Honda e

[Bobtherallyfan]

Smiljan said:

Photos man, photos

Also, can you tell me what that panel is that looks like a giant oblong grab handle one the front of the car below the Honda badge, lastly does the HDMI input work on the move? Ie could a passenger play games on the left screen while you drive on?

It’s the radar

[Itsallicanafford]

Itsallicanafford said:

I'm a little confused by the pricing of the standard e and the advance model.

there is a £3K difference, from a quick scan this is for the more powerful motor and a few other technical bits and bobs.

is the standard e the one to go for as a city car as it has mostly all of the tech for a 10% less outlay? £26,660.00 + paint is not too bad...

thoughts?

to answer my own question! Looking at the spec, i personally think the standard car is the one to go for, for the better range if not anything else...

Any knowledge when this price rise is coming?

[jonlk]

Hi all,

Does anyone have any thoughts / recommendations for a home charger?

About to go with Podpoint but thought I should check!


TIA

[anonymous-user]

jonlk said:

Hi all,

Does anyone have any thoughts / recommendations for a home charger?

About to go with Podpoint but thought I should check!


TIA

Depends where you are possibly.

Podpoint were less than useless for me. No response at all other than 1 automated reply.

I used Romatec, who are based in Newmarket but cover most areas.

They did a quick, neat install of an Ohme Smart charger for just over £500 within a week or so of me contacting them. It’s been faultless and works well.

[aestetix1]

Decide if you want a smart one or a basic one. The basic ones are cheaper and more reliable but can't do stuff like only switching on when energy is cheap.

Also decide if you want tethered or untethered. The advantage of tethered is no faffing about getting the charging cable out every time but for some reason some people like doing that.

[ZesPak]

aestetix1 said:

The basic ones are cheaper and more reliable but can't do stuff like only switching on when energy is cheap.

Tbh is there any modern-ish EV that can't do this on it's own?

I can imagine having multiple cars to charge and manage that, and keep track of energy use (for business for example), a smart charger can be more convenient though.

[anonymous-user]

Itsallicanafford said:

Itsallicanafford said:

I'm a little confused by the pricing of the standard e and the advance model.

there is a £3K difference, from a quick scan this is for the more powerful motor and a few other technical bits and bobs.

is the standard e the one to go for as a city car as it has mostly all of the tech for a 10% less outlay? £26,660.00 + paint is not too bad...

thoughts?

to answer my own question! Looking at the spec, i personally think the standard car is the one to go for, for the better range if not anything else...

Any knowledge when this price rise is coming?

I also agree that the standard car is the right choice. I saw one review stating the advance had many more features for “just” a few thousand more, and it very quickly moved on from that point as if to say the advance is a no brainer. It’s simply not the case! If anything the advance is a hard sell, and the standard is the no brainer.

[phil4]

What is the "right" one depends on why you're buying it. It therefore isn't the "right" one. It's the "right one for you".

What'd be more helpful perhaps is if you said what your criteria were for deciding it was right for you.

[anonymous-user]

phil4 said:

What is the "right" one depends on why you're buying it. It therefore isn't the "right" one. It's the "right one for you".

What'd be more helpful perhaps is if you said what your criteria were for deciding it was right for you.

Oh please, you’re picking on one word “right” too much. We were obviously saying that we felt it was the spec that we liked. The review I’m referring to was actually saying that the standard car wasn’t worth considering, which is silly.

[aestetix1]

ZesPak said:

Tbh is there any modern-ish EV that can't do this on it's own?

I can imagine having multiple cars to charge and manage that, and keep track of energy use (for business for example), a smart charger can be more convenient though.

Yes, all of them. No EV has an automatic charge timer that is tied in to energy prices. It has to be done by the charger, e.g. so it can take advantage of variable tariffs like the Octopus one.

You are probably thinking of just a basic charge timer which most EVs do have.

[phil4]

mstrbkr said:

Oh please, you’re picking on one word “right” too much. We were obviously saying that we felt it was the spec that we liked. The review I’m referring to was actually saying that the standard car wasn’t worth considering, which is silly.

Bin the first bit... I get what you're saying. The review should have kept their personal preferences out of it.

FWIW my other half bought one of the advanced ones, not because she watched reviews. Not because I had any say in it... but because there were a few bits, not least the extra BHP that she preferred.

Each to their own, but lets not be banging on about right and wrong choice... it's entirely personal.

[ZesPak]

aestetix1 said:

Yes, all of them. No EV has an automatic charge timer that is tied in to energy prices. It has to be done by the charger, e.g. so it can take advantage of variable tariffs like the Octopus one.

You are probably thinking of just a basic charge timer which most EVs do have.

Oh ok,

Seems a lot more complicated than what we have here in Belgium, where it's usually just fixed hours with lower tariffs.
So how do these chargers then do it? They get controlled by some sort of web service?

Would give me a bit of anxiety tbh, not knowing when my car is going to charge?

[aestetix1]

ZesPak said:

Oh ok,

Seems a lot more complicated than what we have here in Belgium, where it's usually just fixed hours with lower tariffs.
So how do these chargers then do it? They get controlled by some sort of web service?

Would give me a bit of anxiety tbh, not knowing when my car is going to charge?

Yes, they communicate with your electricity supplier to get real-time pricing information. You set a threshold and when the price is below it the charger turns on. They usually have a feature where you can override or set a minimum SoC that you must have by morning.

Octopus is the only one I know of offering it at the moment. Sometimes their prices go negative at night, you get paid to charge your car.

[jonlk]

Thanks all

[Itsallicanafford]

...base price has gone up £500.00

[Smiljan]

Quite a good little long term owner 1st month review on Autotrader

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/content/longterm-revi...

[anonymous-user]

Smiljan said:

Quite a good little long term owner 1st month review on Autotrader

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/content/longterm-revi...

Pity that they can't get their units right....


"Fuel consumption: 3.3kW"


er, no.


Yes, it's pedantic, but if they wrote about a normal car that it had a petrol consumption of 185 bhp, you'd think they didn't know their ass from their elbow right........

[hyphen]

Itsallicanafford said:

...base price has gone up £500.00

For what?

[off_again]

Max_Torque said:

Pity that they can't get their units right....


"Fuel consumption: 3.3kW"


er, no.


Yes, it's pedantic, but if they wrote about a normal car that it had a petrol consumption of 185 bhp, you'd think they didn't know their ass from their elbow right........

Could it be 3.3kWh per mile? Getting around 3.7kWh per mile on our i3, but that has been reduced due to the hot weather and needs aircon turned on (which kills the range).

[Smiljan]

I really think no one cares other than total EV geeks, terms like this are just another barrier to adoption for normal people.

How far does it go and how fast does it charge.