Great to have you on board, would be great if you add your car to our garageHi All
500e owner here from Berkshire.
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Nuclear, solar, wave and wind (with storage when the wind don't blow, but it seems to blow plenty at the moment!)I must say I wonder where the power will come from. OIl and gas fired power stations? With all the demands of the now required heat pups for heating it seems we need more generation.
What a fantastic way to introduce someone to the forum....Aint gonna be pushed into ANYTHING! myself!.
If i wanted an electric car theres a pretty good toy shop in my nearest town! absolutely no interest in em whatsoever ( and dont start me on the moral failings of the companys using near slave labour to produce there "ecological batteries and drive systems! --lithium mining anyone!) .
Then theres the charging point problems -you cant charge one with it sitting in the road now can you! so you have to own your own house /own drive or garage! bit of a rich/ poor divide going on dont ya think?..
Also no countrywide structured charging systems( and wont be for AT LEAST ANTHER 10 YEARS AT BEST!) To much hype!- not enough practicality! maybe all part of the governments plan to reduce(and maybe eliminate!) personal transport and mobility for the masses to enforce there controls overall!
rant over going for a lie down!
Did i mention i dont want one?
160 miles range in temperate months with mixed use, 120 in winter. First service was £100, second service was £150 which includes a brake fluid change. Second service was at 10,000 miles, front tyres are at 4.0mm tread, virtually no wear on brake pads or discs.But the 500 is the cheapest or one of them so while I agree with Severas57 on a lot of it, Im interested. my only expereince of them is an owner venting steam about the alck of range on his week old car it ran out of juice some 40 miles before he thought it should. Hence wanting to know. what is the real v's quoted range in summer winter, hot and cold times etc. In the real world driving normally and when driven fast. How much can you extend things if really trying.
I must say I wonder where the power will come from. OIl and gas fired power stations? With all the demands of the now required heat pups for heating it seems we need more generation. Those n#running ridiculous high powered electric cars it seems contribute nothing to the mix and national and international policy is chaotic at best.
But it seems learning how these things work and how best ot use them and to control costs is still important. The more real information we have that is verified and confirmed, the better armed we shall be to drive change the best way. Its so clear governments wont be leading and will only follow and badly at that.
We haven't had much snow in the past couple of years to really test it but it is more competent in icy conditions than my Mini (although that is a low bar).Thanks for this. Its what we need more of. Really helps open the mind to real world things. I think I might try and get a 24 hour test drive. Or hire for a week. There is no question of driving qualities being other than good. I do wonder how EVs are in icy and snowy conditions with all that torque.
Do you find you drive faster in the EV as it goes easily?