Test drove an iPace and a Tesla S

[RobDickinson]

I have the tesla wall charger (can do up to 1kw on the 3 , 7kw on single phase) still in its box because the 8amp 2kw portable one is fine so far.

[bad company]

Gregmitchell said:

I have a 7kw charger at home for my ipace, the 220 miles i get are fine for day to day, but this is the game changer for me if i want to do a long journey next year and in the coming years it's going to make such a difference, others will have to follow suit.

https://ionity.eu/

Looking at their map there’s not much coverage. The nearest charging point is a long way from me.

[Gregmitchell]

They've only just started their major UK roll out, 100kwh charging, infrastructure is getting there.

https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/news-and-in...

Plenty of fast chargers being rolled out, soon Tesla won't have this monopoly of infrastructure and it will make it a lot easier to do long journeys.

[bad company]

Gregmitchell said:

They've only just started their major UK roll out, 100kwh charging, infrastructure is getting there.

https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/news-and-in...

Plenty of fast chargers being rolled out, soon Tesla won't have this monopoly of infrastructure and it will make it a lot easier to do long journeys.

Even looking at the BP site I’m not seeing enough charging points though as you say they’re being rolled out.

[gangzoom]

Gregmitchell said:

I have a 7kw charger at home for my ipace, the 220 miles i get are fine for day to day, but this is the game changer for me if i want to do a long journey next year and in the coming years it's going to make such a difference, others will have to follow suit.

https://ionity.eu/

Just beware new Ionity cost of 350KW charging which is coming. At 2 miles per kWh on an iPace after charging losses/travelling at 70mph, your potential cost per mile for fuel is around 50p per mile, or the same as 10mpg!

[jamoor]

gangzoom said:

Gregmitchell said:

I have a 7kw charger at home for my ipace, the 220 miles i get are fine for day to day, but this is the game changer for me if i want to do a long journey next year and in the coming years it's going to make such a difference, others will have to follow suit.

https://ionity.eu/

Just beware new Ionity cost of 350KW charging which is coming. At 2 miles per kWh on an iPace after charging losses/travelling at 70mph, your potential cost per mile for fuel is around 50p per mile, or the same as 10mpg!

[Img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48987775953_7767a3fcbb_c_d.jpg[/thumb]

Thats ridiculously expensive.

[Gregmitchell]

That is a lot!! Currently £8 per charge in the UK for 150kw (only get 100kw on ipace).