When are you going electric?

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durbster wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:52 pm Do I spy Home Assistant? :)
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norbs wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:15 am I think since we got it I have added about 5 apps to my bloody phone.
Depending on which chargers are in the area you might also need to get rfid cards from the charge operator

I had to get Evie and Chargefox cards as some chargers go offline but can still be used if you have the card

Are we still in the early adoption stage?
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Brett_S wrote: Tue Nov 14, 2023 9:53 am
norbs wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:15 am I think since we got it I have added about 5 apps to my bloody phone.
Depending on which chargers are in the area you might also need to get rfid cards from the charge operator

I had to get Evie and Chargefox cards as some chargers go offline but can still be used if you have the card

Are we still in the early adoption stage?
Yeah, we have ordered the EVIE card. They have just added 4 points in the local shopping centre, so I need to go and check out what they are now. :)
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Would love to see that in a Formula E pit stop. See who can make the fastest robot.
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Gives strong 356 vibes. There you go, first electric car I'm even remotely interested in!
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Some interesting points in this video. I hadnt thought of disabled people with EVs.

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Finally! only took 8 months.

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Nice one. I’ve been eyeing off the Volvo ex30 lately. Well I have been for a while, just none here to sit in until about now.
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Cutter wrote: Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:12 pm Finally! only took 8 months.

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I came to you for advice. Ours has over 6000kms now. :)

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Yeah - seems this Essence model in this colour is very popular overseas where they can charge an extra premium for it.
So most of them go to Europe.
Around Xmas we can very close to telling them to forget it and looked at the Megane E-Tech, didnt like the small awkward boot and bland driving feel.
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How's everyone going with their EV's? Any regrets?

Hired a Polestar 2 last week while on holidays - not bad, but definitely different to the Tesla and more traditional

Had some bugs in the UI and the software overall isn't that good - like you can't have the map up in the centre screen while also seeing what music was playing, or at least I couldn't figure out how to do it other than having the map shown on the instrument panel and Spotify on the centre screen
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Not for me. The MG4 has shithouse software and apps. The console is so slow to respond, if it does. The app only lets 1 person log in at once. But, for the cost, I didnt expect world beating performance.

The car itself is great. The feeling I get topping it up at home instead of paying $100 for fuel makes it even better.
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Bauer wrote: Sun Feb 12, 2023 7:15 am I have looked and been interested for years. Fascinated by the tech.
If I blew the motor in the mx5 I would seriously look at a conversion but other than that, current work from home situation doesn’t warrant the outlay.

We have a decent charging network in Tassie. More and more people are doing an ev holiday here due to our relative size. Chargers everywhere.


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