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Great review! I'm really hoping cupra (and VW) fix the capacitive buttons on the steering wheel and the lack of physical climate controls soon. If so, this is my next car.
I still cannot fathom why one-pedal driving was not made a selectable option. Other brands sometimes have flappy paddles on the back of the steering wheel to allow for different degrees of regen, with the strongest being one-pedal driving. I love that feature on my car and think I would miss it. Otherwise, I think that the Cupra Born is very compelling.
The driving range is a bit of a vexed question. It depends on the type of driving you do on the highway. for example you can reduce that figure by 30%. That’s from Personal experience.
@@TheFutureisElectric sorry for my ignorance but honestly, I don't really understand whether charging from 30% t0 80% would be considered a charge cycle or not? And if we avoid draining to 0% and then charging up to 100% would we "cheat" the battery out of extra charge cycles? (It is a genuine question, I am really trying to get my head around the concept of charge cycles). Thank you
Many thanks for the video! I saw one other reviewer recommend AC charging over DC charging - do you have any thoughts on this? Also, I heard lower kw charging is healthier for the battery - assuming you have the 20-30 hour window a week you don't drive at all - why wouldn't it be best to use the basic cable?
Regarding AC vs DC charging, I’ve seen studies and arguments on both sides of the table. However most early studies where based on the Nissan leaf, which lacked any form of battery cooling, meaning during charging the battery used to get very hot, which thus resulted in faster degradation. Nowadays nearly all models have cooling, meaning the battery does not get very hot, neither in the dc charging process. Regarding charging on slower socket, if you have the time no problem. The problem can come if the wiring inside the socket is not up to scratch and maintained, as that is a receipt for over heating in the plug
Luke, I have a question to the charging cycles comment you made in this video. True, you do not need to charge your EV every day, so the charge cycle takes longer to reach. So why do they offer the same 8 year warranty on PHEVs? I own the new Peugeot 308 PHEV and charge every day. With that logic, I should reach the end of the charge cycles much sooner than a normal EV. But yet again, all manufactures ask the users to charge the car every day. This is so confusing lol. What's your opinion on this?
Very valid points. Keep in mind a charge cycle is 0-100%, if you charge to 50-100 and then again 50-100 then you’ve got your 1 cycle in 2 charging sessions. No two batteries will perform the same, even from the same manufacturer, it’s a chemical process which takes place in its lifetime, and while averages exist, it’s hard to forecast exactly. About the warranties, on the EVs side, the 8 years I believe is very conservative. In fact legislation in the US is already in the works to push EV battery warranties to 15 years. I believe they have kept it a 8 years more from an accounting perspective, for the brands to have closure on the cars lifetime value to them, once warranty responsibility expires. I think 8 year warranty on the PHEV battery is a further stamp of approval on the battery longevity, which as you are saying will reach the charge cycles far quicker
Mercedes had a 50/50 design partnership with BYD , then they reduced it too 10% and are reconsidering to up there involvement after byd having now a record production and sales year 😊
The car will fall to pieces in the first week look at all the videos on RU-vid Chinese junk rubbish batteries 6 hours to charge your car if you got the wipers and heaters on a 600 km car will go down to 300 km that's why in China everybody's got bedding in their car to stop them freezing aldi's batteries are old technology torch batteries rubbish a new car with rubbish batteries everybody's been conned don't fall for it anymore get an ordinary car that you can drive 300 miles with everything on a diesel car also would you leave your kids sitting in the back of that car when it could catch fire at any moment all the places in China that have burnt down with byd cars batteries exploding even the new blade batteries don't take a chance Chinese rubbish
Excellent review these cars are becoming popular among Dublin taxi drivers,as a taxi driver myself im going to purchase one soon ...ps also hope to visit your beatiful country soon.....
The Born VZ and ID.3 GTX will be using the AP550 :) The GTX will make 286hp, but VZ and GTX Performance will get 326hp The full line of Born and ID.3 is being bumped to 231hp on the AP310 motor.
@@TheFutureisElectricYou’re welcome. It’s interesting to see some of the future proofing that’s been built into the current technology, such as leaving space for wireless charging. It’s also exciting to see what lies ahead in terms of new battery technology, electric motors etc. Will be keeping an eye on your channel as you are a great reviewer!
Utter nonsense. The equivalet ICE would be a 4x4 with day a 60% power up rear, 40% up front. What is sickening is the instant torque and power everyone constantly mentioning on EV's. If you don't want to get sick pull gently and not like a plonker.
Fascinating presentation of how the battery functions. Just one point: there is no such word as "longetivity" - it should be "longevity"... Sorry, as an English teacher I just had to let you know! 🙂🙂🙂
Great Vid, I’m looking at this or the new long range MG ZS. Just on your VTL PORTION AND THE FUTURE possibilities. If you pair this with a Powerwall 3, you would be able to use the 11kw powerwall to run your whole house and then use the car to top up the battery (when solar isn’t optimal or at night time). This would give you 70+kw of battery to use in the house!!!
Hi, I just bought the Honda eNS1, which is basically the same car with steering on the left. Anyway, I would love to know how you turned on the traffic jam assist in your video around 14:58. I looked for it in the manual, but it's so thick I can't find it and I can't figure out on my own. Thanks!
The traffic jam assist - is a fancy marketing terms for the auto steering, lane keep features which also work at low speeds. Something which on most cars you will find only at highway speeds. Engage these lane keep at low speeds and you are using traffic jam assist
Don’t buy from Chinese owned companies like Volvo, Polestar, MG, BYD and so on. China is a dictatorship with no human rights or democracy. Giving them our money will backfire. Just like EU learned from doing business with Putin
I have my bedroom and living room air cons wired to connect to both the house supply and EV separated with automatic transfer switches. During the day, the living room air con runs on my house supply which is mostly solar, switching to EV supply at 5.30 pm. At 10 pm I turn off the living room air, an ATS switches the living room air con (now on standby) to grid supply and my EV powers the bedroom air con for the rest of the night. Plugging the EV charger in the morning recharges the EV battery from my solar panels. It works well and saves me drawing around 12 kWh per night from the grid. I had to do it this way as the BYD Seal is only rated for 2.3 kW long term and both my air cons are 18000 BTU units rated at 2kW max so I cannot run both from the EV at the same time. In summary I can run an 18000 BTU air con from sunset to sunrise for free....
Sure, because VAG has a reputation for offering upgrades to existing cars… they won’t even update their abysmal infotainment software! As for V2G, already possible with a wall box pulsar, but can you imagine the head spin ARMS/Enemalta will go into if you attempt this?
Skoda is a VW AG product, they wont upgrade anything on a hardware level. Having DC charging has nothing to do with vehicle to grid and their cars you buy now do not support it nor will they update their old cars to enable it in the future. Wireless charging also is nothing VW ever claimed the car will be able to do. Never buy a car for what it could offer in the future, buy it for what it offers at the moment you buy it.
I have one of these on a long term rental of 2 months. It's a surprisingly great car, even better than the ID4 I had before. The infotainment and app still sucks like all VAG cars, but the rest of it is great. Even on the single motor version it's snappy and responsive. The brakes feel a bit weak especially since this thing can reach 165km/h (the software limit) without noticing. On single phase it seems to get limited to 3kw (on 16A European plug), while the ID4 reached 4kw. Comfort wise, it has a huge boot but the seats are just slightly more uncomfortable than the ID4's or even VW ICE cars. I've decided not to keep it primarily because of the bad infotainment and app platform.
Thanks for this. Great to hear that Malta is the perfect temperature for EVs! FYI the increase in reported range when going downhill is probably a poor measure of the amout of energy that has been recovered through regen, because it reflects not just the change in the amount of energy contained in the battery, but more significantly also the lower rate at which that energy is consumed (the average consumption is what is used to calculate remaining range). The change in the percentage charge of the battery would be better measure of the amount of energy actually recovered through regen
What a great pair of reviews (the other being the driving review). So clearly put across and a must-see for anyone considering the switch to electric (the future!) It would be great if you could cover the Kona's driving assistance technology in a future review.😃🚜
Got Mine "Luigi Racing" now on my RU-vid Site : amituning48v , 62MPH, Exhausts Tuned, A/C, Lowered and lots lots more Citroen Ami, love it so much bought another one and a Buggie.
The car won't last long never mind the battery cheap components made with slave labor and you think its good Chinese crap don't put you family in this death trap report's of fires air bags not deploying rust software problems on cars six months old how.much are they paying you to promote this crap
Great videos! As an owner of a Nissan Leaf, I absolutely adore the ePedal mode. I wholeheartedly agree that losing the ability to smoothly navigate traffic and junctions without coming to a complete stop would be incredibly disappointing. It's baffling why they would consider altering such a perfectly functioning feature
Thanks for tuning in. Yes/No, like many other brands unfortunately the app doesn’t seem to be natively supported in Malta. (To the best of my knowledge) however; this doesn’t mean you can’t install it, and from what I am aware most features will work, ie: the ability to run the cars air conditioning remotely.
Nissan currently have a launch offer of 34,500 including government grants. Prices are not mentioned in the videos as these change overtime. Thanks for watching :-)
