SO I’m back on apps again. My apologies. But it’s a big part of life with an electric car. And the Volkswagen e-Golf is no different. I have a Pod Point 7kWh charger at home. It connects to the home wifi system and lets you know the cost of the electricity consumed by your electric car. Except at the time [...]
IF there’s one thing I’ve learnt about electric motoring with the VW e-Golf, it’s this. You need a smartphone. And a smartphone with enough memory to carry a plurality of apps. Particularly when you’re on the road. And you need to top up the battery. (The car’s, not the phone’s.) My wife Alison had an appointment at Brighton Marina. As [...]
HOW far can you go? What's the range? These are typical and expected reactions when people ask what do you drive - and the answer is an electric Golf. And the answer is - it depends. The official range on the NEDC cycle is 186 miles. VW quotes the usable range as 124. I work on a 130 miles rule [...]
THE most significant change in the electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure is being rolled out: 2400 EV charging bays will become available across 600 Tesco stores within three years. Volkswagen, the world’s largest vehicle manufacturer, and Tesco - the UK’s largest fuel retailer - will develop the UK retail electric vehicle charging network. It will be installed and powered by Pod [...]
STRANGE fact for the day: but you can run a four bedroom house from the electricity produced by a hydrogen fuel cell Toyota Mirai or Honda Clarity. Strange but true. Arval's hydrogen expert Paul Marchment revealed this fact at the VRA seminar today at the Cranmore Park Exhibition Centre, Solihull, on November 22, 2018. Honda Clarity charging a house [...]
HMRC has finally released official business mileage rates for fully electric cars. This is known as the Advisory Electricity Rate or AER
What are the three most common questions asked before customers go electric? Ben Fletcher, Renault’s EV expert, explains what they are
What types of use best suit electric vehicles? The first wave of electric cars mostly have a far more limited range than petrol or diesel cars. This obviously makes them more suitable for short rather than long journeys but there are specific patterns of use which are particularly favourable for operating an EV (electric car). These considerations only really apply [...]
