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Getting closer to 40 than I like. Media junkie.
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I got one for Christmas. Changed my culinary life.
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That’s poor from Bookshop UK. They should have a way for authors/publishers to contact them about making their books available.
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You can also get some of your ebooks in the U.K. here - www.hive.co.uk/Search/Keywo...
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End/ Hope this will help people understand what to expect of your battery runs out 👍🏽
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7/ So the car had stopped, what now?
•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.
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6/ At this point one of two things will happen.
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.
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5/ So, your trundling on for a while at 0% for a few more miles, then what happens?
You’ll get some flashing lights on the dash and the car stops dead.
But don’t panic.
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4/ All EV’s have a top and bottom buffer in the batteries.
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.
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3/ Then then range hits 0, but that’s not the end of it.
Even at 0% you still trundle on at a lower speed for a while yet.
Why’s that?
The buffer.
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2/ Once the battery gets low enough you will go into ‘turtle mode’.
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.
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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.
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I hope this will reach someone who is thinking of buying an EV.
TL,DR :
• Don’t worry about range day to day.
•Charging infrastructure is better than you think.
•People want to learn about EV’s.
•They are cheaper to run than you think.
•Cars are getting cheaper with a longer range.
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Every year, they are getting cheaper and better.
Since I bought my first EV in 2020, the cars are getting cheaper and the ranges are getting bigger. Build quality varies, but that is dependent on the brand (like any petroleum/diesel car).
Soon, they will all be the same price, regardless of fuel.
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They are much cheaper in the long run… if you can charge at home.
Whilst they can be expensive up front (if new) you can save massively on fuel. I used to spend £90 a month on diesel, but now it costs me £20 doing the same mileage.
If you can find a deal, the savings make up for the price.
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People are intrigued about them.
I’ve lost count the amount of times I’ve been asked questions about my car over the years, how I live with it, how much it costs to run etc.
People are genuinely curious about them still.
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The charging infrastructure is better than you think.
Most motorways have fast chargers, and by the time you go to the toilet/get refreshments, you’ll have enough charge to get where you’re going.
It’s not perfect, but it’s getting there.
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Range anxiety is a fallacy.
Most cars do over 200 miles per charge, and the ones that don’t can still do around 100 miles.
The average mileage a person drives in the U.K. is 19 miles.
There is no need to be concerned about range.
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Mastery by Robert Greene and
The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan