Charging, range, batteries and what changes day to day.
12 guides in Motoring
The charging curve that governs everything, why arriving with a full battery is the commonest mistake, and the five other reasons a 150 kW post delivers 40 kW.
The four realistic charging patterns when a home wallbox is impossible, what a cross-pavement permission scheme is, and how the running cost changes.
What happens between arriving at a charger and driving away, why speed depends on your car as much as the charger, and the practical etiquette that keeps the queue moving.
What disappears from the service schedule, what stays, what is new, and why EV tyres wear faster and need a specific load rating.
Why a car with a huge traction battery still fails because of a small conventional one, the symptoms it produces, and what you can and cannot do about it at the roadside.
Why an EV is the opposite of a petrol car, how much difference ten miles an hour actually makes, and how to plan a long journey around it rather than being surprised by it.
Cold reduces EV range through three separate mechanisms, only one of which is the battery. What each one costs you, and the settings that recover most of it.
Deciding whether a home chargepoint makes sense, what the installer needs to know, and the practical decisions about cable, position and tariff.
The warnings the car gives before it stops, what turtle mode and reserve actually mean, why an EV usually cannot simply be towed, and how mobile charging works.
How an electric motor recovers energy, what one-pedal driving actually is, why regeneration disappears with a full or cold battery, and what it does to your brake discs.
Three connectors cover essentially every public charger in Britain, and most modern cars use two of them through a single socket. What each one is for, and which cable you actually need to own.
The charge window that suits daily use, why rapid charging is for journeys rather than habit, and what cold weather actually does to range.