Jokes aside, I just finished the video and it is very impressive… Anyone who owns an EV quickly learns that the vast majority of rapid charging is usually from 10-80% (no one wants to get close to 0% [though I have many times!] and above 80% the charge rate generally tapers so it makes more sense to get back on the road). The car in that video did 10-80% in 9.5 minutes, which is frankly insane… The thing to keep in mind with an EV is the vast majority of your charging will likely be while you’re asleep or at the shops… I wake up every day with a “full tank”, so the only times I have to rapid charge are on long journeys. Since I have kids, I have to stop every few hours for 20-25 minutes regardless, and with my car (ID.4) that is more than enough time to keep me driving as long as I want/need. And my car charges at 1/4 the speed of the car in that video…
Well not to rehash old ground but that’s very dependent on people having somewhere to charge overnight, which a lot of people don’t have. Rapid charge gives some hope to electric cars being fully viable to people who have on street parking (there are other solutions too, but it feels the most realistic)
Oh absolutely. The new government investment in connected kerb should help with that, though of course the sheer number of needed connections is fairly daunting.
I love my ID.4 to death, but I would not least a 52 kWh ID.4 over an Ariya for any price. I’m curious what an Ariya lease would be with a reasonable mileage allowance…
I only need 8k miles. At 10p per mile, happy to just pay the overages.
At 10p it’s easy maths that 3,000 miles is potentially 9,000 over three years.
So take a zero that’s £900 excess.
If that was over 36 that’s £25 a month either being squirreled away or looking to see if adjusted to 8k the monthly is £371.94 instead.
I went for a 6k and hit ~8k with 24,500 at the end of three years.
Currently battling leaser on my excess as they messed up and only specified that I would pay 8.2p on 100-115% but they didn’t specify a 115%+ threshold in contract but want to bill me the same. FOS and FCA currently unleashing a world a pain on them as it’s fraudulent billing. It’s a templated so would have been the same for many.
That’s bad.
I’ve not come across this - my last 3-year lease (8K per year) ended in September, but I’d only done 22,500 so there was no question of being under the limit.
Also no above-wear-and-tear charges for the first time ever!
Anyone with a recent EV you might want to reset your tax month back to March to avoid paying £190 for another year. 
How do you do this?
https://vehicletax.service.gov.uk/
Enter reg and 11 digit ref on V5C
You’ll get a warning that you have existing and you’ll have to pay zero.
Press Continue and it’ll reset.
It’ll mean you’ll be next asked to pay £190 in March 2026 instead.
Depends when your existing was due to expire but worth doing imo. Anytime before end of this month, but last day you might face the website crashing.
If you have a pre 1st April 2017 EV you can do the same so it’ll only be £20 in 2026 instead. They are somehow are excluded from the £190 and get a £170 reduction.
Thanks - well worth giving this a go!