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Glad it went better this time, the charging hub in Slough was app only when I went in July, good that it's now contactless

This is the charger I used in Slough, you do need the chargepoint app to use it though

In general, when on a long trip, I go for convenience over cost, it may cost a few more pounds, but as I rarely need to use public chargers, I'll pay the extra now and again I stopped a hotel near Heathrow in the summer, the one charging point at the hotel was always in use, with no kind of...

Interesting, thanks for your info, and dogged routine ?? I’d hope that the GOM calcs included ambient temperatures, but I’d not seen any evidence Now, the next thing that I want to get my head around, is how pre heating the cabin affects the GOM, if at all?. The m/kWh on the journey after...

I set up the jokes for others?

I prefer to fumble in the dark

That's a battery heater A heat pump recovers heat the ambient air**, then effectively uses the AC in reverse to extract that warmth, it's approximately 4x more efficient than resistive heating. Just like air source heating, in the home ** at least, this is what I read this weekend, I'd...

Are you using your remote heater a lot? I've noticed that my actual range seems to be less than the GOM's already reduced range. But I do short journey's with pre heating before I start. That's always going to kill the overall range It's not an issue at the moment, as I have access to cheap...

Is 199 miles after you have reset the trips? (I seem to remember you saying that you reset the trips each charge) If it is, that suggests that the GOM does take temperature into account, rather than purely using previous driving results I've just charged mine to 90%, the app is showing a...

Don't worry about it too much From what I've read, leaving that battery at 100% for extended times is one of the things that can reduce battery life, so if it suits you, charge to 80% unless you are going to need more. It really is a personal choice depending on your mileage and what charging...

I typically charge to 80% on a Monday, as I know that I'm only doing short runs. Then 100% on a Friday, ready for the weekend That's with a Trophy LR, I don't worry about degradation, but my routine works for me. I get free charging at work, that's the biggest driver in when I charge

It can be the charger, not the car. Even in ideal conditions in summer, connected to a 120KW charger, the rate was 50KW. A quick check on ZAP map comments, showed that this was common and that this particular bank of chargers didn't always deliver anywhere near their claimed rate I did say...

If the car is connected to the charger (7KW) but has completed it's charge and then I turn on the cabin heater remotely, does the heater run from the battery or the mains? Edit.. I can answer my own question, as I tried it tonight It does heat from the mains My car was sat at "charging...

I'd like a live miles/kH figure, just like on petrol cars you have current and average economy It seems like such a simple request, I wonder if there is a technical reason why it can't be done I do look at the battery current in the winter, as it gives an indication on how hard the HVAC is...

I'm confused now, there was definitely a thread over the summer, which went into great detail about how the MK2 maintains it's 12V charge whilst parked up The pictures that the OP posted showed his 12V battery at 13.8V, though we don't know what it was when the problem occurred, I wonder if we...

Isn't this meant to be one of the improvements on the facelift? I thought that in any mode, the 12V gets topped up There was a discussion about it in summer, with cars parked up for long periods, the car maintained the 12V battery - but that would be with the car off That would be a bad bug (no...

Sometimes the charger is the limitation, the best I've hit is 92KW, so the car is certainly capable, but I've also been charging on a 150KW charger and only hit 50KW. If you look at the comments on Zap-Map, you'll soon get a picture of which chargers limit max rate

It's worth checking with you own insurance policy, I use DirectLine, that give a type of gap insurance for the car's first year, do double check for yourself and not rely on my rubbish memory!

I had a problem with the 350kW chargers at Wetherby services, couldn't get it to start, I moved to the 50kW chargers and it started without issue. I only needed a quick top up, so didn't pursue the problem Someone on facebook had a similar problem with the 350kW chargers at Brentwood (or...

" why is it not easier to stop a charge before complete, apparently it was on the Gen 1? " If you're AC charging, unlocking the doors should suspend the charge for a couple of minutes, long enough to disconnect the cable, it will resume charging if left untouched If your car does not do...