Hi Spunagain,
Good to see I'm not the only member on here with one on the way!
Regarding rapid charging, use of Ecotricity's electric highway is still free for Ecotricity customers, otherwise £6 for 30 minutes. The cards are obselete now and have been replaced by a smartphone app.
Although the EV3 doesn't have 50kW DC rapid charging, looking at the connector, and MMC's quoted one hour charge time, it looks like it will have 22kW fast AC charging (three phase). This means it'll charge at 7kW off single phase, giving a home charging time of about four hours when taking down the reduced charge rate as the battery nears full capacity.
I will do most of our charging at home and just charge when out as and when required- our other car is electric and we do the same with that.
I wouldn't worry too much about long-term battery health- there's plenty of other EVs that are five years old with over 100,000 miles and companies springing up offering reconditioning of Li-Ion cells in everything from cars to power tools. Wear will be accelerated by long periods sitting completely full or empty, so if putting away for the winter, leave it about half full.
Last edited by OneWheelDrive; 13/11/16 11:27 AM.
