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Has the culprit been caught yet?

I imagine there to be plenty of CCTV.....especially on the bus.

Where are the builders going to come from to build all these new houses?

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Exactly right not many youngsters want to learn a trade now & they would rather work in a warm office staring at screen all day to grafting on a building site.

And I suspect those would were early adopters, but found 70-100 miles a day was either not enough, or causing battery issues due to regularly taking below 20-30%, have given up and gone back to ICE.  And then the arse has dropped out of it.

In these parts, we're mostly either London or Brum commuters.  Both of which are 75 miles each way. 7kW home chargers aren't sufficient.

Assuming you can charge for 12 hours each day (full charge) that would mean 7 hours of cheap leccy and 5 hours of standard rate electricity......currently around 28p KW hour plus VAT form Octopussy.

Anyone good at maths?

Assuming 8p per KWh off peak...
((5h * 0.28p/KWh) + (7h * 0.08p/KWh)) * 7KWh = £13.72. Plus VAT @ 5% = £14.40

So sub £15 if you can charge at home, and do less than 200 miles per trip or per day.  Works for a shopping trolley and school run mumsy bus.

And I suspect those would were early adopters, but found 70-100 miles a day was either not enough, or causing battery issues due to regularly taking below 20-30%, have given up and gone back to ICE.  And then the arse has dropped out of it.

In these parts, we're mostly either London or Brum commuters.  Both of which are 75 miles each way. 7kW home chargers aren't sufficient.

Assuming you can charge for 12 hours each day (full charge) that would mean 7 hours of cheap leccy and 5 hours of standard rate electricity......currently around 28p KW hour plus VAT form Octopussy.

Anyone good at maths?

So glad to have a proper milkman who has glass bottles.

So were we, but their random delivery days are starting to catch us out, so reckon we'll be going back to Tescos soon.

No sane person should rely 100% on an electric car alone.

They will work for some people.  People living in Milton Keynes for example.

As any Keynees here will attest to, it's far too scary to leave MK's grid, similar to Columbus sailing off the edge of the world.  Thus paying 3-5p per mile in a shitbox Chinky milkfloat is viable.  And given the nature of city driving, the torque characteristics are perfect.

So they have a place in life....    ....just not where I live!

And I suspect those would were early adopters, but found 70-100 miles a day was either not enough, or causing battery issues due to regularly taking below 20-30%, have given up and gone back to ICE.  And then the arse has dropped out of it.

In these parts, we're mostly either London or Brum commuters.  Both of which are 75 miles each way.  7kW home chargers aren't sufficient.

Saw one last week for just over £36k

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202301032922630?sort=price-asc&twcs=true&searchId=b88960a5-fe99-4065-947c-a93de42ad430&advertising-location=at_cars&fuel-type=Electric&make=Jaguar&maximum-mileage=100&postcode=S66%207LF&year-to=2024&fromsra

New Year now, customers will be wanting 2025 models so prices on old stock may drop.

Jeez, charge time to 100% is 12 hours and 36 minutes.    That’ll be handy when I pop up to the Lakes or down to Cornwall.    I’d have to book an extra day at each end of the holiday just for charging time, as the Holiday Lets that I use don’t have charging points.

This works if.

1. You have a home charger.
2. Travel less than 200 miles at any one time.
3. Never use any part of the current charging system (much of which doesn't work, and is very expensive) and pay £5 for a cup of coffee and another £3 for a sticky bun whilst waiting for the large PP9 to charge.
4. You own a proper  3 litre straight 6 petrol car, or desirable 2.8 V6 petrol car for longer or unexpected trips.


No sane person should rely 100% on an electric car alone.

I was at a company a few months ago, and they all get Teslas for company cars...

...which isn't working out for them.  They can fast charge for around 5hrs on cheap rate, and at 7KW, thats 35kWH assuming 100% efficiency.

Reality is they are getting about 100 miles range per overnight charge, less if using the motorways, which for most of them means they struggle to get into the office each day (without getting rapped on non cheap rate leccy)

May not be this (2.6 not 2.5) but easy fix if it is:

https://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=150996.msg2042122#msg2042122

Part number is 90494959 12v 30A * Gm 90 494 959 also used on Astras, Zafiras, Saabs etc..  Pre-owned available for £5 from eBay.

OP said he was getting fuel at the rail.  Plus the intermittent immobiliser light.....