EV6 has landed

[Stinsy]

Yeah, it looks very nice, what is its aero drag-factor? & what niche classification is it?

It is a SUV Coupe. BMW started it with the x6, iD5/Enyaq coupe/Q4 sportback are other BEV SUV coupes.

[Moxi]

Looks great, enjoy driving it.

Most assuredly! Very glad I made the change, I reckon the easiest way to convert most people to BEV from ICE is to give then one for a week to drive, that alone would sway a large proportion of the population.

Moxi

[Moxi]

I'm so glad you could answer Mr Gus' enquiry Stinsy I was grappling which what was being asked.

The car in the background is our trusty RAV4, the EV6 is wider and slightly longer, sitting height is about 2 inch lower (anecdotally)

I smile when I get in it now and the prospect of charging at public chargers no longer seems such a daunting task, and the nicest feeling is that I ain't leaving much pollution in my wake as I waft along the country roads, I assume that the sheep in the fields are appreciative

We will be taking it further afield at the weekend to build our confidence up.

Moxi

[Moxi]

Congratulations! A cracking looking car.

Thanks JB, we fell in love with it as soon as we saw it, maybe not to everyone's taste but to us its the dogs.........

Moxi

[marshman]

Picked Nelly up on Tuesday after bad weather delayed my collection, initially very very edgy when driving and then I decided to forget all about the screens and tech and just drive it - result - fabulous! Really chuffed, its everything I expected and so much more.

By day two I was starting to change attributes and work through menus etc and even did some type 1 charging to see how that worked.

My wife was equally edgy about driving it but again ignoring all the tech and driving it like an auto worked and she is happily taking it to drop the lads at school and collect them and the myriad of local short runs for which the BEV excels.

Happy days

Moxi

Says it all - there is no need for all the massive (and in my opinion distracting) displays, infotainment, appleplay this and googlecar that. Just adds to expense, complication and potential unreliablity (think Gus and his trials with the TM3).

Personally I hate the restricted rear 3/4 visibility and over blown footprint of virtually all modern cars. But then may be I am just a miserable old fart that just wants an everyday vehicle to do a job - i.e. move people and stuff from A to B in the most efficient way possible.
Moan over !

[Mr Gus]

I'm so glad you could answer Mr Gus' enquiry Stinsy I was grappling which what was being asked.

The car in the background is our trusty RAV4, the EV6 is wider and slightly longer, sitting height is about 2 inch lower (anecdotally)

I smile when I get in it now and the prospect of charging at public chargers no longer seems such a daunting task, and the nicest feeling is that I ain't leaving much pollution in my wake as I waft along the country roads, I assume that the sheep in the fields are appreciative

We will be taking it further afield at the weekend to build our confidence up.

Moxi

..me too, I wanted to write is it an suv hybrid, ..but "hybrid" would have likely kicked off more to-ing & fro-ing, beyond "body style / market category"
The SUV width appearance & height are what concern me as to parking & visibility (poor old cyclists) ..the brick shape doesn't seem to hurt range much on bevs, will find its aerodynamic rating listed somewhere I'm sure.

[Marcus]

Looks great, enjoy driving it.

Most assuredly! Very glad I made the change, I reckon the easiest way to convert most people to BEV from ICE is to give then one for a week to drive, that alone would sway a large proportion of the population.

Moxi

Slightly ecoing marshmans post above, but the thing that would sway a large proportion of the population would be a lightweight, basic, small, affordable car without all the unnecessary infotainment cr*p, without all the plastic padding on the inside (or outside), and without all the unnecessary extras like power steering, that weren't needed in an economy car of the '70's or '80's and, frankly, are not needed now.

[Mr Gus]

Yeah tech dominates way more than necessary, (though a heatpump is a must for a bev.
Which is why i love the early smart cars, ..got too big & bright after the 451.
Simple cheaper (no mad gang of app designers to screw the payroll further)

New screen for a low res nissan leaf 24kWh is dumb money.

[Joeboy]

Yeah tech dominates way more than necessary, (though a heatpump is a must for a bev.
Which is why i love the early smart cars, ..got too big & bright after the 451.
Simple cheaper (no mad gang of app designers to screw the payroll further)

New screen for a low res nissan leaf 24kWh is dumb money.

I replaced the screen in my old leaf. Bought a full head unit for £100 from a breaker ,swapped the screen.over and got full touchscreen capability back. Can't swap out full unit as it's coded to car but screen is a yes.

[marshman]

Slightly ecoing marshmans post above, but the thing that would sway a large proportion of the population would be a lightweight, basic, small, affordable car without all the unnecessary infotainment cr*p, without all the plastic padding on the inside (or outside), and without all the unnecessary extras like power steering, that weren't needed in an economy car of the '70's or '80's and, frankly, are not needed now.
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Spot on.

We want the VW EX10 here now please ......



Still a bit bloated size wise but to me perfectly acceptable.