What are some non-obvious issues you have with your EV?
Discussion
WestyCarl said:
Car parks.
People generally don't pay attention when walking around them but at least in an ICE car you can be heard. In an EV you can literally follow people down the car park pushing a trolley and they don't realise you are there.
It's funny when they eventually realise though. It's a hobby I quite enjoy People generally don't pay attention when walking around them but at least in an ICE car you can be heard. In an EV you can literally follow people down the car park pushing a trolley and they don't realise you are there.
gmaz said:
People asking questions about it...
Q. How long does it take to charge?
A. It depends...
Q. What's the range?
A. It depends...
Q. How much does it cost to charge?
A. It depends...
Yep. And then there's the moment you first tell them it's electric:Q. How long does it take to charge?
A. It depends...
Q. What's the range?
A. It depends...
Q. How much does it cost to charge?
A. It depends...
'Is it a hybrid then?'
No, it's full electric
- pause for thought -
'so there's no engine?'
No, it's full electric
- looks at car suspiciously -
'so it's all electric then?'
While it's perfectly possible to only ever use a three pin plug to charge an EV, it can be a bit of a pain sorting cables out in the rain, putting them away wet in the boot etc. But then that's my fault for not having off street parking, if I had a fast charger with a tethered cable it would be much easier.
I've had rapid chargers just stop charging while I was off doing some shopping and expecting to come back to a charged car but that's just the flakey network.
That's about all I can think of really, despite never even sitting in an EV let alone driving one before mine was delivered.
I've had rapid chargers just stop charging while I was off doing some shopping and expecting to come back to a charged car but that's just the flakey network.
That's about all I can think of really, despite never even sitting in an EV let alone driving one before mine was delivered.
Pica-Pica said:
paradigital said:
Hardly because it’s an EV, but I dislike the indicators in the Model 3. The cancelling function of the stalk seems to take precedence over indicating, so if you need to indicate right then left in quick succession, most of the time you will only indicate right, then cancel the right turn when trying to indicate left. Certainly an issue on roundabouts. Could be easily resolved either by only allowing the stalk to cancel an indication in the direction the stalk is moved, not the opposite, or alternatively only allow the partial press to cancel an indication, allowing a full press to turn on indication regardless.
My F30 has centring indicators. So after clicking to signal the stalk returns to centre. We had a thread on this a while back, some said it was confusing, others (like me) say that once you are used to it, you think ‘ why should it be otherwise?’.JonnyVTEC said:
Makes traffic lights and traffic where queuing cars get to the choke point and dribble through, EV makes the delay and hesitation to getting traffic flowing even more frustrating.
It's true, if there's a car in front of me when the lights change I gently push the throttle expecting them to move too. But instead I hear their stop/start engine restart, then another little delay as the revs pick up and a gear is engaged.And cars switching from forwards to reverse trying to park, with the delay between each switch. Yawn..
It's stuff like this that reinforces the fact that a simple electric motor makes a lot more sense than hundreds of moving parts powered by thousands of explosions a minute yolked to a box of cogs via two discs that rely on friction to unite.
It's actually a bit laughable when you think about the complexity and crudeness of ICE.
I've had an i3Rex followed by an i3S.
Loved them both and commuted 100 miles/day, charging every night.
Changed to an Ioniq 5 and came to charge it for the first time and 'CLICK'. RCD Breaker tripped.
It turned out that I had an earth leakage problem in my house.
The i3 cars have a natural earth leakage value but due to their carbon fibre body, its a lower value than the natural value of the steel Ioniq 5.
End result Ioniq + house = enough to trip the RCD = bugger.
Loved them both and commuted 100 miles/day, charging every night.
Changed to an Ioniq 5 and came to charge it for the first time and 'CLICK'. RCD Breaker tripped.
It turned out that I had an earth leakage problem in my house.
The i3 cars have a natural earth leakage value but due to their carbon fibre body, its a lower value than the natural value of the steel Ioniq 5.
End result Ioniq + house = enough to trip the RCD = bugger.
blindspot said:
dino_jr said:
I have a tiny buzz/rattle in my Polestar driver window.
If it had an engine I'd never hear it
I've got the same, but I'm fairly sure it's coming from the seatbelt sliding adjuster cover...If it had an engine I'd never hear it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKmf0YjZXqo
blindspot said:
- certainly if I press on that, the noise stops for a while.
Probably not a good idea to start randomly prodding your front seat passenger 
TheDeuce said:
WestyCarl said:
Car parks.
People generally don't pay attention when walking around them but at least in an ICE car you can be heard. In an EV you can literally follow people down the car park pushing a trolley and they don't realise you are there.
It's funny when they eventually realise though. It's a hobby I quite enjoy People generally don't pay attention when walking around them but at least in an ICE car you can be heard. In an EV you can literally follow people down the car park pushing a trolley and they don't realise you are there.
doesthiswork said:
While it's perfectly possible to only ever use a three pin plug to charge an EV, it can be a bit of a pain sorting cables out in the rain, putting them away wet in the boot etc. But then that's my fault for not having off street parking, if I had a fast charger with a tethered cable it would be much easier.
I've had rapid chargers just stop charging while I was off doing some shopping and expecting to come back to a charged car but that's just the flakey network.
That's about all I can think of really, despite never even sitting in an EV let alone driving one before mine was delivered.
That's actually a very fair point for everyone with street parking hahaI've had rapid chargers just stop charging while I was off doing some shopping and expecting to come back to a charged car but that's just the flakey network.
That's about all I can think of really, despite never even sitting in an EV let alone driving one before mine was delivered.
so called said:
I've had an i3Rex followed by an i3S.
Loved them both and commuted 100 miles/day, charging every night.
Changed to an Ioniq 5 and came to charge it for the first time and 'CLICK'. RCD Breaker tripped.
It turned out that I had an earth leakage problem in my house.
The i3 cars have a natural earth leakage value but due to their carbon fibre body, its a lower value than the natural value of the steel Ioniq 5.
End result Ioniq + house = enough to trip the RCD = bugger.
Oef... how did you end up fixing that?Loved them both and commuted 100 miles/day, charging every night.
Changed to an Ioniq 5 and came to charge it for the first time and 'CLICK'. RCD Breaker tripped.
It turned out that I had an earth leakage problem in my house.
The i3 cars have a natural earth leakage value but due to their carbon fibre body, its a lower value than the natural value of the steel Ioniq 5.
End result Ioniq + house = enough to trip the RCD = bugger.
LimaDelta said:
Punctures.
I'm sure I've mentioned it in other EV threads, but I've never had so many punctures (four and counting) as I have had in the last 3 years (23,000 miles) of owning an i3. I guess the narrow tyres and high vehicle weight are a major contributor, but I think a lot of other EVs have more conventional tyre widths so perhaps don't suffer as bad.
It's not heavy (1250-1300kg). Light for an EV and lighter than most Golfs.I'm sure I've mentioned it in other EV threads, but I've never had so many punctures (four and counting) as I have had in the last 3 years (23,000 miles) of owning an i3. I guess the narrow tyres and high vehicle weight are a major contributor, but I think a lot of other EVs have more conventional tyre widths so perhaps don't suffer as bad.
Discombobulate said:
LimaDelta said:
Punctures.
I'm sure I've mentioned it in other EV threads, but I've never had so many punctures (four and counting) as I have had in the last 3 years (23,000 miles) of owning an i3. I guess the narrow tyres and high vehicle weight are a major contributor, but I think a lot of other EVs have more conventional tyre widths so perhaps don't suffer as bad.
It's not heavy (1250-1300kg). Light for an EV and lighter than most Golfs.I'm sure I've mentioned it in other EV threads, but I've never had so many punctures (four and counting) as I have had in the last 3 years (23,000 miles) of owning an i3. I guess the narrow tyres and high vehicle weight are a major contributor, but I think a lot of other EVs have more conventional tyre widths so perhaps don't suffer as bad.
41-44 psi on the rears is significantly higher than other cars which don't have a big heavy battery back there.
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