SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & SHARE for a Fully Charged future! We took a fresh look at the refreshed Jaguar I-PACE and remembered exactly how good it is. If you absolutely must drive a premium SUV, then we'd recommend giving this the once over. And while you're here, we headed to the first site of the Ecotricity x GRIDSERVE collaboration that is set to - at long last - make motorway EV driving as simple as it always should've been. Make sure you are subscribed then enter 'The Great EV Giveaway' for your chance to win an EV for a year and lots of other fantastic prizes fullycharged.show/EV-Giveaway/ Fully Charged is 100% independent thanks to TH-cam Memberships and Patreons. Without you this channel wouldn’t be possible! If you’d like to help support the Fully Charged channel and its mission: Become a Patreon: www.patreon.com/FullyChargedShow Become a TH-cam member: use JOIN button above Subscribe to Fully Charged & the Fully Charged PLUS channels Buy the Fully Charged Guide to Electric Vehicles & Clean Energy : buff.ly/2GybGt0 Browse the Fully Charged store: shop.fullycharged.show/ Visit our LIVE exhibitions in the UK, USA & Europe: FullyCharged.Show/events Subscribe for episode alerts and the Fully Charged newsletter: fullycharged.show/zap-sign-up/ Visit: FullyCharged.Show Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/fullychargedshw Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/fullychargedshow Timestamps: 0:00 Refreshed I-PACE 1:56 EV Giveaway 2:36 I-Pace history 3:56 Brilliantly built 4:11 Batteries & range 4:33 Price 5:08 Super sales 6:08 SUV rant 7:02 Chargers of dreams 8:49 Charging choices 9:49 Inside tech 10:51 Physical knobs 11:48 Nice view! 12:17 Camera cleaning 12:55 Entertainment systems 14:11 High quality 15:00 Awesome mirrors 15:53 Off we go 16:45 Subscribe, support, join
Is the car more efficient vs the first version of the car or due to the better-charging infrastructure and software have this somewhat mitigated the problem?
With respect, to claim that Hybrid sales "collapsed" in 2020 is the biggest load of bullsh*t I've heard in a while! If Toyota Hybrid sales had been an individual brand, then they would have been the 4th largest car maker in the USA in 2020! Hybrid sales in Europe were up 13% in the first 3 months of this year and accounted for 67% of all Toyota Europe sales. If that's a collapsed market, I'd hate to think of how many they will sell when it rebuilds!!
Looks like the infotainment is still incredibly slow, for 70k it should be a lot smoother than that. They'd be better off just bolting a iPad in there.
@Robert FWIW, most luxury brands that are still developing their own infotainment are sub par. Eventually they all will eventually outsource the software development and hardware requirements. Mostly to Apple or Google... Have fun bolting on your overpriced iPad, in the meantime....
Something had to change, Ecotricity had become an embarassing joke, yes they started it all off, but failed to keep the momentum and became very unreliable. I hope the venture with Grid serve will fill the vital gap of reliable charging on the motorway network.
@@johndoyle4723 from what I have read and seen, ecotricity catered originally for those cars that were equipped with the “chademo” connectors and were very reliable. Since the introduction of type 2 and CCS they have proved to be very unreliable often not working at all This partnership with Gridserve will not only bring their chargers up to spec but will increase their reliability no end, all power to them (pun intended) contactless payment is also the way that ALL chargers should operate.
@@Sofala Gridserve has announced that it will be replacing existing EH chargers with 2 pumps in current locations, and additionally , multiple pumps (6-12) in locations where this is possible, and remote from the initial installation. Next one's in are Exeter for the larger installation.
I own a 2019 I Pace HSE . Absolutely love it ! Great performance....beautiful styling....excellent handling. I always look forward to driving my I Pace. Great review !
I suggest that one overlooked point is that the 'ethos' of Ecotricity and Gridserve are in unity. Both promote EVs for ethical reasons rather than being dragged along reluctantly by outside pressures.
Round of applause to Jaguar for integrating the screen neatly into the dashboard. Screens that stick out on a bracket just look bloomin' awful. I'm looking at you, Tesla, for an extreme example.
It’s a country with lots of money. If you check the numbers, the poorer the country , the smaller is that percentage. Some people will have to wait for second hand EVs to have their first one, but unlike the petrol cars, people will be afraid of the condition of the batteries. To be honest, I have higher priorities than buying new cars so, either I change to EV through a company car , or I will be keeping my dirty diesel car for around 10 more years until I know how the second hand market is really going in terms of reliability and battery conditions. Edit: just to be clear - IF I had the money i would already have one EV at my door.
@@joaoreis1079 There is certainly a correlation between GDP per capita and EV uptake but the more important thing is incentive and true advertising. Which is one of the main reason the EV up take in New Zealand is much faster than that of Australia.
In Norway simillar petrol or diesel cars are so highly taxed that electric one is cheaper. Also Norway has clean electricity ... But now they have a problem with crashed electric cars -- the cost is so high they don't repair -- just trash it on the junkyard..... also utlisation of such cars will be very expensive ....
@@joaoreis1079 well said. I own a petrol car that is 16 years old. It’s a Toyota and is extremely reliable and works just fine. I personally feel that keeping an older car going is much more environmentally friendly and cost effective than buying a new one. Plus like you said it will be many years before I can even think of affording an electric car. If I had the choice and money was no object. I might go for one, but probably would get a hybrid. Electric cars simply isn’t an option for most of the UK right now and won’t be for many years to come even with the government grants, which only apply to new cars!
@@MrRiddle0 what do you mean incentive and true advertising? Australia will be one of the last countries to go really go for EV the harsh landscape and sheer size of the country will make it massively difficult. So comparing New Zealand and Australia just isn’t fair.
The law was changed in 2019 requiring all new chargers to offer card payment. Getting the Car to transmit the customer ID/payment as standard should be the next legal standard.
Australia has not used MPG for 50 years. It has been exclusively L/100km for most of that time. Energy/fuel per 100km is definitely the way to go since MPG can be quite non-intuitive. There is an excellent Engineering Explained video on it.
@@adsheff If you drive 8km the fuel efficiency is weird hugely variable based on traffic. The MPG metric seems nonsense to me, but I fully understand it's just how someone is used to something. Also check engineering explained, I think it highlights how fuel/100km makes sense. Also knowing fuel per 100km, I can instantly estimate fuel usage for 1/10/25/50/200/300/500kilometer trips. If I know my car does 17.2kilometers per litter, the divisions are more complex 300/17.2 or 50/17.2 seems harder to calculate then 3*5.8 or 5.8/2 (17.2l/km is 5.8l per 100km)
@@adsheff You have just said that it is better to know fuel per km which is what L/100km gives you (divide by 100 to get fuel per 1km and then multiply by 8). e.g. a car does 6L/100km. Therefore for 8km we calculate 8x6/100 = 0.48L. "If you drive 8km to work, you just multiply by 8 to get the fuel used." Incorrect - if your car has a km/L figure you would need to divide 8 by that figure so in the previous example the same car would do 16.6km/L. To work out how many litres you used: 8/16.66 = 0.48L I know which math I can do more easily in my head.😁
@@adsheff it is easily dividable to any length you want and same goes for litre and guess what... money. You can do the math on the fly in your head while yelling at your kids to stop fighting. And you can scale it up or down easily too. I understand you are used to count distances in body parts, barleycorns and furrows so I am not here to convince you to switch.
The calculations are quite simple, so cars should just have the option to set the figures you want. How many kWh does it take to go 1 km/mi, should be the standard, because it's really simple.
The production in this video is amazing, i own both a jaguar i pace and soon to come a Porsche Taycan turbo S, can’t be happier with the electric change.
I am somewhat a bit sorry for the iPace but that charging location ... blew my mind! Two simple things (price written on charger, pay with bankcard), that will make travelling so much easier. We've been waiting for that for the past 4 years since our first Zoe! Thanks Robert and Fully Charged Team! You are an important part of that evolution!
Love my 2018 First Edition HSE. Superb handling, I love the looks, the Power, the silendce and interior quality. Now my 3 year lease is coming up to to an end at the end of the year, and I really don’t know where to go from here. BEV For sure, but having been used to the iPace for 3 years, it’s going to be hard to beat 👍🏼🇳🇴⚡️
SO pleased to see the Ecotricity and Gridserve upgrades starting to roll out. As the driver of a Nissan Leaf with a realistic 75-80 mile range these motorway sites are vital for me when travelling longer distances. If they can roll out many more sites like the one featured then I’ll probably keep my existing car rather than upgrading to something with a longer range. Using the old network was really hit and miss, but these new ones look great! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great video review. Pity about the negative comments of the Jaguar I-Pace from people who have never driven one let alone owned one. I have a 2020 ipace and it’s wonderful.
just ordered mine. I love them... a great honest review - must be honest though regrading the rear camera - genius would have been a simple fold away system such as on the merc... the camera never GETS dirty in the first place!
This new charging place is not only important for brits but also for those of us from continental Europe that still want to visit that lovely island. Being able to just pay with my credit card is just fantastic. And to the Jag, did it have that “transparent bonnet” feature like the Evoque? I think it is a very interesting feature, even in the cities.
fanboy, fyi this post was about the I-PACE.... But if you really need a BEV with a "real world" range of 320 miles and that can charge in a reasonable time to eat lunch... you will need to get an Ionic 5 or the other E-GMP BEVs...
Lunch? That's nothing. We had a whole night's sleep while our two seater charged to it's 73 mile maximum. And do you know, thats all we need. It's horses for courses.
SUVs aren’t a problem, but an opportunity. For myself, I could care less about luxury or features but care quite a lot about utility, repairability, and capability. Many EVs seem so focused on silly tech (touchscreens, power seats and doors, fancy lighting) but miss what’s important: ground clearance, ruggedness, simplicity, and 4WD.
If you want simplicity you dont want 4wd. Also most people dont go offroad. SUVs are just moronic status symbols. For real offroad use you buy an old Defender or land cruiser.
@@boltar2003 yep, currently have 2 LandCruisers. 4WD is required for me to get to my home. looking forward to someday charging an EV that can access my homestead using solar rather than keep burning diesel. thx for your input, tho 🤣
@@grantandre79 more EVS are 4WD than combustion because you just add another small engine, that engine can be more efficient at a different speed to the other one, as well providing more and safer regen, with better handling and less stress on drive components. The main issue with SUVs is their frontal area and resulting poor efficiency, and general sheer size.
I love the Jaguar I Pace, my favorite car! But I have to say, my 2017 Chevy Bolt EV Premier has a rearview mirror that is also a camera, and it has a washer for the rear camera.
I have the 20’s. But yeah, 18’s would be even better for range especially with the low rolling resistance tires but thought 18’s looked too small on the car.
The camera washing jet has been on the Bolt EV from Chevrolet since it launched. Unfortunately it is connected to the rear window washer, so if I only want to clean the camera I can't. I kind of wish it was followed up with a little low pressure compressed air, a problem I have is sometimes a droplet of water will hang off the bottom of the fisheye lens element and just stay there, it's protected from the wind by the flat back of the car.
Absolutely love your channel. I wish that the US had this advanced of a charging structure. Ergo, hybrids are purchased as a safety feature, especially in the Midwest and center of the country.
Nice car, great review. By the way, my Audi e-tron 50 has a rear camera lens cleaner too. I was as astonished as you were Robert when I discovered it! 🤣👍
@@lfo414 1st: IT IS kWh ... kilowatt-hours !!! Or how many horse-power did you put into your fuel tank today?! If you want to talk about units, please use the correct ones! "Range per unit of energy" (eg. MPG, km/L, mil/kWh) is stupid and invented by marketing departments. This is a way to let minute differences in efficency have a stupid unit inflate exponentially, or the other way arround mask stupidly thirsty engines/motors with small changes in efficiency numbers. "Energy per unit of range" (e.g. Wh/km, kWh/100km, Wh/mil) is what ACTUALLY matters, just because you don't decide how far you drive based on the energy onboard the vehicle, but you want to know how much energy you have to put in to reach your destination. Example from the fossil world: A manufacturer busts their nuts of to reduce the consumption from 5 to 4,5 L/100km ... this difference looks minute and in real life it actually is. In the stupid MPG unit this equates to 56 vs 63 which actually fools many people to believe the latter one being a much more efficient vehicle, when in reality the variation in comsumption is bigger than the claimed improvement. Now we take that same negligable difference for a larger vehicle with a consumption of 10 versus 9,5L/100km. This equates to 28 vs 30 MPG. So in both cases the absolute same ammount of fuel (and thus money and pollution) was saved, but the horrendously stupig MPG unit difference is 7 in one case versus 2 in the other case! Now you tell me which unit is the one with more grounding in reality und thus easier to use!
@@glockmanish of course you are correct Kwh! When I buy fuel, I pay by units of volume. If I buy 10 gallons (imperial) or 45.4 litres, I know I can do about 620 miles of 1000km. In Britain we make our lives complicated by still using miles, but have to buy fuel by the litre (which I translate to gallons). Cars have been advertised with mpg for 40+ years. We are used to it!
Question: So if I had a fully electric car and pulled up to the charge point, how could I access the charging screen from my wheelchair if my car has to be up against the front wheel stops? There doesn’t seem to be enough room in front of the car...Many thanks.. (Phil - Lancashire)
This is a fair question and I’m afraid I don’t know the answer, ecotricity used to let you pay from the app and, depending on what make of vehicle you may have an app may allow you to remotely pay for the charging and monitor the state of charge from the app or inside the car. I do hope the designers have considered this though
Have to point out that the Skoda Enyaq has a washer of the rear view camera. At least the Nordic versions 🤔 Also noticed the Jag has washers for the headlights, very important up here, especially in the winter.
@@snowstrobe Yep, even though cars are getting more efficient. They're actually going less efficient overall. As people are moving up in size, so does their fuel consumption.
A wonderful and joyous review! We have had our I Pace for over two years now and still love it. I know it is expensive but have reached an age where if we don't start wasting money on luxuries, the kids and taxman will! I don't think owning an SUV is a sign of wealth as most are just renting them and ensuring they will always be poor.
Yeah, the Fully Charged branding department needs a damn good slapping. First it ditched the PROPER intro sequence (yes, we haven't forgiven you or forgotten about that), and now it's failing to capitalise on a wonderful bit of friendly Channel identity shenanigans. Signing off with "If you have been... Thank you for watching," is very good, but the Channel needs that cuddly intro. It doesn't need copyrighting, but using the "That's a... Those are... and THIS is Fully Charged" formula costs nothing and would give every video a nice little corporate hug to show that it was part of the FC family and still loved... Oh, wait; being loved and hugged would probably drive away too many precious Merkin Patreon supporters because love and hugs have just been banned for being fascistic war crimes and/or examples of insufficiently diverse physical assault in these uppity miserable socially-dystopian, gender-optional, shut up and stop looking at me and calling me a man or woman or human or whatever and DON'T TOUCH ME because I'm much more special and complicated than that' times... 🤪
Ha Ha... That's funny - because I had exactly the same thought...! I thought old Bobby seemed a little 'put off' during his intro - possibly with him having to park the car on a random grass verge...? No doubt, "normal service" will resume on the next one.
Thanks all! 🙂 👍 Now all we need is a similarly easy to use charging infrastructure in our towns and cities, so that local drivers can benefit. The sooner that stupid apps, dedicated cards and fobs are scrapped, the better. Not everyone owns, or wants to own, a smartphone. The present 'my island is bigger than your island' charging mentality is really frustrating for large numbers of people.
Litres to 100km is now the standard in OZ, it took a little time to get used to. KM to the litre would be so much easier. When you are used to MPG it's back to front.
I’m a Brit living in France so for most of my life have been an mpg guy. Since getting an EV the world has been kWh/100km which for me makes sense now. I know my battery is 64 kWh big so if I’m doing 15 kWh/100 km I’ve got about 4 lots of that to play with so 400 km...easy.
From Fraser, husband of Leslie At last, AT LAST !!! somebody in an EV charging company has realised the idiocy of insisting on phone apps, and other bullS**it to charge your car. The new Ecotricity units actually make charging easier than filling with fuel, apart from the waiting time, of course. I am a "Jag man" of long standing, going back to the 80s and am wary of Jaguar becoming an all-EV brand, but the I-Pace gives one hope. I just hope the charging times and vehicle ranges can be improved.
Nice to see you still get so excited about the small things in life Robert…😄. However, it’s worth pointing out that Ford’s F150 Raptor (yes one of them fuel guzzlers 😂) used to come with one of those camera washers for the front facing camera. It would come on when the 4-high gear ratios were engaged… this was on a 2014 model BTW. If anything Jaguar is only catching up 😂. Nice review though. Hopefully soon, one will be able to drive from John o’Groats to Lands End without any “range anxiety.”
I'm surprised that both the video and comments make out dirty rear cams to be a common problem yet my Aygo and Yaris Dynamic have never given me this issue despite doing high miles in Cornwall. Guess Toyota position it well 😉 But I can't wait to finish my lease to go full electric and seeing Gridserve's first forecourt and now the first of hundreds of new Ecotricity services makes me very confident for when I have to do the long drives. My respect to the early adopters driving the industry and living through the horror stories.
Wow Robert, I think we’ve just found your happy button, put in an auto washer on the reverse camera !! Happy days eh. Btw here in Australia we do use litres / 100 klm. I love your “la de da Tesla “ comment, Great show as usual. Thank you.
Seeing Bobby's enthusiasm for rear cam washer warms a Norwegian heart, I'm sure many viewers here know about schmutzfest. But the MEBs have it too! At least the Skoda Enyaq, pretty sure the ID.4 as well.
I like the VW way better, where they place the camera under the badge, which pops up when you go in reverse. The best dirt on the lens is the one that never even gets there :-)
Still a great car this i-PACE. I regard this the mk 1.5. For the mk 2, I still reckon Jaguar just need to give this - somehow - another 40-50 miles range, and faster recharging. But certainly a seriously impressive machine... those that can afford one are very lucky indeed!
Because spilt petrol and diesel pollute the surface water run-off when it rains. Petrol station forecourts drain to a foul sewer instead of a storm sewer to stop this pollution going to a watercourse. The canopy is put in to stop the foul sewer being overloaded with surface water when it rains.... but still... as an EV owner I’d like be be dry too!
Loved the JAGUAR I-PACE since it was released though saw a few mentions that it hasn't been selling well, unsure why. Much rather have a Jag then audi, merc or bmw....
The new Ecotricity/Gridserve is awesome will be good when they finish all the upgrades. The efficiency scale I prefer Wh/Km only setting I use on my classic Ioniq.
Lovely, entertaining video! You said "51kWh" charged with the cost being 30p per kWh. So total cost to charge for this episode is "15 quid and 30 pence"? Is this cheap or expensive in the UK?
Kind of expensive. A standard home rate would be ~16p kWh. There are some cheaper TOU tariffs around where you can charge at home overnight much more cheaply.
You can get 8p/kWh overnight at home. Some charging companies were price gouging at 70p+ per kWh. For context, 320 miles of petrol in a car that does 50MPG, is probably £30+ ish of petrol.
I look at the iPace. A truly pretty SUV, and apart from a Tesla or two, alone in an otherwise truly ugly format. And it doesn't sell it fantastic numbers. This is an EV - there's almost zero to go wrong. And it's beautifully made. I can't afford one, but I sat in one as it went along and wished I could. That rarely happens with me. Super quiet, great handling on and off-road. This thing ought to be the new premier Chelsea tractor. Without the diesel tractor noise, of course. 😄
As a recent owner totally agree. This is my first SUV (it doesn't look or feel like an SUV) and never planned to have one but it's just a super nice and practical car.
Glad you liked the Tritium chargers Robert. Tritium is an Australian company and the reason the hose was ‘chunky’ is because the charger is designed to operate between -35C and +50C. I do wish JLR would do what Porsche/Audi (for the e-Tron) have done to improve battery cooling - i.e. put a chiller in the battery cooling system. If Jaguar did this the i-Pace would have a much better range, especially in Australian summer temperatures…. BTW: Australia now specs fuel consumption as L/100 km (ICE) and kWh/100 km for EVs.
gorgeous car, i would love one of them. maybe if i win the lottery. as for the reverse cam spray, my Focus ST-3 used to have a spray nozzle to clean it as well. not many cars have that though.
I’ve got a Chevy bolt, premier version, and I cannot express of the importance of the surrounding cameras enough!! , especially the rearview camera. You could have completely black tinted windows, or the backseat full of people or boxes, and still be able to see completely behind you, using the LCD “rearview mirror” camera. I would not get another vehicle without it!
Some nice touches from JLR there. When I had my RX7 35 years ago, I thought it was pretty cool to have headlight washers. Camera washer just seems like an obvious thing to do. Part of my reasoning for buying a Tesla (other than spending the inheritance on something for retirement) was that there was the charging network. I can only applaud Ecotricity/Gridserve for putting in more, faster, and simpler chargers. Another milestone reached ... the future is coming to us.
@@MartinStephenson1 Depends on how much you put into the car. My first charge was free (yay) and the other two were on the Tesla Superchargers alongside at 24p per kwh.
Bobbie.....is it true that if I was charging at a gridserve happily sitting in my iPace and another ev came in and hooked up to the same charging station but on the second cable, my charge would stop?
Seeing footage of the multi charger sites in the UK makes me jealous, and it's certainly far more advanced than we are here in NZ with our single and occasionally dual charger sites. On the topic of SUVs, a friend of ours recently bought a Mitsubishi Outlander and a small Suzuki hatch for $55k. An Outlander PHEV on is own is $55k, and a Kona EV is $75k. So I'd say a midsize $35k SUV is much cheaper than a $75k small SUV EV.
Here in Sweden the iPace costs just about twice as much to lease, as an Audi eTron quattro. Doubt I'll be seeing more iPaces on the road anytime soon :(
Does it rain a lot in the UK? I haven’t been back in 18 months...seriously you make a good point. Robert is just not critical enough, everything is so wonderful. Why do EV drivers have to plug and unplug exposed to the weather? Here in France we were at Cap d’agde last year at a wonderful carpark completely covered by solar panels, acres of space but the charging point was outside of the covered area in the blazing sun! So all the ICE powered cars were in the shade with all that clean renewable energy around while our e-Niro was charging in the uncovered area. EV drivers are still 3rd class citizens
Hi from Calvados.. 2019 I took a few road trips following the Formula E races.. Did not see one charger under cover and that includes the much vaunted Tesla ones.
I'm guessing the addition of a jet wash for the cameras came out of Jaguar collaboration with Waymo and the next to be able to clear all the sensors on those cars reliable.
How can you possibly not get excited about BEVs when watching RL? BTW, Honda e has the same rear view mirror, and the parking camera is on the inside of the rear window and in the zone of the rear wash wipe. So you get a clean rear window and camera at the same time! Clever!
Didn’t look like it from the stats that popped up, still looks like a decent car, but 3 years later you’d expect some considerable improvements given the pace that others are evolving.
Great episode as always, this one taking place in Rugby! Just a suggestion, instead of stats like “10-80% charge in 45mins”, how about “adds xx miles in 20mins pit stop at the service station “?
Because adding percentage shows you how much “fuel” you’ve added whereas a mileage added figure is liable to be inaccurate. This is because the mileage you can drive depends on many factors whereas a percentage of battery is consistent.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Refreshed I-PACE
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2:36 I-Pace history
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4:11 Batteries & range
4:33 Price
5:08 Super sales
6:08 SUV rant
7:02 Chargers of dreams
8:49 Charging choices
9:49 Inside tech
10:51 Physical knobs
11:48 Nice view!
12:17 Camera cleaning
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Is the car more efficient vs the first version of the car or due to the better-charging infrastructure and software have this somewhat mitigated the problem?
With respect, to claim that Hybrid sales "collapsed" in 2020 is the biggest load of bullsh*t I've heard in a while! If Toyota Hybrid sales had been an individual brand, then they would have been the 4th largest car maker in the USA in 2020! Hybrid sales in Europe were up 13% in the first 3 months of this year and accounted for 67% of all Toyota Europe sales. If that's a collapsed market, I'd hate to think of how many they will sell when it rebuilds!!
Looks like the infotainment is still incredibly slow, for 70k it should be a lot smoother than that.
They'd be better off just bolting a iPad in there.
@Robert FWIW, most luxury brands that are still developing their own infotainment are sub par. Eventually they all will eventually outsource the software development and hardware requirements. Mostly to Apple or Google...
Have fun bolting on your overpriced iPad, in the meantime....
This post was so terribly adequate.
Ecotricity and gridserve getting together is going to change our travel/charging experience beyond measure, thank you to both companies.
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Something had to change, Ecotricity had become an embarassing joke, yes they started it all off, but failed to keep the momentum and became very unreliable. I hope the venture with Grid serve will fill the vital gap of reliable charging on the motorway network.
@@johndoyle4723 from what I have read and seen, ecotricity catered originally for those cars that were equipped with the “chademo” connectors and were very reliable. Since the introduction of type 2 and CCS they have proved to be very unreliable often not working at all This partnership with Gridserve will not only bring their chargers up to spec but will increase their reliability no end, all power to them (pun intended) contactless payment is also the way that ALL chargers should operate.
It’ll take more than 1 site to convince me of any change.
@@Sofala Gridserve has announced that it will be replacing existing EH chargers with 2 pumps in current locations, and additionally , multiple pumps (6-12) in locations where this is possible, and remote from the initial installation. Next one's in are Exeter for the larger installation.
I own a 2019 I Pace HSE . Absolutely love it ! Great performance....beautiful styling....excellent handling. I always look forward to driving my I Pace. Great review !
They go good as well.
You are one of them rich people then 😉
Hooking up with Gridserve looks to be one of the best things Ecotricity have done for a while. Let's hope the relationship works out for them.
I suggest that one overlooked point is that the 'ethos' of Ecotricity and Gridserve are in unity. Both promote EVs for ethical reasons rather than being dragged along reluctantly by outside pressures.
Round of applause to Jaguar for integrating the screen neatly into the dashboard. Screens that stick out on a bracket just look bloomin' awful. I'm looking at you, Tesla, for an extreme example.
Mercedes are the exception.
@@the___truth8038Mercedes are the worst. They put the screen so near to the driver that it looks like it is screaming 🙀
Norway is above 50% EV share on new car sales every month now, and rising.
It’s a country with lots of money. If you check the numbers, the poorer the country , the smaller is that percentage. Some people will have to wait for second hand EVs to have their first one, but unlike the petrol cars, people will be afraid of the condition of the batteries. To be honest, I have higher priorities than buying new cars so, either I change to EV through a company car , or I will be keeping my dirty diesel car for around 10 more years until I know how the second hand market is really going in terms of reliability and battery conditions. Edit: just to be clear - IF I had the money i would already have one EV at my door.
@@joaoreis1079 There is certainly a correlation between GDP per capita and EV uptake but the more important thing is incentive and true advertising. Which is one of the main reason the EV up take in New Zealand is much faster than that of Australia.
In Norway simillar petrol or diesel cars are so highly taxed that electric one is cheaper.
Also Norway has clean electricity ...
But now they have a problem with crashed electric cars -- the cost is so high they don't repair -- just trash it on the junkyard..... also utlisation of such cars will be very expensive ....
@@joaoreis1079 well said. I own a petrol car that is 16 years old. It’s a Toyota and is extremely reliable and works just fine. I personally feel that keeping an older car going is much more environmentally friendly and cost effective than buying a new one. Plus like you said it will be many years before I can even think of affording an electric car. If I had the choice and money was no object. I might go for one, but probably would get a hybrid.
Electric cars simply isn’t an option for most of the UK right now and won’t be for many years to come even with the government grants, which only apply to new cars!
@@MrRiddle0 what do you mean incentive and true advertising? Australia will be one of the last countries to go really go for EV the harsh landscape and sheer size of the country will make it massively difficult. So comparing New Zealand and Australia just isn’t fair.
At last someone giving this car the praise t it deserves!
Lol, the simple enjoyments of life with a lens cleaner, but so true. I can't stop laughing on that reaction by Robert. But so relatable.
Me: hey Robert, why should I buy the new iPace?
Robert: It has lens cleaner on the rear camera 🤯!
My favorite part of genuine, authentic enthusiasm (and Robert's not lacking in those) for the whole video!
Range Rover Sport has wash too
Love these. Still the best looking electric car on sale imho. Every time I see one it's a head turner!
Tapping your BANK CARD TO CHARGE. Fucking genius. It's idiotic that it's taken this long but here we are.
Whats better than a card - NO CARD.......like Tesla have done from the start........
The law was changed in 2019 requiring all new chargers to offer card payment. Getting the Car to transmit the customer ID/payment as standard should be the next legal standard.
I know.. it's as if ECOT have been app based and Polar and others have been contactless for years.
Oh wait..
um u mean like TESLA????????
This is the first YT channel I've subscribed to. No regrets.
The Late Brake Show is another great TH-camr to subscribe to.
@@octapc My mistake, the first channel I've paid to become a member of. I do follow LBS as well, just haven't committed to paying....yet.
Australia has not used MPG for 50 years. It has been exclusively L/100km for most of that time.
Energy/fuel per 100km is definitely the way to go since MPG can be quite non-intuitive. There is an excellent Engineering Explained video on it.
@@adsheff If you drive 8km the fuel efficiency is weird hugely variable based on traffic. The MPG metric seems nonsense to me, but I fully understand it's just how someone is used to something. Also check engineering explained, I think it highlights how fuel/100km makes sense.
Also knowing fuel per 100km, I can instantly estimate fuel usage for 1/10/25/50/200/300/500kilometer trips. If I know my car does 17.2kilometers per litter, the divisions are more complex 300/17.2 or 50/17.2 seems harder to calculate then 3*5.8 or 5.8/2 (17.2l/km is 5.8l per 100km)
@@adsheff You have just said that it is better to know fuel per km which is what L/100km gives you (divide by 100 to get fuel per 1km and then multiply by 8). e.g. a car does 6L/100km. Therefore for 8km we calculate 8x6/100 = 0.48L.
"If you drive 8km to work, you just multiply by 8 to get the fuel used." Incorrect - if your car has a km/L figure you would need to divide 8 by that figure so in the previous example the same car would do 16.6km/L. To work out how many litres you used: 8/16.66 = 0.48L
I know which math I can do more easily in my head.😁
@@adsheff it is easily dividable to any length you want and same goes for litre and guess what... money. You can do the math on the fly in your head while yelling at your kids to stop fighting. And you can scale it up or down easily too. I understand you are used to count distances in body parts, barleycorns and furrows so I am not here to convince you to switch.
Furlongs per pint!
The calculations are quite simple, so cars should just have the option to set the figures you want.
How many kWh does it take to go 1 km/mi, should be the standard, because it's really simple.
The production in this video is amazing, i own both a jaguar i pace and soon to come a Porsche Taycan turbo S, can’t be happier with the electric change.
I am somewhat a bit sorry for the iPace but that charging location ... blew my mind! Two simple things (price written on charger, pay with bankcard), that will make travelling so much easier. We've been waiting for that for the past 4 years since our first Zoe! Thanks Robert and Fully Charged Team! You are an important part of that evolution!
disappointed to see that the new chargers don't have covers over them, again! Just a little canopy over the charger would be nice
In Australia it's litres per 100 kilometers as well, and we are all used to it.
Love my 2018 First Edition HSE. Superb handling, I love the looks, the Power, the silendce and interior quality. Now my 3 year lease is coming up to to an end at the end of the year, and I really don’t know where to go from here. BEV For sure, but having been used to the iPace for 3 years, it’s going to be hard to beat 👍🏼🇳🇴⚡️
Another Ipace surely?!!
SO pleased to see the Ecotricity and Gridserve upgrades starting to roll out. As the driver of a Nissan Leaf with a realistic 75-80 mile range these motorway sites are vital for me when travelling longer distances. If they can roll out many more sites like the one featured then I’ll probably keep my existing car rather than upgrading to something with a longer range. Using the old network was really hit and miss, but these new ones look great! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great video review. Pity about the negative comments of the Jaguar I-Pace from people who have never driven one let alone owned one. I have a 2020 ipace and it’s wonderful.
Ditto! And if you use CarWow or look at low mileage approved used then it's more affordable - some great deals to be had.
Yes I quite agree, I bought a 18 month old I-Pace se with only 3500 miles for £20,000 less than a new one and had an extra one year warranty.
just ordered mine. I love them... a great honest review - must be honest though regrading the rear camera - genius would have been a simple fold away system such as on the merc... the camera never GETS dirty in the first place!
This new charging place is not only important for brits but also for those of us from continental Europe that still want to visit that lovely island. Being able to just pay with my credit card is just fantastic.
And to the Jag, did it have that “transparent bonnet” feature like the Evoque? I think it is a very interesting feature, even in the cities.
That's a really good looking Jaguar. Best looking electric car for sure.
Used the new Superchargers at Rugby on Sunday. 43 - 320 miles range in the time taken to eat lunch. Very impressive!
fanboy, fyi this post was about the I-PACE....
But if you really need a BEV with a "real world" range of 320 miles and that can charge in a reasonable time to eat lunch... you will need to get an Ionic 5 or the other E-GMP BEVs...
@@nc3826 I think Rugby is where they were.
SP, good luck with ur apparent Rugby head trauma.
Lunch? That's nothing. We had a whole night's sleep while our two seater charged to it's 73 mile maximum. And do you know, thats all we need. It's horses for courses.
Thanks for let us know where the chargers are coz Robert forgot!
SUVs aren’t a problem, but an opportunity. For myself, I could care less about luxury or features but care quite a lot about utility, repairability, and capability. Many EVs seem so focused on silly tech (touchscreens, power seats and doors, fancy lighting) but miss what’s important: ground clearance, ruggedness, simplicity, and 4WD.
I reckon Dacia and the new EV startups in China will give us the no frills and affordable EVs you and many others want..
If you want simplicity you dont want 4wd. Also most people dont go offroad. SUVs are just moronic status symbols. For real offroad use you buy an old Defender or land cruiser.
@@boltar2003 yep, currently have 2 LandCruisers. 4WD is required for me to get to my home. looking forward to someday charging an EV that can access my homestead using solar rather than keep burning diesel. thx for your input, tho 🤣
@@grantandre79 more EVS are 4WD than combustion because you just add another small engine, that engine can be more efficient at a different speed to the other one, as well providing more and safer regen, with better handling and less stress on drive components.
The main issue with SUVs is their frontal area and resulting poor efficiency, and general sheer size.
@@boltar2003
Or jeep wrangler which is what I own lol AWD SUVs are a joke off road only serious locked out 4 where drive can do it.
I love the Jaguar I Pace, my favorite car! But I have to say, my 2017 Chevy Bolt EV Premier has a rearview mirror that is also a camera, and it has a washer for the rear camera.
Such an under rated EV, even before the refresh
For me it's the most overrated.
To be honest with 1 phase charging and shitty range, many bugs the 1st gen sucked. This gen however is EPIC
@@MrRollingEgo I average 280 miles with mine. I’ve never had an issue with range.
@@shawnkenney2861 really? That much range? Do you have 18 inch wheels?
I have the 20’s. But yeah, 18’s would be even better for range especially with the low rolling resistance tires but thought 18’s looked too small on the car.
The camera washing jet has been on the Bolt EV from Chevrolet since it launched. Unfortunately it is connected to the rear window washer, so if I only want to clean the camera I can't. I kind of wish it was followed up with a little low pressure compressed air, a problem I have is sometimes a droplet of water will hang off the bottom of the fisheye lens element and just stay there, it's protected from the wind by the flat back of the car.
it's been on cars since the early 2000s
Absolutely love your channel. I wish that the US had this advanced of a charging structure. Ergo, hybrids are purchased as a safety feature, especially in the Midwest and center of the country.
Great to the figures for EV
Nice car, great review. By the way, my Audi e-tron 50 has a rear camera lens cleaner too. I was as astonished as you were Robert when I discovered it! 🤣👍
Even Skodas have it 😉
The Chevrolet Bolt EV has had the rear cleaner since 2017. Wish the Model 3 I had, had it and the Niro EV I have now.
kWh/100km please. Then I know how much I comsume and how far I can go.
How is that easier than 6km per Kw? More km is good, so big numbers are better.
@@lfo414 1st: IT IS kWh ... kilowatt-hours !!! Or how many horse-power did you put into your fuel tank today?! If you want to talk about units, please use the correct ones!
"Range per unit of energy" (eg. MPG, km/L, mil/kWh) is stupid and invented by marketing departments. This is a way to let minute differences in efficency have a stupid unit inflate exponentially, or the other way arround mask stupidly thirsty engines/motors with small changes in efficiency numbers.
"Energy per unit of range" (e.g. Wh/km, kWh/100km, Wh/mil) is what ACTUALLY matters, just because you don't decide how far you drive based on the energy onboard the vehicle, but you want to know how much energy you have to put in to reach your destination.
Example from the fossil world: A manufacturer busts their nuts of to reduce the consumption from 5 to 4,5 L/100km ... this difference looks minute and in real life it actually is. In the stupid MPG unit this equates to 56 vs 63 which actually fools many people to believe the latter one being a much more efficient vehicle, when in reality the variation in comsumption is bigger than the claimed improvement.
Now we take that same negligable difference for a larger vehicle with a consumption of 10 versus 9,5L/100km. This equates to 28 vs 30 MPG.
So in both cases the absolute same ammount of fuel (and thus money and pollution) was saved, but the horrendously stupig MPG unit difference is 7 in one case versus 2 in the other case!
Now you tell me which unit is the one with more grounding in reality und thus easier to use!
@@glockmanish of course you are correct Kwh! When I buy fuel, I pay by units of volume. If I buy 10 gallons (imperial) or 45.4 litres, I know I can do about 620 miles of 1000km. In Britain we make our lives complicated by still using miles, but have to buy fuel by the litre (which I translate to gallons). Cars have been advertised with mpg for 40+ years. We are used to it!
Where was that new Ecotricity charging station?
Very nice! Thank you for sharing!
What a brilliant piece of a car 👍🏻
What a sight.... umpteen chargers :)
Question: So if I had a fully electric car and pulled up to the charge point, how could I access the charging screen from my wheelchair if my car has to be up against the front wheel stops? There doesn’t seem to be enough room in front of the car...Many thanks.. (Phil - Lancashire)
This is a fair question and I’m afraid I don’t know the answer, ecotricity used to let you pay from the app and, depending on what make of vehicle you may have an app may allow you to remotely pay for the charging and monitor the state of charge from the app or inside the car. I do hope the designers have considered this though
@@paulgirling1 Rugby services isn't coming up on my Ecotricity/Electric Highway app, so a question indeed. [Corley, Watford Gap etc. are there.]
Your channel is a beautiful gift
Thank you so much 😀
@@fullychargedshow what? - you fell for that......??!!
(just kidding - I think your lovely too.......!)
I love that car, but has a major flaw: it's out of my poket range! 😭
Have to point out that the Skoda Enyaq has a washer of the rear view camera. At least the Nordic versions 🤔
Also noticed the Jag has washers for the headlights, very important up here, especially in the winter.
Skoda had it also when they launched their ICE Kodiaq or Superb in 2017
A joyful ipace review, well beyond my means but terrific to watch
Would have been good if you covered ALL the changes and improvements from previous models. What is max charge rate, WLTP range and so on
it was mentioned in the video...?
4:16 maybe watch the video next time?
What a beautiful vehicle! A bit out of my price range but love it all the same.
Reversing cameras (law in the US) are so cool on the Golf they are hidden in the VW badge, so stay clean, great engineering.
Hey Robert, you can select consumption format from the settings menu...
Thank you so much for your remark on the SUVs! I mean the promise to be more polite about Electric ones :) Great stuff, as always
Apparently all the efforts to make ICEs cleaner has been undone by the predominance of these larger cars.
@@snowstrobe
Yep, even though cars are getting more efficient. They're actually going less efficient overall.
As people are moving up in size, so does their fuel consumption.
Nice review, my i-pace is a week away, looking forward to it.
A wonderful and joyous review! We have had our I Pace for over two years now and still love it. I know it is expensive but have reached an age where if we don't start wasting money on luxuries, the kids and taxman will! I don't think owning an SUV is a sign of wealth as most are just renting them and ensuring they will always be poor.
The MPG isn't as good for working out efficiency, Engineering Explained went through this just recently.
Its especially confusing when you don't know if they are using imperial or US gallons.
yea how many barleycorns can you travel on a pint and 1/3 of a gill xD ridiculous
Great review. Thanks!
No “That’s a --, this is a --, and this...is fully charged!” 😔
Yeah, the Fully Charged branding department needs a damn good slapping. First it ditched the PROPER intro sequence (yes, we haven't forgiven you or forgotten about that), and now it's failing to capitalise on a wonderful bit of friendly Channel identity shenanigans.
Signing off with "If you have been... Thank you for watching," is very good, but the Channel needs that cuddly intro.
It doesn't need copyrighting, but using the "That's a... Those are... and THIS is Fully Charged" formula costs nothing and would give every video a nice little corporate hug to show that it was part of the FC family and still loved...
Oh, wait; being loved and hugged would probably drive away too many precious Merkin Patreon supporters because love and hugs have just been banned for being fascistic war crimes and/or examples of insufficiently diverse physical assault in these uppity miserable socially-dystopian, gender-optional, shut up and stop looking at me and calling me a man or woman or human or whatever and DON'T TOUCH ME because I'm much more special and complicated than that' times... 🤪
Ha Ha...
That's funny - because I had exactly the same thought...!
I thought old Bobby seemed a little 'put off' during his intro - possibly with him having to park the car on a random grass verge...?
No doubt, "normal service" will resume on the next one.
What a beautiful interior. Beautiful looks and beautiful drive.
Thanks all! 🙂 👍
Now all we need is a similarly easy to use charging infrastructure in our towns and cities, so that local drivers can benefit. The sooner that stupid apps, dedicated cards and fobs are scrapped, the better. Not everyone owns, or wants to own, a smartphone. The present 'my island is bigger than your island' charging mentality is really frustrating for large numbers of people.
Nice one Robert a great review....
Where were the chargers that were featured? did i miss that?
Litres to 100km is now the standard in OZ, it took a little time to get used to. KM to the litre would be so much easier. When you are used to MPG it's back to front.
I’m a Brit living in France so for most of my life have been an mpg guy. Since getting an EV the world has been kWh/100km which for me makes sense now. I know my battery is 64 kWh big so if I’m doing 15 kWh/100 km I’ve got about 4 lots of that to play with so 400 km...easy.
From Fraser, husband of Leslie
At last, AT LAST !!! somebody in an EV charging company has realised the idiocy of insisting on phone apps, and other bullS**it to charge your car. The new Ecotricity units actually make charging easier than filling with fuel, apart from the waiting time, of course.
I am a "Jag man" of long standing, going back to the 80s and am wary of Jaguar becoming an all-EV brand, but the I-Pace gives one hope. I just hope the charging times and vehicle ranges can be improved.
Thanks Robert, will those chargers also work on PHEVs?
No. PHEVs generally do not fast charge or have a CCS connector
Nice to see you still get so excited about the small things in life Robert…😄. However, it’s worth pointing out that Ford’s F150 Raptor (yes one of them fuel guzzlers 😂) used to come with one of those camera washers for the front facing camera. It would come on when the 4-high gear ratios were engaged… this was on a 2014 model BTW. If anything Jaguar is only catching up 😂. Nice review though. Hopefully soon, one will be able to drive from John o’Groats to Lands End without any “range anxiety.”
How does the reverse cam fare in rainy conditions?
I'm surprised that both the video and comments make out dirty rear cams to be a common problem yet my Aygo and Yaris Dynamic have never given me this issue despite doing high miles in Cornwall. Guess Toyota position it well 😉
But I can't wait to finish my lease to go full electric and seeing Gridserve's first forecourt and now the first of hundreds of new Ecotricity services makes me very confident for when I have to do the long drives. My respect to the early adopters driving the industry and living through the horror stories.
Wow Robert, I think we’ve just found your happy button, put in an auto washer on the reverse camera !! Happy days eh. Btw here in Australia we do use litres / 100 klm.
I love your “la de da Tesla “ comment, Great show as usual. Thank you.
Love your enthusiasm great channel
Seeing Bobby's enthusiasm for rear cam washer warms a Norwegian heart, I'm sure many viewers here know about schmutzfest. But the MEBs have it too! At least the Skoda Enyaq, pretty sure the ID.4 as well.
Hahaha. The La Te Da Tesla end, while charging a $90,000 US Jaguar. Now that's la te da if you ask me. Love your reviews etc.
The camera washers are such a nice brilliant feature, think most JLR products have it these days
I like the VW way better, where they place the camera under the badge, which pops up when you go in reverse. The best dirt on the lens is the one that never even gets there :-)
So...has this car been discontinued in the USA? The 2021 model is not for sale here.
Nice one, JLR! My next car!
Still a great car this i-PACE. I regard this the mk 1.5. For the mk 2, I still reckon Jaguar just need to give this - somehow - another 40-50 miles range, and faster recharging. But certainly a seriously impressive machine... those that can afford one are very lucky indeed!
Very good. Why do refuelling stations put canopies over petrol pumps but leave recharging points out in the rain?
Because spilt petrol and diesel pollute the surface water run-off when it rains. Petrol station forecourts drain to a foul sewer instead of a storm sewer to stop this pollution going to a watercourse. The canopy is put in to stop the foul sewer being overloaded with surface water when it rains.... but still... as an EV owner I’d like be be dry too!
My 2017 Bolt EV has the feature that cleans the back cameras. So nice!
Loved the JAGUAR I-PACE since it was released though saw a few mentions that it hasn't been selling well, unsure why. Much rather have a Jag then audi, merc or bmw....
Lots of folks can't see past the Tesla. It's an underrated gem which is why I got one nearly new for a lot less than the new price.
The new Ecotricity/Gridserve is awesome will be good when they finish all the upgrades. The efficiency scale I prefer Wh/Km only setting I use on my classic Ioniq.
Lovely, entertaining video! You said "51kWh" charged with the cost being 30p per kWh. So total cost to charge for this episode is "15 quid and 30 pence"? Is this cheap or expensive in the UK?
Kind of expensive. A standard home rate would be ~16p kWh. There are some cheaper TOU tariffs around where you can charge at home overnight much more cheaply.
You can get 8p/kWh overnight at home.
Some charging companies were price gouging at 70p+ per kWh.
For context, 320 miles of petrol in a car that does 50MPG, is probably £30+ ish of petrol.
Does it have an (auto pilot) type feature ?
That's a good looking car!
I love the ipace maybe il afford one if win lottery ya never know,another great review Robert 💥👏
I look at the iPace. A truly pretty SUV, and apart from a Tesla or two, alone in an otherwise truly ugly format. And it doesn't sell it fantastic numbers. This is an EV - there's almost zero to go wrong. And it's beautifully made. I can't afford one, but I sat in one as it went along and wished I could. That rarely happens with me. Super quiet, great handling on and off-road. This thing ought to be the new premier Chelsea tractor. Without the diesel tractor noise, of course. 😄
As a recent owner totally agree. This is my first SUV (it doesn't look or feel like an SUV) and never planned to have one but it's just a super nice and practical car.
Glad you liked the Tritium chargers Robert. Tritium is an Australian company and the reason the hose was ‘chunky’ is because the charger is designed to operate between -35C and +50C. I do wish JLR would do what Porsche/Audi (for the e-Tron) have done to improve battery cooling - i.e. put a chiller in the battery cooling system. If Jaguar did this the i-Pace would have a much better range, especially in Australian summer temperatures…. BTW: Australia now specs fuel consumption as L/100 km (ICE) and kWh/100 km for EVs.
And the Rectifiers are supplied by another Australian company that listed (Rectifier Technologies RFT AU)
gorgeous car, i would love one of them. maybe if i win the lottery. as for the reverse cam spray, my Focus ST-3 used to have a spray nozzle to clean it as well. not many cars have that though.
I’ve got a Chevy bolt, premier version, and I cannot express of the importance of the surrounding cameras enough!! , especially the rearview camera. You could have completely black tinted windows, or the backseat full of people or boxes, and still be able to see completely behind you, using the LCD “rearview mirror” camera. I would not get another vehicle without it!
Some nice touches from JLR there. When I had my RX7 35 years ago, I thought it was pretty cool to have headlight washers. Camera washer just seems like an obvious thing to do. Part of my reasoning for buying a Tesla (other than spending the inheritance on something for retirement) was that there was the charging network. I can only applaud Ecotricity/Gridserve for putting in more, faster, and simpler chargers. Another milestone reached ... the future is coming to us.
My ID4 also have washer nozzle for the reversing camera. The camera is no longer under the VW emblem so it gets dirty quite easy.
I’ve been to the Rugby site 3 times since it opened just over a week ago. :)
How much does a visit cost on average. 30p/kwh seems quite expensive, almost up to diesel running costs. Thanks
@@MartinStephenson1 Depends on how much you put into the car. My first charge was free (yay) and the other two were on the Tesla Superchargers alongside at 24p per kwh.
Bobbie.....is it true that if I was charging at a gridserve happily sitting in my iPace and another ev came in and hooked up to the same charging station but on the second cable, my charge would stop?
Where is that charging hub Robert used?
Enjoyed watching. Thanks.
Thanks for another great video!
And what did they update?
Seeing footage of the multi charger sites in the UK makes me jealous, and it's certainly far more advanced than we are here in NZ with our single and occasionally dual charger sites. On the topic of SUVs, a friend of ours recently bought a Mitsubishi Outlander and a small Suzuki hatch for $55k. An Outlander PHEV on is own is $55k, and a Kona EV is $75k. So I'd say a midsize $35k SUV is much cheaper than a $75k small SUV EV.
It's a good reminder of how nice the ipace is.
Why is nobody putting a roof over the chargers? I got caught charging in the pouring rain quiet a few times!
Here in Sweden the iPace costs just about twice as much to lease, as an Audi eTron quattro. Doubt I'll be seeing more iPaces on the road anytime soon :(
Love that car giveaway music.
Fantastic. The new charging hub is out in the pouring rain…Nice one
Does it rain a lot in the UK? I haven’t been back in 18 months...seriously you make a good point. Robert is just not critical enough, everything is so wonderful. Why do EV drivers have to plug and unplug exposed to the weather? Here in France we were at Cap d’agde last year at a wonderful carpark completely covered by solar panels, acres of space but the charging point was outside of the covered area in the blazing sun! So all the ICE powered cars were in the shade with all that clean renewable energy around while our e-Niro was charging in the uncovered area. EV drivers are still 3rd class citizens
Hi from Calvados.. 2019 I took a few road trips following the Formula E races.. Did not see one charger under cover and that includes the much vaunted Tesla ones.
Good news indeed!
I'm guessing the addition of a jet wash for the cameras came out of Jaguar collaboration with Waymo and the next to be able to clear all the sensors on those cars reliable.
How can you possibly not get excited about BEVs when watching RL? BTW, Honda e has the same rear view mirror, and the parking camera is on the inside of the rear window and in the zone of the rear wash wipe. So you get a clean rear window and camera at the same time! Clever!
Did the efficency (miles/kwh) get any better?
Didn’t look like it from the stats that popped up, still looks like a decent car, but 3 years later you’d expect some considerable improvements given the pace that others are evolving.
Great episode as always, this one taking place in Rugby! Just a suggestion, instead of stats like “10-80% charge in 45mins”, how about “adds xx miles in 20mins pit stop at the service station “?
Because adding percentage shows you how much “fuel” you’ve added whereas a mileage added figure is liable to be inaccurate. This is because the mileage you can drive depends on many factors whereas a percentage of battery is consistent.
Where are those chargers? I do my think he mentioned it but I may plan my summer holidays around those!
Googled it, Rugby! Looks like we are off to the Peak District via Rugby :)