telstarbox
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To avoid derailing the other thread. For those of you who have EVs, what are the pros and cons of yours and what sort of mileage are you doing each week.
I have only driven one as a rental not owned one - but I agree with these sentiments. Really quiet. I enjoyed driving it. It was a Tesla.Driving experience - so far so excellent. ------ The instant and consistent torque is so impressive,------- In traffic it's a dream. Set it to one pedal control and it's possible to crawl at ridiculously low speeds, even uphill. Whenever I'm behind a dirty diesel or an old petrol burning oil, I do feel a bit 'smug' that I am not polluting the local atmosphere.
I believe a car sold by a car maker in the UK has by Act of Parliament a warranty, the warranty is for range , battery life in miles or years, and a specification for battery degradation in capacity, the warranty is a requirement for the vehicle to be classed as a ZEV and the warranty is not a "perk" offered by the manufacturer.My initial 'man maths' indicated a fuel saving per year of £1600 over ICE, based on 12,000 miles, 40mpg, £1.45 per litre, vs 9p/kWh and 3.5 miles/kWh. We've actually transferred more miles than we anticipated from our petrol cars and we've moved to a 7.35p tariff, so I'm currently seeing a potential fuel saving of £2k a year. Over the warranty period of the car (7 years) this more than covers the premium over the equivalent petrol car. We're on PCP so if used EV prices crash in the next 3 years, we have some protection.
A quick Google has brought this: https://www.kia.com/uk/about/news/electric-car-battery-warranty/I believe a car sold by a car maker in the UK has by Act of Parliament a warranty, the warranty is for range , battery life in miles or years, and a specification for battery degradation in capacity, the warranty is a requirement for the vehicle to be classed as a ZEV and the warranty is not a "perk" offered by the manufacturer.
Do you have the details of the battery warranty for your car to post on the forum?
For Kia’s standard 7-year warranty, the battery warranty threshold is 70%. Therefore, Kia will cover any repairs or replacements if your electric car battery drops below 70% capacity within 7 years from the date of purchase. Our car warranty is also transferrable, so you can benefit from a higher resale value when it comes to selling your Kia.
I didn't realize EVs had a coolant system. I was hoping that moving away from ICE you would get rid of pesky things like coolant systems and water pumps that start failing at inconvenient times (as though there was a convenient time for a water pump to go on the blink).We saw repeated warnings to top up the coolant system, despite it being full. After a few failed attempts, eventually the system was flushed out several times and the coolant replaced with a new formula. The water pump was also replaced. Apparently the old coolant had a tendency to crystallise and block the system.
A key factor in getting good life out of the main battery is controlling its temperature during charging (and to a lesser extent during discharging, i.e. when in use). The absence of such a system on early Nissan Leafs is one of the reasons they often had reports of their battery capacity being reduced earlier than was desirable.I didn't realize EVs had a coolant system. I was hoping that moving away from ICE you would get rid of pesky things like coolant systems and water pumps that start failing at inconvenient times (as though there was a convenient time for a water pump to go on the blink).
I didn't realize EVs had a coolant system. I was hoping that moving away from ICE you would get rid of pesky things like coolant systems and water pumps that start failing at inconvenient times (as though there was a convenient time for a water pump to go on the blink).
Very good idea to have such a cooling system, in the early years of hybrids, vehicles operated in high-temperature areas such as California had issues with high battery degradation from exposure to high temperature, remind yourself of when a car parked under strong sunlight, the cabin temperature can rise to an extreme level, the batteries were suffering too in the heat. A liquid-coolant system may be programmed to operate and cool the battery when the car is parked to preserve the batteries from exposure to high temperature .Virtually all EVs now have liquid thermal management systems for the battery. However in comparison with ICE vehicles they tend to be a lot simpler with smaller radiators and pumps, as even at high charge and discharge rates battery heating comes nowhere near ICE operating temperatures.