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Have a look for yourself, £30k off list seems to be normal:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-search ... r-from=new

Maybe an attempt to get over the line on EV sales to avoid the penalties.
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/busi ... -wait-list

Interesting. We are thinking of trading in our I-PACE to get one with a higher spec and have been offered an amazing deal on a fully loaded car (Sport specification) if we take Jaguar's finance.

Jag is about to end serial production of every vehicle it makes whilst it goes in to a sort of semi-enforced Hiatus before it launches its new range of full BEVs. I had thought they'd already stopped making the iPace

Those discounts sorta make the vehicle viable/competitive now, don't they?

What's the charging rate, is it still low, given the huge battery and poor efficiency, so potentially longer waits if travelling long distance, and expensive rapid charger bills. But for those that don't need that role, pretty good VFM?

I think the iPace has a peak charge rate of 100kW. 90kWh battery with about 82kWh useable.

dan_b wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 1:47 pm I think the iPace has a peak charge rate of 100kW. 90kWh battery with about 82kWh useable.

Whish is plenty for anyone! I've been saying for a long time, to anyone who'll listen, that the ideal EV needs the following:

• 50kWh of usable capacity.

• 4mi/kWh on the motorway in winter.

• 100kW rapid charging.

This means that you can drive 200 miles, then add another 100 miles of range in the 15mins it takes to have a pee and buy a coffee.

I can be convinced that there are rare cases, eg service engineers who drive 300miles a day 5-days a week, who need the above but with 75kWh of usible battery. However, for the most part, talk of super-fast charging or massive batteries is a distraction.

Unfortunately the iPace is nowhere near that level of efficiency and as a result spends a lot longer recharging than its rivals in the quite competitive executive luxobarge company car EV market.

dan_b wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 1:47 pm I think the iPace has a peak charge rate of 100kW. 90kWh battery with about 82kWh useable.

Wow, 100kW. That would be fine for most BEV's, but for the IPace, with huge batt, and low efficiency, that could mean an hour of charging for every 200 miles of driving in the winter.

Fine for Tesla drivers with relatively cheap rapid charging, but at what ..... ~£80 for 200 miles, that's gonna hurt.

But still, if long trips are rare, still a lot of car for your money if you can charge on cheap rate.

dan_b wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 1:47 pm I think the iPace has a peak charge rate of 100kW. 90kWh battery with about 82kWh useable.

I-PACE will pull more than 100kW in the right conditions. I've seen 118kW; not a lot more, but a useful 20% extra.