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Just had a good look on the website link, looks really nice.

I might have missed it, is there any indication of U.K. pricing yet?

 

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I wonder how the RWD option performs in snow. Conventional wisdom is that 4x4 is required for good snow handling, but my experience of a FWD Nissan Leaf is that it handles OK in snow, and I put this down to the weight of the batteries. There is only a £3,500 price increase for AWD over RWD so that makes it tempting (but one has to offset the range reduction).

Tyres are the biggest factor in driving on snow. Weight might help with traction/grip, but it’s a double edged sword, you’re carrying more momentum if grip does let go.

AWD will also get you better traction, but braking will be as terrible on snow as any other car.

My own RWD ID.3 was pretty poor on snow over the winter on the factory tyres, but a pair of snow socks had it almost unstoppable.

Winter or all season tyres are what I use, and the latter are what I’ll fit when I’ve worn out the factory tyres that came on the car.

 

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OTA updates?

I wouldn’t get too excited about OTA updates a’la Tesla, at least not for the near future.

It’s really not clear if OTA updates outside of navigation and infotainment stuff is strictly legal under homologation and CoC rules.

Changing anything that alters the original specification strictly speaking requires the manufacturer to obtain a new type approval/CoC. Not impossible, but it’s the reason why manufacturers aren’t falling over themselves to implement it wholesale at the moment.