Kompany Car
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Gas turbines are completely different to rotary petrol engines so you can’t really compare them.
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Electric cars
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That's some difference.If you're thinking about an EV then yeah a home-charger is a must and I'd definitely think twice about getting an EV if you might end up living in a flat and won't have access to one.
Unfortunately public chargers can't always be relied upon because they can be in use, broken or even worse sometimes dickheads in petrol cars park in the charging spaces (probably on purpose, such is society nowadays!).
Public chargers also cost a ton more than home-charging on an EV tariff. A full charge on a town/supermarket charger will cost around £30 whereas for me it's £2.50 at home so a massive difference.
The Work salary scheme through Octopus looked great, hence having a think about it, but seems like too may variables that go against it for me to consider electric atm.
Bluemanc100
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I drove a BMW i3s for ~2 years and had a home charger installed. If I bought an EV now (I won’t [see earlier post]) with decent range like a Tesla then I wouldn’t bother with another wallbox BUT I’m retired so we can travel and charge off peakIf you're thinking about an EV then yeah a home-charger is a must and I'd definitely think twice about getting an EV if you might end up living in a flat and won't have access to one.
Unfortunately public chargers can't always be relied upon because they can be in use, broken or even worse sometimes dickheads in petrol cars park in the charging spaces (probably on purpose, such is society nowadays!).
Public chargers also cost a ton more than home-charging on an EV tariff. A full charge on a town/supermarket charger will cost around £30 whereas for me it's £2.50 at home so a massive difference.
We really didn’t use the wallbox on a daily basis and with 300 mile plus ranges now it would hardly be worth it
Kompany Car
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Like I said it works for me through our scheme but only because I have a charger, which they kindly installed and the solar panels on my roof mean that when I’m working from home it costs me bugger all to charge it up.That's some difference.
The Work salary scheme through Octopus looked great, hence having a think about it, but seems like too may variables that go against it for me to consider electric atm.
Yeah, that sounds ideal for you mate!Like I said it works for me through our scheme but only because I have a charger, which they kindly installed and the solar panels on my roof mean that when I’m working from home it costs me bugger all to charge it up.
Gremlin
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The most expensive fast chargers that I know of are around 75p a kWh so if you're paying £30 that's 40kWh. £2.50 for 40kWh is 6.25p a kWh. I don't know what tariff you are on at home but I want it! Mine is currently 31p a kWh.Public chargers also cost a ton more than home-charging on an EV tariff. A full charge on a town/supermarket charger will cost around £30 whereas for me it's £2.50 at home so a massive difference.
I'm on the Octopus Intelligent EV tariff which varies the tariff overnight. The Octopus app controls the car charging, you tell the app what % you want to charge to and then what time you want it to be ready for and then it decides the charging schedule overnight.The most expensive fast chargers that I know of are around 75p a kWh so if you're paying £30 that's 40kWh. £2.50 for 40kWh is 6.25p a kWh. I don't know what tariff you are on at home but I want it! Mine is currently 31p a kWh.
0530-23:30 = 39.25p/kWh
23:30-0530 = 7.5p/kWh
The day rate is higher obviously but I never charge the car during the day and our daily home usage is otherwise irrelevant compared to the car. With the app you can however get peak charging priced at the off-peak rate if demand allows for it, the app does it all for you.
Model 3 RWD is 55kWh usable battery so 0-100% is 55 x 7.5p = £4.13 max, nobody charges from 0% so it's always far less.
As for public chargers most decent chargers will have off-peak rates too, the Tesla superchargers definitely do now.
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Gremlin
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Useful to know - thanks. I was looking at Octopus but for various reasons haven't gone for it yet. Will have another look.I'm on the Octopus Intelligent EV tariff which varies the tariff overnight. The Octopus app controls the car charging, you tell the app what % you want to charge to and then what time you want it to be ready for and then it decides the charging schedule overnight.
0530-23:30 = 39.25p/kWh
23:30-0530 = 7.5p/kWh
The day rate is higher obviously but I never charge the car during the day and our daily home usage is otherwise irrelevant compared to the car. With the app you can however get peak charging priced at the off-peak rate if demand allows for it, the app does it all for you.
Model 3 RWD is 55kWh usable battery so 0-100% is 55 x 7.5p = £4.13 max, nobody charges from 0% so it's always far less.
As for public chargers most decent chargers will have off-peak rates too, the Tesla superchargers definitely do now.
I'd really recommend them, they used to be quite expensive but now they're probably the best option whilst there's very little difference in price between the various suppliers. I don't know if they do dual tariffs though (we're with someone else for gas).Useful to know - thanks. I was looking at Octopus but for various reasons haven't gone for it yet. Will have another look.
They're also really good on support if you ever have any questions or problems (they're the first supplier to refund my excess credit no questions asked).
shevtheblue
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I have been thinking for ages to get an rx7 or an rx8, but the rotary engine scares the shit out of me. It has to have a compression test, but you will probably need a rebuild of it at some point either way!It was just curiosity on my part. I had a neighbour who had a Mazda rotary and I used to see an NSU quite regularly a few miles from where I live.