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Great video actually the new MG ZS ev MY2021 and beyond take 3 phase 11kwh AC charging my model 2022 is a dream almost always at 9.50kwh even at higher state of charge it is really quick I try to lower on my charger instead and charge Lower speed due to load level on my sockets as I have old house 1969 with old wires I believe my DC charge is at 90kWh now also improved from the first gen.

I have been using the Otto Cast U2 Air Pro for a few days on my EV6 and it connected up very quickly (you need to establish a Bluetooth connection to the unit) and it does everything else very seamlessly. Got it on Amazon during Prime Day for $84 but it’s regularly that price from what I can tell outside Prime Day. This unit just does the regular Car Play / Android Auto functions (no Netflix etc) but it connects VERY quickly. Otto Cast do have several units including a video streaming one, but as a driver I wasn’t interested in those. From what I can see it works so well you forget it’s there. 👍

Hi mate I’m running a Zappi smart charger it’ can come tethered with a 7 kWh type two plug I’m charging an Atto and a old leaf I got a type 1 to type 2 adapter for the leaf which works fine 😁👍

36c/kwh! Holy shit! Tasmania peak is 33c and off peak is 16c. Off peak is 9pm-7am, then 10am till 4pm. Charge from 9pm till 7am and during the day from 10-4 + solar.

holden volt? my chevy volt here uses type 1 here in the us. guessing the few holden volts in australia still used type 1's? i put solar panels on my volt and expanded the battery on the 12v side by an extra 4kwh, and installed a small micro inverter so i can plug my house into my car and park it outside once its done charging. getting about 1.3kwh/day discount on my power bill and the mods make my 32mile 2013 phev last for around 45-55miles instead. any long trips are gas which is still cheaper and way faster than super charging. also not good for the bats. i made a post on the gm volt forums under gen1->modifications section

Anyway, someone could take this info and try and gleem it's education for us, who live in the United Sates? as someone new to the EV car charging marketplace, one thing that I wonder about is, are the charging networks charging the same exact rate in all 50 States, or can it vary from state to state? it seems unfair to me, to think for example That Tesla or Charge Point, etc..charge the same rate for EV charging in New Mexico or SouthDakota, or other far less urban population centers in those states, as opposed to heavy densely populated states like New York or California ?

It's simple don't buy the EV puss

I have a Polestar and drive around 500kms a week. I would recommend installing a wallbox 11kw charger. I charge overnight at 8cents per kWh. Including the 10% , I assume 20kWh per 100kms. That's what a $1.60 per 100kms. Anyone who wants to keep their gas guzzler MUST have rocks in their head.

0c/kWh from.11am to 2pm using OVOenergy. 8c/kWh from midnight to 6am.

also worth mentioning that with an extension cable (or any cable in use for high wattage usage), not to have it coiled up, make an S back and forth or a figure 8. It creates an induction coil when coiled, I have done that with a 2000w light and after 40min it popped a fuse and the cable was super hot. Also it's good you talked about constant load. In the usa their nema 14-50 plugs are melting because they are the regular ones and not the high quality ones, they are used for dryers but people are plugging in evs. They are learning that the electrical code is not rating things for constant loads and only intermittent loads

I have 6.4kW of solar, and generate an average of 32kWh per day (in Melbourne). I also have a 13.5 kWh Tesla PowerWall2 battery, which is generally enough to run the house all night. Any power over and above what we need to fill the battery during the day goes straight into our Tesla Model 3. So we get free power for the house basically all day and night, and free driving for around 400km. It is a win win situation. If you have a house, add solar like the other 3.6 million homes that already have it. You won't regret it.

Greg, in Adelaide I have a charging station just 400 m from my house and it's by a company called Jolt who offer 7kw of free charging everyday. I usually charge my MG ZS EV up to 10kw at a time and this only cost me $1.50. Have a 10kw and a 20kw charger at home but with the 7kw of free energy daily it pays for me to use the Jolt network. I do not know if Jolt operate in Queensland.

I would check your advice re Mitsu Outlander plug types now. I think they are now type 2.

You probably already know this but the 10 amp charger is not a charger. The charger is on board the vehicle. What you are holding is an interface between the power outlet and the the vehicle on board charger.

I have no solar panels but use the Origin energy EV powerup app . Costs me 0.08 cents per KWH to charge .

Great video! We have an Atto 3 and only charge using the 10amp EVSE that came with the car. So easy and more than covers my commute of 50km 100km a day. Only charge once or twice a week overnight. No interest in getting a faster charger. We just use DC fast chargers on longer road trips. We’ll never go back to ICE 😊

Good video Greg. It would have been good to mention the cheaper EV electricity plans for electricity used to charge an EV during off-peak hours. Multiple electricity retailers now offer these EV plans. Most of these plans charge 8 cents/kWh, but at least one charges 4 cents/kWh, and Ovo even provide free electricity from 11 am until 2 pm. I'm with Origin and I pay 8 cents/kWh - so a full charge would cost me around $4.80, which equals ~$1.06 in electricity to drive 100 kms. I charge during the day when there is the highest amount of renewable energy (solar) in the grid.

Good video for the Newbies. Extension leads are an excellent topic. Like yourself I use a 15A rated lead with the 1.5mm copper. Works well with the Tesla 10A "tail". Limited to 10m like you suggested. It's worth testing the temp at the socket to make sure resistance isn't getting out of control. Slightly warm to touch is usually OK. With the Tesla EVSE, the included 10A and 15A adapters have temp sensors in them so you do lose a little overtemp backup with an extension lead as the EVSE can't detect the temp at the 10A outlet. It does look either the EVSE or car's charger will drop the current if voltage drop is high.

Thanks Greg. I would just like to add that anyone with a Tesla can get a special rate with Origin Energy of 8c/kW for charging an EV (Currently only works for Tesla, but hopefully more in future). You just have to link your Tesla account to Origin App and Origin can decide when to charge overnight or throughout the day at the special 8c rate. I can charge my Model Y 60kWh for less than $5.

Cheers Greg, thanks for taking the time to make these videos.

@17:00 "plus 40" just means positive 40, not more than 40

Great job on doing this sort of work Greg! Never enough of pointing out the threats our vulnerable eco system is facing every day. I work in the nursery industry and we pay a lot of attention on plant and soil material being moved around the country. Luckily down here in VIC we still haven’t had any of these popping up, but unfortunately I think it’s not going to take much longer for them to spread down here. Keep up the good work 🏆

I ended up with a Mach-e Select (LFP 470k) such a beautiful and well-thought out EV; with recent price drops was still $10k more than the MY RWD, but then was every bit $10k more worth and refinement. Saying goodby to my ZS EV Essence (LFP 320k) has been flawless, but the Mach-e is a whole other ballgame. I will say that I’d never to back to NMC chemistry after having owned both over the years & am still surprised that most of these expensive EVs in AU only use NMC (looking at you BMW, Audi, Volvo, Renault etc etc). Seriously, how can a certain WLTP range be cited when the car can only be charged to 80% most of the time? Then there’s the charging faffing about, 100% every six weeks or so, battery balancing, certainly more range loss in winter, apparently greater degradation over time, etc. With the change up to my ZS EV SR LFP, literally all of that went away, charge to 100% as I liked. Only BYD seems to have committed to LFP-only across the range, but then with the possible exception of the Seal, I find most of those cars a little cheap & nasty (especially interiors) along with the implementation of sw features & often botched OTA updates. No doubt in the near future much of this will seem very dated once we see new alternatives to battery chemistry & most likely from Chinese companies like CATL & BYD (eg Sodium, enhanced LFP, Solid State etc). Back to the Mach-e, I found it a no-brainer. Got into it for $45k with trade, accessories, protection etc. Also shows a level of refinement put into it in the five US years before released in AU, another update coming in the 25 Model with a new electric motor from the f150 Lightning along with other refinements, models and ongoing OTAs that actually work (looking at you BYD & Volvo) as well as the FordPAss app. Yes, much of that ecosystem may be borrowed from Tesla, but the car itself is far beyond that. Also pleasantly surprised just how good and how well developed the Ford network is in AU - and especially in comparison to others like Tesla & BYD. Another no-brainer again I guess.

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Hi there. Nice, but those Mud Flap screws are rusted! Please use better screws or the proper plastic flap clips. Good day!

No idea if 5G is a contributing factor here, but I can tell you that shopping centre has both Optus and Vodafone 5G via what is known as a distributed antenna system (DAS), therefore it is quite possible that an antenna was located close to your vehicle, usually mounted to the ceiling but they are very low tx power - probably not the 'powerful' signals you refer to.

Would a 3 phase setup allow 2 EVSE on each side of a double garage to have 7KW/h on each? Else if single phase a both in use 3.5Kw/h?

$2k-$3k+ a day to connect a few wires - holy moly 😲... My mom told me to become a sparkie - why didn't I listen to her? 😜

Your information around the BYD seal sedan EOFY sale is incorrect. MY23 relates to when the current model went on sale in Australia, and the current cycle of the vehicle, not when the vehicle was manufactured. My seal sedan is an MY23 but manufactured in January 2024. The MY23 will remain until the current vehicle receives an update or refresh depending on what year this happens. All Seal sedans on sale are manufactured in 2024.

Thanks so much for all of your research. I wasn’t even aware of some of these brands. I might need to sell my ICE car for an EV sooner than I thought…

zero discounts or any kind of EOFY incentives on any Volvo EV, eh?

Efficiency varies so much battery size is not a very useful way to compare. Much better to use range.

Not very relevant for me, however I comment to support your channel. Cheers!

The base model Ora is very good value for $36K. It has lots of features and is very well made and is a real fashion statement. The boot is small though.

The MG Essence sounds very good value. I find the lack of a rear cross traffic alert and braking a big deal breaker for the lower model.

If your 10 amp charger was mounted in the front of your car then you can plug straight into any wall plug in front of your car and trickle charge 23hrs every day. Most vehicles are parked 23hrs every day. Say 500mm of plug lead available only. Then if you forget to unplug as you back out of your park space the plug would just be pulled straight out. Ezi pezi 😊😊 A $60 installed wall plug.

in some cases a simple reboot can cure the symptoms. After all. It is a computer and computer sometimes have a dummy spit/communication problem.

The government have huge departments to prevent the influx of these and other invading pests. They are not fit for purpose.

I live on the Island of Guam and our fire ants came from Australia, most experts agree. So thanks for nothing.

The hvac tends to default to recirculating air. Changing to fresh air helps the fogging. It will swap back though.

Molten aluminium turns them into funky sculptures.

The chargers and the connection to the grid shouldn't cost $150,000. Everyone involved are being ripped off.

Just add it to the all ready long list of things that can attack you in Australia. Thanks for sharing.

I have Facelift for 1 yr now and over the last month the clicking sound has started and has got worse over the last month. I've only done 5k miles but I will definitely speak to my supplying dealer before it gets any worse.

The price of it ? Jesus Christ .

Hi Greg how are you yeah this is real distressing and a lot of people don't realise the cause and damage.. at Oxenford numerous parks are infected from Studio Village the front of Movie World and further north,and Carrara Lakelands it needs to be a more refined program verification and eradication out the front of Movie World they Parked cars for the boat show on fields with I counted 8-9 nesting sites and mowed around. they were treated but. I saw one that was still alive numerous cars parked all over the grassland.. now they just spread further ..I reported some at Oxenford.before xmas later they showed up2 days latter.. after the rain the nest was gone the nests have multiple queens.. I feel sorry for the person's dog that will die from a multiple bites stings..i heard a mates friend had anaphylactic shock at emergency, from multiple stings.. I tested the sting on my thumb..yea 9 to 10 ,,out 10 on pain , like a stronger green ant pus a wasp combined..and leaves a welt for 2-4 days.the reporting hotline is clunky..and as if the oldies are going to log it in.. 26:19

What can the public use to put on the nest to kill the ants?

Hi Greg, thanks for highlighting this, I fear it may be too late, if you can easily find many nests, there's probably many, many more undetected ! 😪😮

Wow , horrible and sadly a lack of action.