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Just wanted to say a big thank you @Stuart Wright for today's site upgrade. It's great that we can now search for TLA's like 'V2L' - that's really useful (y)

Looks like they dragged the designer of the Chrysler Crossfire out of his retirement home. And we all know how JC described the rear of that car ;)

Now I have visions of the hapless Inspector Clouseau being tracked by the CCP in search for a diamond.

What rate does the 12V battery get charged at from the HV battery? 1500W sounds a lot to me - that's 125A at 12V !

£20K doesn't sound that good a deal as pre-reg 10 mile ones were selling for about £19 only a month ago. Sounds like there's some wriggle room in there to me. Another option could be to find out how much the dealer will offer you in p/ex of your existing MG5. If that's more than the £10K...

That is correct. You can re-tax anytime in March 2025, which "buys" you 12 months of tax from March 2025 to Feb 2026 inclusive. Next year it will be due from 1st March 2026.

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I put in 18kWh into the EV yesterday from solar ☀️☀️😎 But I don't live in Wales ;)

You need more panels ;)

Sure - with solar and/or very cheap overnight tariff that is cost-effecting. I was referring above to the costs of a bi-directional V2H or V2G charging system and not having a domestic battery system.

Will it be cost effective though? I'm struggling to see any meaningful ROI compared to using a domestic ESS battery system. Providing house backup for long periods of power cuts is a different matter and one that the size of an EV's battery will be hugely beneficial. But in the (most of)...

I wonder if that could be related to Tomato not meeting their supply licence agreements wrt. Elexon's EFR targets :unsure:

(y) it's been a good week so far... over 55kWh yesterday was the best so far this year :)

You're not going to do 280 miles on one charge, so drive it how you like and rapid DC charge around London (i.e. half way-ish).

Mathematically, it's still just a £300 bet on whether your car gets written off and, if it does, you get a nice lump sum. The insurers will have priced the GAP insurance premium according to their risk of a write-off, whilst still earning themselves a healthy profit. It's just gambling with a...