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Rightly or wrongly, imho we are so far down the line with EV design and production and charger installation that it seems massively unlikely that Hydrogen or any other alternative will replace...

Truth is I’ve been suffering from a bad back for a few months - so the Born has been much easier without the hard suspension and all the leg/foot movement changing gear in the Fiesta. The Ford...

Life’s too short to be close-minded imho!! - don’t tell anyone, but sometimes I put away the mechanical watches and slip on a cheeky quartz! And as I type this I’m wearing a positively filthy, pervy...

I’ve noticed this with people stepping in front of me in car parks - I asked my wife to reverse the car on the drive as I was not sure the car was making the ‘whirring noise’ it’s supposed to at low...

One of the unexpected benefits of EV ownership has been the clueless and often hilarious questions I’ve been asked by friends, family and colleagues.
I’ve got used to driving the 15 miles to work...

Yes I thought my range was a bit rubbish in the first few weeks of ownership but that might have as much to do with the software getting used to my driving style and other parameters as the...

Amazing what a difference temperature makes to an EV. My journeys in December/Jan were normally between 0-4 Celsius and the car was telling me I was getting an average 2.1 miles/kwh. Today the car...

That surprises me - I’ve always had better fuel economy at or below 70 in an ICE car when on the motorway - start pushing it and economy drops dramatically in my experience. I drive on lots of A...

I accept it would be met with astonishment and borderline hysteria by the population at large, but having experienced much increased range in my ev when stuck behind slow traffic, much like that...

I’m still confused - octopus talks to my Ohme home pro charger which I’ve set to only charge at 7.5p so between 11.30pm and 5.30am. That’s 6 hours. There is no direct link with Cupra and I don’t...

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Yes you can over-ride the cheap rate if you have to. It’s a 6 hour window anyway which adds more than 80 miles - on a 7kw/h charger won’t it add 42Kw over 6 hours (slightly more as mine reads 7.7kw...

I still don’t really understand how all this works tbh. I know that Octopus talks directly to my Ohme Home Pro charger, and I told the charger what tariff I was on and it adjusted automatically. ...

I totally agree. 3 months into ownership and I’ve only ever used the charger on my drive, and in the colder weather recently - charging to 80% for regular trips as recommended - the 58kw battery...

3 months into Cupra born EV ownership - and for our approx 250 miles per week of commuting and general travel I can say it’s working out considerably cheaper to run than our previous diesel VW...

I’ve been fairly amazed too - although tbh I’m not the curmudgeon in real life that I may come across as sometimes on this forum!
There’s nothing like taking the leap and living with an EV for a...

My Cupra Born is in the garage at present - having a braking sensor refitted and calibrated after my wife ran over a pheasant the other week. The loan car is a Citroen C3, which has served to remind...

I’m not sure availability of the Tesla network of chargers is that big a deal for many. 2 months into EV ownership and I haven’t charged it away from home once. I thought I’d have done it a few...

As you say, blokes talking cars! Yes I’m sure it’s all very dependent on what exactly you’re comparing. This afternoon the Ford was great fun, but on Monday at 6am I suspect the easy, smooth drive...

You lost me a bit there, but I was really shocked and surprised how poorly the EV/Born came out in comparison for driving fun/involvement, especially as I’d count myself as an EV convert.
I’m sure a...

On a slightly different note, having driven our Cupra Born for the last 6 weeks exclusively (my wife has driven it 3 times and hates it for some reason) I’m finding the charging a doddle (I’ve simply...

Well, I was born in Essex so the counting bit isn’t my forte!

I’ve always asked myself 3 questions when someone bangs on about Range Rovers. Am I a farmer? No. Am I a gangster? No. Do I live near a dealership and want to spend a lot of my spare time there? No....

If those owners had done their research they wouldn’t have purchased a JLR product in the first place! Never ceases to amaze me that they sell at all, I suspect for the modern buyer it’s 95% about...

Personally I live in a rural area where there is literally no public transport between my home and employer, same for my wife and my son. Distances and country roads mean a bicycle is just not...