Have I made a terrible mistake?

GingerNinja · Saturday at 7:36 AM

Hi all! First post here, so please be gentle...
Long story short, I test drove an XPower and loved it. I ordered one a few days later, and it should be with me in a week or two.

However, my daily commute is about 46 miles round trip, with about 38 of those being dual carriageway/motorway.

I initially thought I could charge the car every other day at home, but some places online suggest otherwise.

What's your experience? Will my plan work?

Cheers

salty · Saturday at 7:47 AM

GingerNinja said:
Hi all! First post here, so please be gentle...
Long story short, I test drove an XPower and loved it. I ordered one a few days later, and it should be with me in a week or two.

However, my daily commute is about 46 miles round trip, with about 38 of those being dual carriageway/motorway.

I initially thought I could charge the car every other day at home, but some places online suggest otherwise.

What's your experience? Will my plan work?

Cheers

To the forum. You will easily be able to charge every other day, if not every 3rd day. No problem even in Winter.
Congrats on your new X Power.

Chrisdriving · Saturday at 7:52 AM

No problems at all and enjoy the car.

It has got to be Orange yes, tell me you chose Orange

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GingerNinja · Saturday at 7:56 AM

Thanks for the replies so far, that fills me with a bit more confidence!

Sorry to disappoint, but the car will be grey!

salty · Saturday at 7:59 AM

GingerNinja said:
Thanks for the replies so far, that fills me with a bit more confidence!

Sorry to disappoint, but the car will be grey!

Grey!

Chrisdriving · Saturday at 8:22 AM

Yeh Grey’s Ok

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Please update us when you have the car.

MG Clive · Saturday at 8:24 AM

Hi @GingerNinja. welcome to the forum, even if you floored it all the way to work and back and only got 2 miles per kwh, you'd still only need to charge it every 2 days.

MG Clive · Saturday at 8:29 AM

GingerNinja said:
Sorry to disappoint, but the car will be grey!

Grey you say, please cast your vote for Grey here Mr Ninja > XPower (only) colour POLL

salty · Saturday at 9:03 AM

MG Clive said:
Grey you say, please cast your vote for Grey here Mr Ninja > XPower (only) colour POLL

Oi you! Stop canvassing.

Turkish · Saturday at 9:05 AM

Nowt wrong with a bit of Camden Grey!

Chrisdriving · Saturday at 12:51 PM

MG Clive said:
Grey you say, please cast your vote for Grey here Mr Ninja > XPower (only) colour POLL

Don’t listen to him, it’s a trap.

bedsev · Saturday at 1:14 PM

Welcome.

You'll do that easily, prob charging every 3 days if you are prepared to enter the 30% slow zone

Anon70 · Saturday at 2:35 PM

Best and worst range I have seen from the GOM (guess o meter) at 100% charge is 238 and 181
Best and worst efficiency I have seen is 3.6 miles/kWh and 2.2 Miles/kWh which is real World 222 to 135 miles from a 100% charge. That is from a mix of Winter and Summer driving and Motorway and around town trips. That is over 6,500 miles and 15 months of ownership.

46 miles a day would mean a 100% charge every 2 days worst case and 5 day best case

GingerNinja · Saturday at 3:19 PM

Thanks for the replies everyone, I really appreciate it. The car isn't too daft an idea then?

salty · Saturday at 3:59 PM

GingerNinja said:
Thanks for the replies everyone, I really appreciate it. The car isn't too daft an idea then?

Absolutely, without a shadow of a doubt, a no brainer. GET ONE! You will love it.

Muffler · Sunday at 9:34 AM

Yes, with that sort of mileage you’re in the range of 25-35% battery use per day. 7kW home charger adds approx 10% per hour after conversion losses. My commute is 135 miles round trip, using 65-75%. Although I rarely do more than two consecutive days, it’s easy to manage having sufficient charge, using just the cheap EV dual tariff rate (12-5am) adding 50% a go. Best part is that running costs go from 12ppm to 3ppm + no engine to maintain and negligible wear on brakes due to regen.

… and, you get a massive amount of fun thrown in!

wilkywilko44 · Sunday at 9:42 AM

GingerNinja said:
Hi all! First post here, so please be gentle...
Long story short, I test drove an XPower and loved it. I ordered one a few days later, and it should be with me in a week or two.

However, my daily commute is about 46 miles round trip, with about 38 of those being dual carriageway/motorway.

I initially thought I could charge the car every other day at home, but some places online suggest otherwise.

What's your experience? Will my plan work?

Cheers

Hi there, pick my Xpower up 10th March, can’t wait, Matt Racing Green !!

pjmmk · Sunday at 6:00 PM

You'll be fine. Just take it out of Sport mode on the motorway, where you really don't need it, to eke out a little more range.

GingerNinja · Sunday at 6:13 PM

Thanks all. Definitely feeling a bit better about my decision now. Will update when the car arrives!

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