[John RB]

We really like our Zoe - but our driving is nearly all pootling around town. Be warned, our 20 plate 52kWh gives only about 160 miles when temps are low like now.

Renault should be sued for calling the charger 50kW. The most I have ever seen is 42kW and most often it seems to be around the mid 30s. I see a time when Zoe are put to the back of the queue begind all the newer 150kW capable vehicles

 

[John RB]

The problem with CHAdeMO vehicles is that they are being left behind in the "speed of Charge" stakes - for example most LEAF's charge at 45Kw's max. While CCS vehicles charge much quicker where 100Kw's is the average normal.

When long queues form at chargers, service providers will not want to see CHAdeMo vehicles hogging the chargers for twice the time that CCS vehicle take as it will hit their revenue and pee off those waiting in the queue to use the CCS.

By stealth they will quietly disable the CHAdeMO heads to deter CHAdeMO users.

I have already seen this on a couple of charge Genie's in my local area.

The Zoe is CCS and yet incredibly slow to charge on a rapid