Fiat 500e efficiency, rapid charging speed and the wonder of Fastned!

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How efficient is the Fiat 500e? How fast can it rapid charge? How accurate is A Better Route Planner? And just how good is Fastned?!
Normally when I do a test, things go wrong. This time? Perfect!
A long motorway test of the Fiat 500e coming soon…
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00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Obligatory subscribe request
00:54 - Planning the route in ABRP
01:36 - Using the Fiat 500e sat nav
03:01 - Speed limit inaccuracy and an Italian lesson
03:35 - Turning off Lane Control
04:13 - One pedal driving in Range mode
06:08 - Finding Fastned
07:33 - At Fastned
08:19 - Starting a charge
10:27 - Why is Fastned so good?
11:24 - Nice curves
12:18 - How to register an account and setting up Autocharge
14:14 - Prices
15:16 - Using Autocharge!
18:50 - Doesn’t sound great
19:12 - Home, Hornets and Happiness

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@MrEV 3 года назад

Fastned responded to me on Twitter regarding contactless. It turns out UK Fastned sites did have it but they've removed the contactless terminals as they were unstable. They'll bring contactless payments back when they've finished testing. They've also confirmed you can charge without registering by scanning the QR code on the charging screen. twitter.com/Fastned/status/1413106291577397253

@70mfp 3 года назад

Thank you for this video. As a Dutchman I'm a bit proud of the compliments you gave to FastNed. The Ned in FastNed of course stands for NEDerland. As an EV-driver myself I use Fastned in Holland most of the time. In Holland there are loads of Fastned chargingstations, most of them right next to the highways. Although I also charge at home, Fastned takes away the range-stress when doing long distance trips around the country. I hope Fastned is here to stay and will expand to other European countries.

@user-gm2br2ku6y 3 года назад

Hi Andrew, nice video! Really clear, and of course great to see that you are so enthusiastic about us :D We are working hard on building more stations so you will soon see more of us ;)

@kez2164 3 года назад

I'm really looking forward to the chargers at Angel of the North opening, to try this test out for myself. Between those, Osprey units in Team Valley, and the new Grid Serve forecourt at Gateshead stadium, Gateshead residents (and people using the A1) should be able to find a rapid charger!

@themadjock1977 3 года назад

What a brilliant, high quality video Andrew. I appreciate the effort that must have gone in to this

@cbromley562 3 года назад

Hoorah for Fastned…and the excellent ABRP! The advice about running your battery charge down to receive good charging speed, is spot on. Getting to know an EV’s characteristics is crucial anyway, for getting the best out of it...just like an ICE car. Regarding ‘one peddle’ driving, you can quickly get it as smooth as butter. The way my wife and I did it, was to row at each other until we got it right (there are other methods, obviously). It actually only takes a short driving trip, for it to become ingrained. Lovely and smooth. And you really do save your brakes. It’s well worth the short amount of effort, and pain.

@thepetrovicfamily3494 3 года назад

Hi Andrew I really like your videos - interesting and engaging. Look forward to the next one.

@bmwalker89 3 года назад

Great video, loved the fact you demonstrated what Gridserve are aiming for. When I saw the Gateshead FastNeds go in I was dubious and thought “great another app”. I hadn’t made the link with the Oxford Hub which in hindsight is weird. Cheers for the good content.

@DrMatthewhannah 3 года назад

Its the little things! Nice video Andrew, thanks

@nickieredshaw7835 3 года назад

Thanks for another great video!

@antoniodimascio5340 2 года назад

Thank you Andrew you are making me fall in love with 500ev ❤️

@Jaw0lf 3 года назад

I am Halfway between the Fastned chargers, they look great and we need more of them around the UK. Great review and the future charging looks interesting!

@TheEVside 3 года назад

Great video mate, cool to have a fastned that way. Will be doing canterbury trail in august so will look to use this

@MrEV 3 года назад

Thanks sir! I was reminded of your Fastned video in Newcastle AGES ago. I'm a bit slow. 😀

@andrewsibley2595 3 года назад

I do really love your videos. My first EV RU-vidr before I even seriously considered an EV! Keep them coming Andy!

@MrEV 3 года назад

Great to hear! Thanks so much.

@johnbrown1197 3 года назад

Good video I like the idea of just plugging in, and charging similar to Telsa chargers. Just press to start and charge

@tommotommo3203 3 года назад

Another great video Andrew, my eNiro has just clocked 15k after you convinced me to get one 😄. Funny thing is I was probably on the roof of the Pfizer building behind you when you shot this…. Keep up the good work👍

@bibliotek42 3 года назад

Very interesting vid!

@uktechie8013 3 года назад

It will be really great when all chargers can do this Andrew thanks for demo, none near me to try. I just know it will be what the impatient non techies need.

@mhutters 2 года назад

As someone who is seriously thinking about going for a 500e when my current car gets changed in January, this was great. However, I also found myself trying to recognise the roads you were driving on as I am really really local to there!

@pjmverbruggen 2 года назад

Excellent video. I just got my Fiat 500e Red edition. And LOVING it! Obviously it’s small but for me it’s perfect. The reason why I liked this video so much is that because I live in a condo I don’t have my owner charger, so I need to use public chargers. Even though FastNed is a bit more expensive I think I will be using it almost on a daily basis to have a 80+% charge when arriving home. It’s indeed a tesla like experience. That will also be my next tryout as the tesla chargers are “just” a 10 minute drive away, where the nearest FastNed is almost 30 minutes. Public chargers in my area are really low density so … yeah

@MikeDWinter 3 года назад

This is great Andrew. Gridserve had announced the same auto charge will work on their network from later this year. Will make such a difference to EV driving simplicity. Impressed at the speed the Fiat charged at second time round, given the battery SOC, it was higher than when you disconnected.

@MrEV 3 года назад

Yes, I filmed it just as their announcement was happening. I had a feeling they would - it makes a lot of sense for regular users and, as Toddington Harper said, it makes charging a bit more reliable. Agreed about the Fiat 500e charging. I'm quite impressed with this little car!

@MikeDWinter 3 года назад

@@MrEV would really make sense for InstaVolt to follow suit, as they already have the capability.

@MrEV 3 года назад

@@MikeDWinter I really thought they'd have announced that by now (especially as there's now an app) but they've just started installing BYD chargers so I don't know whether that complicates things?

@n1ch0las51 3 года назад

Thanks for a really good video Very precise and clear plus keeping up the viewers interest. I own a 10 year old Leaf which is great for local trips and am contemplating the future when we trade in our Diesel Ford Focus. I have no experience of charging from charging points all my charging is done at home using Solar Panels in the main via a 10 year old pod point charger. So now even in the brave new world of EV's there are some of us "old school" early adopters out there.

@MrEV 3 года назад

Oh wow, that's very impressive! Out of interest, how many battery bars do you have? Surely not all 12? My 6-year-old Leaf 24 is just about to drop its first.

@n1ch0las51 3 года назад

@@MrEV Hi Andrew. I have 10 bars left. The Leaf has done 56k miles. I had one from new 10 years ago which was a lease car. This one I bought second hand for £4,000 which I think was about right for the battery condition.

@netto92now 3 года назад

Big game Sunday Andrew, Forza Azzurri 🇮🇹

@joetheblowjoetheblowdave968 3 года назад

Andrew you do so much to encourage ownership of electric cars and help to save our environment, I feel like passing a little tip to you....... here it is The barbershops are open again. 👍

@MrEV 3 года назад

Haha, yeah thanks for that! This is pretty neat for me!

@trumptypumpty 3 года назад

Great video Andrew. Fastned look excellent, tbh I'd like any rapid charging network to come to the Whitby area as we still only have one public fast (7kw) charging location for the whole area! That's for a very popular tourist town where the population goes from 14000 to over 70000 at peak summer. Ah well?

@MrEV 3 года назад

I just checked - Whitby really is a charging desert, isn't it? Perhaps send your council and any pubs in the area this link: misterev.co.uk/the-road-to-2030 They may be able to get free rapid chargers from Instavolt or Osprey.

@trumptypumpty 3 года назад

@@MrEV Lol, the charging Sahara of the UK I think? I've already emailed my council and MP receiving a stock useless no action reply, I emailed Lidl last year as well and they sent an encouraging reply but nothing has happened since. I'm fortunate that I can charge at home (granny charging) but tourists are going to be very disappointed.

@krisstewart2036 3 года назад

The Fastned charger in Scotland is in Dundee which is approx 18 miles away from where I live in Angus. However CPS chargers (soon to be transferred to Swarco) are still (for now) free to use. I have a 2021 Kia E Niro 4+ and no possibility of having a home charger so will continue to use CPS of which there are abundance of chargers, for the time being Good report btw 👏🏻

@wobby1516 3 года назад

My 4+ is blue what colour is yours. They’re a brilliant car 🚙 best I’ve ever had.

@krisstewart2036 3 года назад

@@wobby1516 my 4* is yacht blue - I had it ceramic coated 2 months ago when it was new - brilliant car 🚙 👍🏻

@thorbjrnhellehaven5766 3 года назад

5:39 with Tesla, the brake pedal is for friction brakes. Regen only by releasing acceleration pedal. Setting regen option to normal gives you max regen, by releasing acceleration pedal. If set ootion to low, you don't get more regen on by applying brake pedal. I use low for daily driving during winter to force using friction brakes. Also while towing trailer, trying to avoid to activate brakes on trailer.

@SirHackaL0t. 3 года назад

I had an advert for the Fiat 500E just before your video. You can apparently add 30miles of range in 5 minutes (if you have the 85kw dc charger).

@MrEV 3 года назад

That seems about right!

@TheBeggFamily 3 года назад

There are some of those Fastned chargers up North of me and we’re planning Edinburgh for Christmas Markets. But they’re on the actual coast road, Morpeth, Blyth, rather than the A1 we’d be using.

@roderickmain9697 3 года назад

Fast NED(erland). The Max Verstappen of charging. ! (Netherlands is one of my favourite nations. Worked there for a few years in the 80s) The Tesla also had a problem with speed limits when I first got it. I suspect its something to do with the maps (because government changes speed on bits of road faster than map companies keep up). Tesla has got a bit better in that it can now read road signs (sometimes!). I suspect your one foot operation is a bit lumpy because the Fiat 500 is a bit smaller car therefore the Kinetic energy it has for regen is less - so you use it up quicker and slow down faster (than say, the bigger cars). Of course, less mass means it can be less thirsty with the juice. Swings and roundabouts. Good review. Thumbs up to Fast NED - doing it right from the off.

@johnmanderson2060 3 года назад

The Fargo flashback was hilarious 😂

@rustyjoints4857 3 года назад

Thanks for the 500e update, it’s definitely an interesting little car. Regarding the Lane assist function, in the Zoe it automatically turns on & off depending on whether It detects lines or not which I find really good. No need to manually turn off or on! Never heard of Fastned, I presume they’re going to roll out more charging stations over here? I must have a look on their website.

@tarbat 3 года назад

The 500e does the same, turns it off when it doesn’t detect white lanes on both the left and right, and indicates which lines it has detected on the driver’s display.

@MrEV 3 года назад

Interestingly it doesn’t do that for me. Perhaps something they’ve fixed in the update?

@tarbat 3 года назад

@@MrEV Maybe the update. On most of the roads around me, the Lane Control system rarely enables. When it does see white lines that it can follow on both left and right, you'll see the GREY coloured lines on the drivers display change to WHITE and it enables. Going near either line, and the line on the display changes to YELLOW. Before the update I used to disable Lane Control with the stalk button, but I leave it on now, albeit with the LaneSense strength set to LOW so it's not too forceful in correcting me.

@rud 3 года назад

As a Tesla owner, I can say that Auto-charge or whatever they call it, should be on all chargers. I was actually looking at Fastned when I was looking for alternatives to superchargers. I have already installed 12 different apps just to see what I would need to charge off the supercharger network if I was to go down through Europe. If I get to go on vacation, I will try to seek out some of the Fastned chargers just to test them. We don't have any here in Denmark.

@mfveen Год назад

Hi Andrew, maybe time to check the new Fastned stations, apparently quite a few new ones have been opened lately, London, Ipswich, Oxford, Glasgow, Washington and still a few more to come in 2023. If you know a good location and know the landowner I am sure Fastned likes to hear from you 😉.

@eduardopereira5245 2 года назад

Hello. Can i limit the charge to 80% using the car display? Thanks

@laurentroose2429 Год назад

I just love this car - wish I could affort it 😢

@LERobbo 3 года назад

That's funny, your satnav is showing the Fastned chargers in my home country :-) P.S. Are you using ABRP Premium?

@MrEV 3 года назад

I am! I have used it on CarPlay but had mixed results.

@dcvariousvids8082 3 года назад

One imagines of a place named Sandwich, that the town either makes bread and or carving knives.

@Adeleisha 2 года назад

The Earl of Sandwich is credited with inventing the sandwich, hence the name 😃👍🏻

@reeshar1234 3 года назад

Teslas do regen solely on the (lack of) accelerator pedal. The brake pedal applies the brakes. So it's very different to most, if not all, other electric cars. We've come down steep roads from mountain passes without ever touching the brakes and the disks have been cold when we've reached the bottom of the valley.

@pt020 3 года назад

Cold disks do not work well.

@jimaustin6410 3 года назад

What is the range for the new Fiat 500E in eco mode?

@PRG888 3 года назад

Whats the 80% range of the 500e?

@marklola12 2 года назад

do you think fiat could update the car software to show charging speed?

@ronb4633 2 года назад

The most notable EV that does not do regen while braking is all modes of Teslas. They only perform regen on throttle release and the amount depends on the setting in the console. Offset 5:40

@thorbjrnhellehaven5766 3 года назад

When is Flavianas unfiltered opinion due for release?

@MrEV 3 года назад

No promises but hopefully on the weekend!

@thorbjrnhellehaven5766 3 года назад

@@MrEV I enjoyed her opinions on the Model 3, even if I love my TM3SR+. Some arguments I agree, some I disagree. Some is a matter of getting used to something different, some is a matter of preference. She obviously knows what she prepfere, and is not affraid to say it :-)

@jimvince7877 3 года назад

Good system but not many in UK yet also when you set APP up it doesn't except Private Number Plates for Auto Payment

@adamtm82 3 года назад

With the sound system are you concerned about the Ioniq 5 with its 4 speaker system? Or did you opt for the high end trim with the 8 speaker system?

@MrEV 3 года назад

I’m getting the top spec “Project 45” trim so I’m hoping it’s good!

@adamtm82 3 года назад

@@MrEV ooh very nice! I was super keen on the Ioniq 5, and have a deposit down on one too despite no specs or pricing still in Australia. Unfortunately though it looks like it’ll be at least $20k more expensive than a Tesla Model 3 SR+ for the top spec (which as a single car family we need for the memory seats), and as much as I like the styling and hatch boot on the Ioniq 5 I can’t justify spending over 33% more for one than a Tesla. Will look forward to your videos though!

@colin.d 3 года назад

Does autocharge work with CHAdeMO connectivity, or is it just a CCS thing?

@MrEV 3 года назад

I believe it’s just CCS.

@wobby1516 3 года назад

You seemed shocked that it worked, what a better way of charging. That’s a 🖕to Tesla, only joking we love Tesla too. Thats really the way all charge points should, -no, - must go. Well done Fastned now all you need to do is build more charge points as just one south of the Watford gap ain’t enough..

@pt020 3 года назад

Yes .. it looks like the car surprises him all the time. :)

@Tore_Lund 3 года назад

Oh boy: The Standard charging connector in Europe 30 years ago was the blue CEE connector usually supplying 21A. Guess what, you just plugged it in and left! There are still a few around. No need for an elaborate kiosk with a 32" TV, to basically just be a wall outlet. Tesla realise that simplicity is what makes electricity stay ambigious as we all expect. We have all hunted around for charging stations, downloading various apps and called provider support and still gotten nowhere. Charging needs to be public, no need for an elaborate infrastructure of middlemen who leach off a public utility we are all paying for to begin with, even in a way more complicated than cellphone subscriptions.

@Martinko_Pcik 2 года назад

"one pedal driving" is another term used for what you call " Regen"

@ogodei70 3 года назад

So here is a Question, if you have Autocharge with Fastned, can Autocharge on Gridserve? If not, can they link up there apps with InstaVolt for a united Autocharge network?

@MrEV 3 года назад

Yes, you can Autocharge on both as far as I know.

@johnadams7248 3 года назад

Does it have therm

@marklola12 2 года назад

That issue where the car is telling you the wrong speed limit happens on most cars on certain roads, my ds3 crossback does it on a road new me tells me its 30 and its only 20 and a few other roads

@Muppetkeeper 3 года назад

It’s going to be race between Gridserve and FastNed to get both autocharge and contactless payment sorted. That said Gridserve expect to be able to use ALL cars on autocharge.

@TheBeggFamily 3 года назад

I’ve put my Shell Recharge and MAINGAU cards in as payment methods. Are you saying there is no RFID reader?

@MrEV 3 года назад

There’s definitely an RFID reader, just not a bank card reader (yet).

@TheBeggFamily 3 года назад

@@MrEV well when you register with Fastened, you can select BACS, c credit card or RFID card. I selected 2 of my RFID cards, Shell Recharge and Maingau

@avtomad722 3 года назад

Another good review! 2 questions, 1) Fiat 500e over the e208? 2) Honda E or the Fiat?

@avtomad722 3 года назад

(I already want the FIAT, just confirmation would be good!)

@MrEV 3 года назад

Well... I have to say I've not driven either the Honda e or an e208. I have driven the e2008 though and that's lovely to drive, although not as fun as the 500e. There's more room in the back of the e208 than the 500e. The Honda e also has a bit more space in the back (although not the boot). I wanted to get a test drive of the Honda e actually but they don't have any until later this month - I'd like to compare with the 500e properly. What I would say about the e208 is that I don't think PSA Groupe (Stellantis) have done a good job making their cars EVs. No battery percentage really bugs me! So I'd not personally get one of their cars for that reason alone. It also depends whether you have a family to drive around because my wife and daughter aren't a fan of the back of the 500e. Long story short - test drive them all and decide what works best for you! What I would say is I love the Fiat 500e and consider it a fantastic second car.

@palusisko 3 года назад

Peugeot 208e is much bigger than 500e, you will see it mainly on rear seats and boot. PSA has also more powerfull charger 100kw which works great! But I agree, the 500E has the spirit and will always have :-)

@joannereynolds7133 Год назад

If pesky bank card readers had ever been so marvellous, the piston-based travelling world would never have had their fuel cards, would they? Autocharge is the stuff that shows we can do much better and don't need or want their models of 'how things ought to be', etc. - it would be great to see an episode on that subject! Roger :-) 1 Reply

@richyzig Год назад

Range Mode is more efficient - the name says it all. The stronger regen helps to charge batteries quickly.

@AlanTov 3 года назад

Thought you would say a little more about the Fiat efficiency. On those country roads my ID3 might get around 4.7 this time of year…

@MrEV 3 года назад

I have a vid coming where I do a long journey on the motorway, which focuses much more on the efficiency. I found it quite impressive.

@TheBeggFamily 3 года назад

Don’t you have live data from the car to ABRP?

@MrEV 3 года назад

No, I don’t have an OBD device that’ll work with it (yet!)

@TheBeggFamily 3 года назад

@@MrEV My Renault uses subscription service from Tronity to pass live data to ABRP.

@da23ad 2 года назад

Honda e vs Fiat 500e.... which one do you pick ?

@MrEV 2 года назад

I tried to get a Honda e from my local dealer but they weren’t able to. I really wanted to do a comparison with the 500e with my wife. In terms of design, the Honda e really does it for me.

@harvardan 3 года назад

Rather than Fastned everywhere, wouldn't you accept Gridserve everywhere? As they're bringing in autocharge won't that be the same experience or do you find the ABB chargers less reliable? Now that Gridserve are replacing the ecotricity chargers they'll be pretty much everywhere. I'm hoping that'll be a positive gamechanger for non-tesla EV driving.

@MrEV 3 года назад

I love everything Gridserve are doing but I don’t like ABB chargers much. They don’t display the charging speed and in the past I’ve found them a little unreliable. I also like the visibility of Fastned stations with that funky design. Frankly I’d happily visit either though. Anything’s better than BP Pulse!

@dindu42 3 года назад

I guess auto=charging might be a problem when you sell the car if you don't remember to un-register your account with the car ?

@MrEV 3 года назад

Good point - it's certainly another thing to be aware of (along with Dart Charge, council car parks with ANPR and so on).

@rtfazeberdee3519 3 года назад

Thats a problem for any car that has an app, even ICE but obviously worse for EV with autocharge

@thorbjrnhellehaven5766 3 года назад

Yes I had payment (by camera) for old car. Suddenly, a few months after I sold it I got a notification to confirm parking. Then I remembered to remove the license plate from my profile. Luckily it was not fully automated, I could just ignore it, and they would send an invoice to the new owner. I did send a message to the parking company anyway.

@richyzig Год назад

One-pedal driving is good in ALL CIRCUMSTANCES if you know how to modulate your foot. I notice this taking Tesla Taxis where the driver keeps jerking the pedal...

@MrEV Год назад

I’ve heard that it’s more efficient to coast on highways and one-pedal driving is better around town. I’ve not done any tests myself though and to be honest, I’m sure the difference is negligible.

@richyzig Год назад

@@MrEV yes, you’re right in an ideal world (or lab) with highways that are completely empty and without any changes in elevation. I bet that people who turn off regen to coast, will not always remember to immediately turn it on again when they need to slow down or are descending. This defeats any benefit coasting has. Those who are unable to modulate their right foot to simulate coasting, should turn off / reduce regenerative braking.

@davidpowell2523 3 года назад

Mr Wise, if you feather the throttle you will overcome the jerking.

@MrEV 3 года назад

"Mr Wise" 😀 Feathering the throttle is perhaps possible with some more lighter footwear but not in the boots I was wearing!

@tarbat 3 года назад

Maybe that’s why neither I or my wife have noticed this jerking in our 500e. I’ve seen it described as a “bucking bronco” as well, but we’ve not noticed it at all, driving in RANGE mode.

@MattWadeonline 3 года назад

“Size of the Hornet” lol

@nssimpson 3 года назад

Reminds me of a bad joke.

@rbruce63 8 месяцев назад

I wonder where are the photovoltaic panels or the windmills close by. How can they assure you that you're using solar or wind generated electricity -that needs to be stabilized- and not fossil fuel produced electricity? Here in Costa Rica, most of the electricity is produced by hydropower plants, but last rainy season it didn't replenish the complete Arenal dam and then they're (its a nationalized monopoly) generating with bunker in thermal electric plants...

@MrEV 8 месяцев назад

In much the same way as my home electricity is apparently renewable: “All our electricity comes from 100% renewable sources like sun, wind and water” octopus.energy So yes, it’s not directly powered by renewables as it’s only going to be as clean as the grid, but the wholesale energy they buy is just renewables.

@friederich66 11 месяцев назад

again: switch to normal mode and the car will crawl as soon as you get off the brake pedal. so you can manoeuvre precisely. and regen force depends on how much you release the acceleration pedal. the more you release the stronger the regen force. it is not "either or". last topp: try to avoid fasst charging because that lets the battery age unnecessarily much faster( more rapid degregation)

@66BranDo 3 года назад

Fastned is awesome.

@julianguffogg 3 года назад

Shame Fastned is so sparse in the UK (at present!)

@blackrocket2000 3 года назад

I use One Pedal mode in my #Hondae all of the time. Surprised that you find it “jerky” in the Fiat 500e - not good

@therealjetlag 2 года назад

Only at very slow speeds, like trying to creep at a junction or roundabout.

@ari197 3 года назад

Autocharge used to work with VW (it worked with my e-golf), but then VW pull the plug since they have agreement with Ionity

@MrEV 3 года назад

Fascinating! Autocharge doesn't work with IONITY though, does it?

@ari197 3 года назад

@@MrEV it does if you have one of the IDs.. A friend of mine just bought an ID3 and he got 4 years free charging at Ionity..

@EarnshawUK 3 года назад

I will have to wait until there are a lot more around the North West of England. Geniepoint are cheaper.

@MrEV 3 года назад

Do you find Geniepoint reliable? My friend had a terrible time with one yesterday.

@EarnshawUK 3 года назад

@@MrEV Hi. It's about the only choice I have in Whitehaven. They are not too bad. I do not think that many people around here have electric cars as 1) I do not see a lot 2) I never have to wait to charge.

@leesmart1971 3 года назад

@@EarnshawUK I visit Whitehaven's two Geniepoint chargers when I visit the family. Senhouse St appears to have been fixed recently but I refer Morrisons... Better to stop at Keswick on the way over!

@xperyskop2475 3 года назад

Most important thing is reliability of charger , price don't matter ( unless you can't regularly charge at home)

@EarnshawUK 3 года назад

@@xperyskop2475 I have recently bought an electric car. I have been quoted over £2000 for a home installation and £850 as a second quote. At present I am using the geniepoint.

@Zimpaz 3 года назад

I don’t understand everyone’s obsession with one pedal driving / regen when you let off…it’s far less efficient than just coasting when you let off the accelerator. Coasting and blended breaking is more efficient

@MrEV 3 года назад

Personally I prefer it but I’d agree it’s a little disingenuous for Fiat to call it range mode!

@MrKlawUK 3 года назад

but you can do that with one pedal too. Just don’t let off so much. as long as you avoid friction brakes as much as possible you should be good. And one pedal is really just nice to use.

@tarbat 3 года назад

Speed limits on the 500e have been fixed in the recent update.

@MrEV 3 года назад

There's an update? Why didn't my dealer tell me?! Thanks for letting me know.

@tarbat 3 года назад

@@MrEV The update takes about a day, and involved up to 13 updates to various modules in the car. My 500e needed 9 of the updates. You’ should see a RECALL notice in MyFiat for your car. You should join our Facebook group for 500e UK owners!!

@MrEV 3 года назад

Thanks! I'll join the group, if they'll have me after my wife's comments...

@alaneasthope2357 3 года назад

I'd rather not faff around with apps and accounts. How long does it take to get your debit card out of your wallet and tap it on the screen?

@MrEV 3 года назад

I'd also much rather use a debit card in most cases (and all chargers should have it, no excuses) - but apparently one of the common issues with chargers not working is the payment system. Having something like Autocharge makes things a little more reliable by taking out the payment processing step. Autocharge also makes much more sense for regular users.

@MrKlawUK 3 года назад

not a fan of apps, but a single use to setup and then its automatic (like tesla) seems a reasonable alternative and even faster than needing a card

@martinweston8147 3 года назад

The future has just arrived, awesome! That amount of hours I spent shouting at EV charging apps…….

@Ratbat69 3 года назад

annoyingly, i tried it on my niro the other week and auto charge didn't work, i'd left it an hour or so after the initial charge, so should have worked :(

@MrEV 3 года назад

How annoying! Did you get a chance to tell Fastned? I'd be interested to know the reason.

@michaeloffner3224 3 года назад

Did you enable the autocharge option in the app for your car?

@Ratbat69 3 года назад

@@michaeloffner3224 yes, I didn’t need to charge, but was excited to try, will pop back when I need some juice

@Ratbat69 3 года назад

@@MrEV no, I’d left it a hour after the setup charge, thought maybe it needed longer, but you got it running immediately, on the exact same charger as well lol, so I know it’s not a charger issue now. Will try again then contact them if it fails again

@Ratbat69 3 года назад

@@MrEV just popped back, plugged in and nothing, I’ve set to use auto charge in the app, and this is my 3rd charge, so should work, I’ll message them and see what they say

@abraxastulammo9940 3 года назад

14:20 You are quite lucky price is only 39 pence whereas EU has to pay 59 Cents! 😳

@TernaryTrout 3 года назад

Presumably the fact that none of the VAG cars support Autocharge means they're working on their own system, or will announce an alliance with Tesla ?

@MrEV 3 года назад

VW are the main shareholder of IONITY so it would have made sense for that to support Autocharge. According to Fastned, their cars use a randomised MAC address which makes it impossible to support. Gridserve haven’t mentioned any issues though (they say they’ll support all CCS cars) so who knows!

@VinceDae 3 года назад

I hate driving without 1 pedal driving :P ...

@marklola12 2 года назад

I think the only issue i will have with the 1 pedal driving which i have seen other people comment on is it activates the break light everytime you take foot off and from people behind it looks like you are one of those bad drivers who presses the breaks all the time when its not needed, where in a petrol car you can gradually slow just taking foot off if you time it right and no break light, i guess in normal mode you can still do that...but then no regen lol

@alexdalgleish1061 3 года назад

If you want another eNiro Andrew you should. Ioniq 5 does nothing for me.

@MrEV 3 года назад

I'm very excited about the IONIQ 5 but it all depends what my wife says. I do have a feeling we'll end up with an e-Niro again though.

@alexdalgleish1061 3 года назад

@@MrEV if you had all money in the world I wouldn't suggest anything but another eNiro. Don't know why.

@nigelcharles511 3 года назад

You are out of date on Tesla build quality. Just bought a Shanghai built Model 3. I couldn't find any less than perfect build quality. Looking around at all the other Tesla's at the delivery point it was the same so maybe the new factory has overcome these issues.

@MrEV 3 года назад

Yes, very true - I’ve heard great things about the Chinese Model 3s.

@alanrobinson2229 3 года назад

Oh, bugger,I got Skoda

@chrisrowe22 3 года назад

RU-vid made me watch 2 Toyota Hybrid Ads during your EV video! 😡

@MrEV 3 года назад

Thank you for watching them. I’m happy to profit a little from Toyota! 😀

@davidpearn5925 3 года назад

China/Tesla build quality excellent .

@MrEV 3 года назад

True!

@barryjatkinson 5 месяцев назад

It's Boh! not Bo 😁

@MrEV 5 месяцев назад

Doh! 🤦🏻‍♂️

@billyray323 3 года назад

Whilst I'm impressed with the charger, I'm embarrassed by the fact that it's not a British company😥 Surely there are companies in the UK who can do as well, if not better? Try and keep it British 😉🇬🇧✌🏻

@MrEV 3 года назад

Gridserve are doing a great job!

@jonwetherell5214 3 года назад

My gripe again..Better route planner should be in the bin..£30k+ for a car and the built in nav system is worse than a free app on your phone

@MrEV 3 года назад

This system is far better than most, but yes - I agree completely. It's 2021 and we shouldn't be relying on phone apps.

@tarbat 3 года назад

Do a search for “Charge” in the 500e satnav and it finds all the charging stations. Works great on my 500e. Or use the Fiat app to find a charger, and send it to the car.

@MrEV 3 года назад

I think Jon's point is that it should tell us where to charge based on the battery state of charge (like Teslas). The app is pretty good - I'll do a video about that soon. Strangely it shows the Fastned charger I went to in the app but not in the car's sat nav?

@jonwetherell5214 3 года назад

I may be using it wrong on my 500e but it will not route plan with charging stops and it does not look at state of charge or adapt to changes in my driving or even if I am in normal or range mode..@@tarbat

@tarbat 3 года назад

@@MrEV I guess the fact that the 500e is the first EV I’ve ever driven means my expectations might be lower, as I’m not comparing it to other EVs. I’d be interested in seeing what the satnav in other EVs offer.

@jonwetherell5214 3 года назад

That little Fiat is growing on you.. you’ll be sad to sell it

@MrEV 3 года назад

I will! Great little car.