Correct. It was a PHEV not a mild hybrid. A charge would give 32 miles. Whether you got 32 miles depended how heavy you were on the right pedal.
No, from cold to up and running either in low battery or foot to the floor demand. Alternatively 330e can run purely in sport mode from cold if you wish to engaging the internal combustion engine only It won’t engage the batteries. The interior sub lighting turns red the suspension stiffens the steering accuracy is heightened the exhaust note more pronounced and gear change extended as it revs itself into a bit of a beast Which is all well and good in the right environment, but not really suitable on the supermarket run
Thank you both; looking at the figures you got piqued my interest regarding these but if I have then got to factor in paying for a charger and paying for the charging into the equation I will probably just stick with where I am and potentially reassess the vehicle choice in the spring.
Charger is an option, but not a requirement, for my PHEV - just plugs in to a regular 3-pin socket. Plenty of low-price EV tarrifs available, most of which charge at 7p per Kwh.
Things have changed a lot. I got a grant towards my charger, grant since withdrawn. My first PHEV was £0 VEL, my current one is £192 VEL. Then there is the 1.5p per mile tax to come 2028. In November it cost £11.34 to charge it for the month. I filled the tank at the end of October and currently have 150 miles of petrol range left. Car has a 2.5l ICE. Most of my journeys are in EV but I have to zip up and down the A1 at 70/60mph so use the ICE for that. The car was subject of a Ford issued warning not to charge earlier this year. I had to run it in auto-EV mode so that the battery fully discharged and then ran on ICE mainly. The difference in cost was 5p per mile doing this. Surprisingly the regen was quite good and at times in urban areas the car still ran on EV. The car is now back to normal use after a software update.
So this morning I was told my car will be ready for collection on Monday so I then spent 4 hours on the phone trying to sort out getting the private reg transferred and then getting insurance sorted. Insurance quotes ranged from £1074pa with my current insurer (RAC) down to £374pa with Hastings Direct, and all manner of quotes in-between. Guess who I went with
One of my bikes is with Hastings. I cancelled my van insurance with them after 2 months as I got it for 50% less with Howdens.
There’s no denying- these Chinese cars are slowly choking out the likes of VAG. China are being super aggressive here with state subsidies in manufacturing. It’ll be interesting to see where the European car market is in 5 years time
I would say a lot of people will go to Chinese cars. The vast majority of drivers want something cheap, reliable and that will wow the neighbours. Driving pleasure is absent. They want to boast about a 24" screen on the fucking dash and that it does blah blah km/kwh. As much interest in the mechanicals as a toaster. As long as it toasts bread they are happy.
They’re half price! I understand the temptation. The chassis’s may be a bit shonky but that doesn’t really matter if you don’t push on. The tech looks more than a match.
Wait until you own a Tesla I’ve got the new model Y and someone asks what it’s like and then they say but it’s Elon and what he stands for? and then you find out they own a Chinese made car, fucking idiot Happy Xmas one and all
I have an MG4 from work and it’s great to drive. Being the ER version it does 0-60 in around 5 seconds and being RWD is a real bonus. Tyres were fecking terrible from new but once they were swapped it’s brilliant. Bring an EV doesn’t prevent them being fun to drive, what does that is the pointless fashion for massive SUVs. Huge wallowing masses with all the dynamic fun of a tub of lard on skates. Sadly it seems a large portion of the buying market don’t care about anything other than exterior size (interior size is often average- poor). That is the same whether the power train is electric or dinosaur juice. Towns are especially full of these massive things. Few are 4x4 and farmers/ genuine off roaders wouldn’t touch the few that are with a barge pole.
Well having picked the car up yesterday and having gone for a decent run out last night and this afternoon, I have to say that I am more than pleasantly surprised. It really is quite impressive.........being a hybrid that works primarily as an EV it's very responsive and very quick and handles very well. It is also quite plush inside too. It's definitely as good as the Merc I p/x'd for it. I've been trying to set it up to suit me (loads of options as the tech is very impressive) and any niggles as to how it operates is down to me not understanding fully how to set everything up properly........so I've been reading up and watching videos and doing stuff bit by bit to try and understand what it can do and how you can do it. I think I'm about 90% of the way there though. After yesterdays run out to the coast I let the battery run down to 17% and then let the car regenerate the battery and by the time I'd got home it had got back up to 31%, so I put it on to charge overnight. When I got up this morning it was at 100%. I think I'll probably only need to charge it over night a couple of times a week at most as I can rely on the ICE to regenerate the battery efficiently when I'm out and about. I was also talking to my best friend about it, as he's not only a massive petrol head but also the IT Director of Vertu and I wanted to know his/their opinion on the brand. He reckons that Chery/Jaecoo/Omoda/BYD are definitely worth a look at, if only from a cost perspective, and that their specs and reputation globally are pretty good and certainly no worse, if not better than some of the major European manufacturers. He reckons some of the big boys are shitting themselves over the competition. Anyway to cut a long story short, so far I am impressed......It's definitely a lot of car for the money and I'd suggest if you are in the market for a new car then they are worth a look at at the very least.
New car day is always good! I’ve watched a few YouTube programs on them and yes, they look impressive. As I’ve mentioned, it’s going to be interesting going forward.
Maybe European brands should reduce their prices! I think I’m now priced out of a new BMW. Sales guy told me they increase their prices every 6 months so that’s 6 or 7 price increases since I bought my 4 series.
