May 1, 2022 | Electric Car, Kona
A trip from Torbay to Devon to see family – the route planned is A38 from Torbay, A303 onto the M3, then M25 around to Dagenham which is estimated to be circa 240 miles each way.Prior to leaving home the digital display on the Hyundai Hona showed 314-mile range...
Mar 1, 2021 | Electric Car, Savings, VW eGolf
So, it’s been a whole year owning and driving an electric vehicle and here are some stats for you. In the year (pre-COVID-19) I travelled circa 12,000 miles in the year with my previous BMW X3 with a consumption of 37MPG my fuel usage was 1,474 Litres and at a cost of...
Feb 24, 2021 | Electric Car, Savings, VW eGolf
So. I hope this is a little myth breaker for you. No, you will not freeze and die in an Electric Car – you may run out of electricity, but hey, you could also run out of fuel!. I commute a lot to Dartmouth and the one thing I always hated, was getting cold on...
Jan 22, 2021 | Electric Car, Savings, Solar
So… some number crunching of costs for the last 12 months in relation to our EV cars and Solar setup. It’s a bit difficult to fully comprehend by just a few notes here, and to give exact savings figures, but here are the stats from the year of 2 x EV motoring, and our...
May 1, 2020 | Electric Car, Savings, VW eGolf
Back in early 2020 when the world was upside down with the Pandemic, we were in a unique situation where there was more energy on the grid than was needed. Due to being on a variable tariff known as ‘Agile’ at the time from Octopus Energy, there were times...
