Nice little video, thank you for your interesting and entertaining videos in 2024, wishing you both a very Happy Christmas and looking forward to more videos in 2025 and the growth of your channel.
I was exhausted listening after about 2 minutes 😄. Out of interest, do you make a big deal out of charging all of the time, or is it just for dramatic effect?
These services are often very busy ( the car park), because only services on M11 and just by Stansted airport. I charge there ( non Tesla) on my way to London from Norfolk, and although I have never had to queue, the chargers ( both Tesla and Applegreen) are often pretty busy ie only 1 or 2 available. ( There are also some old Gridserve chargers in the car park). The entrance and exit back to the main road is nearly always a problem ( especially the exit), be good to have some redesign to allow better exit and a car park extension.
Thanks! I don't think we'd go here in future, we can get to Kent without charging if going to my parents and then slow charge, if going on to the channel tunnel we could stop at Thurrock or Dartford superchargers. There's now also Cambridge Tesla Service centre on the way back. It's amazing how many more options there are now than 12 months ago when we got the car...
You should try that place on a bank holiday. A few years ago I had a wife and 2 kids wanting the toilets. Started queuing from the roundabout. No parking spaces. Had to drop them off, do a lap round and pick them up next time round. Good thing I didn't want to go.
We were really surprised how busy it was... To be honest when we had an ICE car we tended to avoid busy motorway service stations and find supermarkets close to motorway junctions, so maybe we'll be back to doing that once more supermarkets have charging hubs!
The video is interesting, but if you were driving an ICE car then would this video be made at all ? I guess there would be no questions and no drama? When I drove a similar journey in my petrol car, I just drove there, filled up with petrol in 3 mins and came home. It was raining, but I never that it made a difference really.
True.....we do the videos to try and show new ev drivers what to expect when you charge: how to use the charger, how long it might take and what facilities are available which is a little more important as you are spending more time 'filling up'. We hope to try and dispel some of the FUD out there and it's quite good fun for us (that probably says a lot about us 😂) thanks for being here and all the best for Christmas and New Year 😊
yes, it is just the norm in my 650 mile Mercedes E Class diesel as well. Can travel the whole of the NC 500 after filling up at Tesco Dingwall with it's 650 mile range. All done at 15 p per mile. It is a none event really, with no stress, charger planning etc.etc.etc. ? I was also an early adopter nearly 9 years ago. After only 40 k miles covered over that time, my small battery admittedly, has degraded by 42% ( not FUD ). Never again. My Mercedes is 17 years old, without any range loss.
@@stevezodiac491 Yes there is certainly a way to go before charging infrastructure is ubiquitous everywhere, NC500 would be more challenging in an EV than driving around other parts of the UK. Thankfully battery technology has moved on apace and modern cars suffer from very little degradation. Ours came with a 100k mile, 8 year warranty to 70% of original capacity, but it's an LFP battery which is more durable and apparently expected to last 15 years down to 85% of original capacity. I guess we shall see...
At least your opinion is open. It is unusual to hear from a newer EV owner, who is open to possible severe degradation ever happening, instead of saying it can never happen. My EV came with an 8 year guarantee. The words at N - - - - - - discretion were written into the guarantee and that they would return the vehicle back up to 9 battery bars before 8 years or 100'000 miles. So when mine had 8 battery bars just before the 8 years, I would have to spend money for a battery check, have had it checked and serviced throughout and even then, only if they decided, to get one battery bar back, not a new battery. It now has 7 out of 12 bars left after only 40+ 000 miles. I bought a MGB roadster in chartreusse in the early part of it's life, after it was manufactured in 1977. Reg No. RVN564R. I sold it decades ago but if you look on tax checker it is still on the road 47 years after manufacture. I now own a 20 year old MX5 and a 17 year old Mercedes, both in perfect working condition. EV's of any make will not be as long lived, I am sure, even with improved battery management and chemistry. My Ecoflow Delta 2 power station is LFP. It is guaranteed for 10 years. I still have the EV or rather the wife uses it as a local runabout, with it's now 60 mile range.
It does have 16 Applegreen Electric chargers though. So all the Teslas will use the Tesla SC's, anyone with another make can use the Applegreens. So it is still very well provisioned regardless of what car you have, if you can get into the car park!
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Nice little video, thank you for your interesting and entertaining videos in 2024, wishing you both a very Happy Christmas and looking forward to more videos in 2025 and the growth of your channel.
Thank you Andrew - for being here and for interacting with us we are grateful 😊 wishing you a very Happy Christmas and all the best for 2025!
@@ComeChargeWithUs-e8x Don't charge in a garage or near other cars merry christmas
I was exhausted listening after about 2 minutes 😄. Out of interest, do you make a big deal out of charging all of the time, or is it just for dramatic effect?
These services are often very busy ( the car park), because only services on M11 and just by Stansted airport. I charge there ( non Tesla) on my way to London from Norfolk, and although I have never had to queue, the chargers ( both Tesla and Applegreen) are often pretty busy ie only 1 or 2 available. ( There are also some old Gridserve chargers in the car park). The entrance and exit back to the main road is nearly always a problem ( especially the exit), be good to have some redesign to allow better exit and a car park extension.
Thanks! I don't think we'd go here in future, we can get to Kent without charging if going to my parents and then slow charge, if going on to the channel tunnel we could stop at Thurrock or Dartford superchargers. There's now also Cambridge Tesla Service centre on the way back. It's amazing how many more options there are now than 12 months ago when we got the car...
You should try that place on a bank holiday. A few years ago I had a wife and 2 kids wanting the toilets. Started queuing from the roundabout. No parking spaces. Had to drop them off, do a lap round and pick them up next time round. Good thing I didn't want to go.
We were really surprised how busy it was... To be honest when we had an ICE car we tended to avoid busy motorway service stations and find supermarkets close to motorway junctions, so maybe we'll be back to doing that once more supermarkets have charging hubs!
Not the best road planning at those services, but having a Pret is a bonus point.
The video is interesting, but if you were driving an ICE car then would this video be made at all ? I guess there would be no questions and no drama? When I drove a similar journey in my petrol car, I just drove there, filled up with petrol in 3 mins and came home. It was raining, but I never that it made a difference really.
True.....we do the videos to try and show new ev drivers what to expect when you charge: how to use the charger, how long it might take and what facilities are available which is a little more important as you are spending more time 'filling up'. We hope to try and dispel some of the FUD out there and it's quite good fun for us (that probably says a lot about us 😂) thanks for being here and all the best for Christmas and New Year 😊
yes, it is just the norm in my 650 mile Mercedes E Class diesel as well. Can travel the whole of the NC 500 after filling up at Tesco Dingwall with it's 650 mile range. All done at 15 p per mile. It is a none event really, with no stress, charger planning etc.etc.etc. ? I was also an early adopter nearly 9 years ago. After only 40 k miles covered over that time, my small battery admittedly, has degraded by 42% ( not FUD ).
Never again. My Mercedes is 17 years old, without any range loss.
@@stevezodiac491 Yes there is certainly a way to go before charging infrastructure is ubiquitous everywhere, NC500 would be more challenging in an EV than driving around other parts of the UK. Thankfully battery technology has moved on apace and modern cars suffer from very little degradation. Ours came with a 100k mile, 8 year warranty to 70% of original capacity, but it's an LFP battery which is more durable and apparently expected to last 15 years down to 85% of original capacity. I guess we shall see...
At least your opinion is open. It is unusual to hear from a newer EV owner, who is open to possible severe degradation ever happening, instead of saying it can never happen. My EV came with an 8 year guarantee. The words at N - - - - - - discretion were written into the guarantee and that they would return the vehicle back up to 9 battery bars before 8 years or 100'000 miles. So when mine had 8 battery bars just before the 8 years, I would have to spend money for a battery check, have had it checked and serviced throughout and even then, only if they decided, to get one battery bar back, not a new battery. It now has 7 out of 12 bars left after only 40+ 000 miles. I bought a MGB roadster in chartreusse in the early part of it's life, after it was manufactured in 1977. Reg No. RVN564R. I sold it decades ago but if you look on tax checker it is still on the road 47 years after manufacture. I now own a 20 year old MX5 and a 17 year old Mercedes, both in perfect working condition. EV's of any make will not be as long lived, I am sure, even with improved battery management and chemistry. My Ecoflow Delta 2 power station is LFP. It is guaranteed for 10 years. I still have the EV or rather the wife uses it as a local runabout, with it's now 60 mile range.
Unfortunately we don’t have a Tesla, else Birchanger would be great for us.
It does have 16 Applegreen Electric chargers though. So all the Teslas will use the Tesla SC's, anyone with another make can use the Applegreens. So it is still very well provisioned regardless of what car you have, if you can get into the car park!
Tesla sales in Europe have dropped 40% since last year.
Thanks for the non sequitur.
A1 M11 M25 M2 or M20
Swearing? For me personally no, I never swear.
@@Yorkshireasaurus we will moderate in future 😊