cheaper rates

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May as well. The card is free for a certain period, will give big discounts and make life easier