What a lovely story. Despite your hesitation re the Tesla, they are reliable and well suited to longer trips with their high charging speeds, advanced tech and excellent access to chargers. You will both come to appreciate what the car can do. They are also very safe if you were in an accident. Hello from Brisbane Australia. I have subscribed and look forward to seeing your future content.
Thank you Gavin and hello to you down under!! We would love to do a Tesla road trip across Oz....the longer we've had the car, the more we appreciate it for sure. Check out some of our cross France road trip videos; and there will be more of those to come in 2025! Thanks again for the sub :)
V nice video. We're on our 4th EV, which includes 3 Leafs (Leaves!). Compared with a decade ago, the UK infrastructure is incredible. However, your videos have shown that the French are way ahead! In Jan, we will be driving to the Alps in our Niro EV, and we can't wait.
Glad you enjoyed! 4th EV is amazing, I bet you have seen so much change since your first one!! You're in for a treat on your drive to the Alps, we really hope it's a great trip - keep us posted!
Driving/charging Evs in France is significantly better than the 3 or 4 times I've taken our EV back to the UK. Where queueing for a charger seems to be the norm rather than a very rare exception. Remember France anywhere in January can be seriously cold ( never mind the Alps) so plan for more charging stops and longer charging stops as nothing works as well if it is really cold and hasn't been used for awhile. Don't forget it is compulsory there for winter tyres or snowchains
Thanks John! We did think it's going to take a little longer than usual so now you've confirmed we will definitely build that into the plan. I really hope one day the charging experience in England can be as nice as France....
@@ComeChargeWithUs-e8x Charging at only 50% of your expected rate is not uncommon especially if the actual charging unit hasn't been used for awhile and your battery is cold.
Hi, have just watched and enjoyed your new video, ( we are subscribed) like you we are new to EV's, I surprised my wife with a new Cupra Born on 1st October, her initial response was " what have you done ! " but now she loves the car,loves its rapid acceleration, we did Cambridgeshire to Gloucestershire and still had a range of 112 left, it's taken over a month to get our home charger fitted ( a free offer from Cupra) so using public charging till now has been expensive, it's all new to us but so far no regrets, do you intend to do more regular videos? It's nice having someone " normal" talking about EV's and not biased to one make, Best wishes to you both.
They do take a bit of getting used to don't they! We tried to look at a Cupra Born but when we walked into the dealership they ignored us so we made a quick retreat 🤣 really pleased you have no regrets; now you have your home charger (what a shame it took so long to get fitted!) it will enhance your experience even more :) We are definitely planning on more vids, we have 4 lined up ready to go including 2 more about our first year of ownership and a couple of UK charging ones.....
@ComeChargeWithUs-e8x will look forward to the other videos, I had read lots about the Cupra Born,so I'd virtually decided that's the one I wanted even before I went to the dealership , the dealer experience was faultless,best we have had, the Born is a terrific car, described as the " electric Golf Gti". We have had quite large SUV's for years so a smaller car for next years French holiday could be interesting ( our son is 6ft 2in at 14 ) like you we have been to France annually for quite a few years now, I hope having an EV does not add to the stress ,a stroppy " Kevin the teenager" is normally more than enough .
As long as you have Electroverse and have a plan with back ups (happy to help btw) you’ll only have Kevin moments to contend with 😉 we’ve found charging in France kind of adds to the holiday, it’s just a nice experience 🙂
We have got a Twizy! We also have a Jag IPace, which was our first EV - August 2020. I had a BMW i3 from June 2021 to December 2022, and then traded it for my Smart ForTwo EQ Racing Green 💚. Hoping to get an electric van soon to use as a compact camper
@ComeChargeWithUs-e8x It is a farm vehicle, so mostly used close to the farm and on it. We did take it over the mountains to visit Steve & Jake @ EV Wales 😀. IPace is a wonderful car. We keep thinking about what we would replace it with, as don't usually keep cars this long - but nothing has persuaded us yet. If we get a van, we may go for a smaller car - going to see the Hyundai Inster soon, and hubby is tempted by a Mini. Yes, would love a Buzz, but don't think our budget will stretch to that
That’s so cool! Very difficult to part with a car if you’re happy with it and you’re not sure what to change it to….the Inster looks very interesting - there’s so many great EV’s coming on to the market, it’s amazing!
Similar to us tried Tesla model 3 highland and model Y performance , bmw iX1, Volvo xe30, Audi q4 etron, Toyota bz4x , MG 4 , Mercedes EQA , Hyundai Ioniq 5 , and VW id3. Phew! I liked the iX1 best but once I specd it out it was too expensive. ended up with the ID3 , just enjoyed driving it and had a good level of equipment . The wife loved the Model 3 but just came to its size really. Think the ID3 came out as a good compromise. Thanks for the video keep them coming.
Interesting vlog👍, super‼️
What a lovely story. Despite your hesitation re the Tesla, they are reliable and well suited to longer trips with their high charging speeds, advanced tech and excellent access to chargers. You will both come to appreciate what the car can do. They are also very safe if you were in an accident. Hello from Brisbane Australia. I have subscribed and look forward to seeing your future content.
Thank you Gavin and hello to you down under!! We would love to do a Tesla road trip across Oz....the longer we've had the car, the more we appreciate it for sure. Check out some of our cross France road trip videos; and there will be more of those to come in 2025! Thanks again for the sub :)
V nice video. We're on our 4th EV, which includes 3 Leafs (Leaves!). Compared with a decade ago, the UK infrastructure is incredible. However, your videos have shown that the French are way ahead! In Jan, we will be driving to the Alps in our Niro EV, and we can't wait.
Glad you enjoyed! 4th EV is amazing, I bet you have seen so much change since your first one!! You're in for a treat on your drive to the Alps, we really hope it's a great trip - keep us posted!
Driving/charging Evs in France is significantly better than the 3 or 4 times I've taken our EV back to the UK. Where queueing for a charger seems to be the norm rather than a very rare exception. Remember France anywhere in January can be seriously cold ( never mind the Alps) so plan for more charging stops and longer charging stops as nothing works as well if it is really cold and hasn't been used for awhile. Don't forget it is compulsory there for winter tyres or snowchains
Thanks John! We did think it's going to take a little longer than usual so now you've confirmed we will definitely build that into the plan. I really hope one day the charging experience in England can be as nice as France....
@@ComeChargeWithUs-e8x Charging at only 50% of your expected rate is not uncommon especially if the actual charging unit hasn't been used for awhile and your battery is cold.
Hi, have just watched and enjoyed your new video, ( we are subscribed) like you we are new to EV's, I surprised my wife with a new Cupra Born on 1st October, her initial response was " what have you done ! " but now she loves the car,loves its rapid acceleration, we did Cambridgeshire to Gloucestershire and still had a range of 112 left, it's taken over a month to get our home charger fitted ( a free offer from Cupra) so using public charging till now has been expensive, it's all new to us but so far no regrets, do you intend to do more regular videos? It's nice having someone " normal" talking about EV's and not biased to one make,
Best wishes to you both.
They do take a bit of getting used to don't they! We tried to look at a Cupra Born but when we walked into the dealership they ignored us so we made a quick retreat 🤣 really pleased you have no regrets; now you have your home charger (what a shame it took so long to get fitted!) it will enhance your experience even more :) We are definitely planning on more vids, we have 4 lined up ready to go including 2 more about our first year of ownership and a couple of UK charging ones.....
@ComeChargeWithUs-e8x will look forward to the other videos, I had read lots about the Cupra Born,so I'd virtually decided that's the one I wanted even before I went to the dealership , the dealer experience was faultless,best we have had, the Born is a terrific car, described as the " electric Golf Gti".
We have had quite large SUV's for years so a smaller car for next years French holiday could be interesting ( our son is 6ft 2in at 14 ) like you we have been to France annually for quite a few years now, I hope having an EV does not add to the stress ,a stroppy " Kevin the teenager" is normally more than enough .
As long as you have Electroverse and have a plan with back ups (happy to help btw) you’ll only have Kevin moments to contend with 😉 we’ve found charging in France kind of adds to the holiday, it’s just a nice experience 🙂
We have got a Twizy! We also have a Jag IPace, which was our first EV - August 2020. I had a BMW i3 from June 2021 to December 2022, and then traded it for my Smart ForTwo EQ Racing Green 💚. Hoping to get an electric van soon to use as a compact camper
Oh wow, very jealous Ali!! We loved the Twizy! Do you use it a lot in the UK?! How do you find the iPace? What about a Buzz....
@ComeChargeWithUs-e8x It is a farm vehicle, so mostly used close to the farm and on it. We did take it over the mountains to visit Steve & Jake @ EV Wales 😀. IPace is a wonderful car. We keep thinking about what we would replace it with, as don't usually keep cars this long - but nothing has persuaded us yet. If we get a van, we may go for a smaller car - going to see the Hyundai Inster soon, and hubby is tempted by a Mini. Yes, would love a Buzz, but don't think our budget will stretch to that
That’s so cool! Very difficult to part with a car if you’re happy with it and you’re not sure what to change it to….the Inster looks very interesting - there’s so many great EV’s coming on to the market, it’s amazing!
Similar to us tried Tesla model 3 highland and model Y performance , bmw iX1, Volvo xe30, Audi q4 etron, Toyota bz4x , MG 4 , Mercedes EQA , Hyundai Ioniq 5 , and VW id3. Phew!
I liked the iX1 best but once I specd it out it was too expensive. ended up with the ID3 , just enjoyed driving it and had a good level of equipment .
The wife loved the Model 3 but just came to its size really. Think the ID3 came out as a good compromise.
Thanks for the video keep them coming.
Yes, we concluded the same re price/spec of the BMW; kind of wish we'd tried the VW's. How did you find the MG4?
Do you have solar/battery?
No, it's the dream to have solar/battery/heat pump!!
@@ComeChargeWithUs-e8x Definitely the ultimate for anyone who loves a spreadsheet!
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