The Age of Electric Vehicles

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Sounds odd.

It's not minor - you need the car to be off and asleep, then wake up in the night for an off peak charge.

Or are you talking about rapid DC charging only? It shouldn't matter if the car is "on" or not.
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lpm wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 11:29 am Sounds odd.

It's not minor - you need the car to be off and asleep, then wake up in the night for an off peak charge.

Or are you talking about rapid DC charging only? It shouldn't matter if the car is "on" or not.
Rapid DC charging only, I’ve had no problems at all at home off peak charging. Next time I do DC charging I’ll turn the car off before attempting first. Might not be till August though.
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Grumble wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 10:31 am Maybe mine has a fault, though if so it’s a minor one.
Have you tried turning it o… oh wait, yes you have.

Probably needs a software update then.
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nekomatic wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 8:26 pm
Grumble wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 10:31 am Maybe mine has a fault, though if so it’s a minor one.
Have you tried turning it o… oh wait, yes you have.

Probably needs a software update then.
There is meant to be one due, but it hasn’t appeared on my car yet
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If the driver gets out of the car then the car turns itself off. It makes no sense. I'd call the dealer. We've never had that problem. We had problems at one point and it turned out there was a problem with the cable...
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Our EV stays on until you get out and lock it - it actually has no on/off button - which took some getting used to.
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Aoui wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 10:32 am If the driver gets out of the car then the car turns itself off. It makes no sense. I'd call the dealer. We've never had that problem. We had problems at one point and it turned out there was a problem with the cable...
Which car are you referring to?
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I start from a position of deep scepticism about anything that’s advertised to me on Facebook, but I was intrigued enough to click on this.

It seems to be a charging point that’s installed flush to the ground by the roadside, and you have a special adapter to plug in to it with.

I’m not sure if I see this working, but it’s different.
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nekomatic wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 7:08 pm I start from a position of deep scepticism about anything that’s advertised to me on Facebook, but I was intrigued enough to click on this.

It seems to be a charging point that’s installed flush to the ground by the roadside, and you have a special adapter to plug in to it with.

I’m not sure if I see this working, but it’s different.
I saw a similar thing in Germany where a company takes out a kerbstone and puts in a replacement including a charging socket.
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nekomatic wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 7:08 pm I start from a position of deep scepticism about anything that’s advertised to me on Facebook, but I was intrigued enough to click on this.

It seems to be a charging point that’s installed flush to the ground by the roadside, and you have a special adapter to plug in to it with.

I’m not sure if I see this working, but it’s different.
I notice the FAQ addresses the impact of "grit and water" on these chargers - but not kebabs, dog poo, and leaky wheelie bin juice.
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So it's on street, but is home connected. The website doesn't seem to mention it but I assume there is also some mechanism to stop randoms plugging into it and charging using your electricity?

Neat idea in one sense - but flawed in another in that when I think of streets in congested areas with one street parking only... how many people actually get to park outside their own house?
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TopBadger wrote: Thu Sep 04, 2025 9:53 am So it's on street, but is home connected. The website doesn't seem to mention it but I assume there is also some mechanism to stop randoms plugging into it and charging using your electricity?
I see that there are both ‘home’ and ‘hub’ versions but I don’t think either are actually connected to your home electricity supply, the only difference is that the home one gets installed outside your home. I guess there are some streets where people usually do get to park outside their own houses, but the houses don’t have driveways.
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TopBadger wrote: Thu Sep 04, 2025 9:53 am So it's on street, but is home connected. The website doesn't seem to mention it but I assume there is also some mechanism to stop randoms plugging into it and charging using your electricity?

Neat idea in one sense - but flawed in another in that when I think of streets in congested areas with one street parking only... how many people actually get to park outside their own house?
You will probably have to approve the charge session using an app. I can set my home charger up to need that, if anyone is trying to use it without my permission. The fact it’s on my driveway means I don’t really need to.

Street charging posts are normally tied to a company rather than a house and you need an account with them to start the charge session.
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