1/ Firstly, your car reduces the power available to you.
You have full power to get you to 0-30mph as quickly as possible, but if you go over that it increases slowly, but it does increase.
You have full power to get you to 0-30mph as quickly as possible, but if you go over that it increases slowly, but it does increase.
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A little icon appears on the dash of an orang turtle in a circle and then the power output drops again. You have enough power to pull out of a junction, but you start to struggle to get it over 20mph.
Even at 0% you still trundle on at a lower speed for a while yet.
Why’s that?
The buffer.
To help the battery last, a percentage of the battery at the the top end AND bottom end is built in. So, if you charge your car and it shows 100%, that isn’t true. It’s more than likely around the 80-90% capacity of the battery.
You’ll get some flashing lights on the dash and the car stops dead.
But don’t panic.
There will be a total shut down of the car and you can’t do anything OR it lets you pop it in neutral so you can roll the car to safety.
•If you have a 3-pin charger and an extension lead, use someone’s house socket to add a few miles (takes a LONG time)
•Use someone’s wall EV charger to charge up
•Call the AA/RAC who will either tow you to a charger/ use a portable charger.