You plan to change?

almost none

tayar rotation only.

Yes, and wiper fluid top up right?

i think if anyone followed the ev group on fb

theres some queues now for chargers, how do you guys who stay condo (that doesnt have chargers) charge at? because outside seems like more expensive too. a handful of us that try to change doesnt have range anxiety cuz mostly for city drive only but the charger is the main problem as many are adopting to EV

i hardly heard if there's queue in chargers even during the recent raya haji holiday .

for condos, jmb must approach evc / chargesini or others cpo to install chargers in their condo (usually is free installation for now , but with profit sharing scheme)

im actually staying in condo too and my condo have chargers since VP .

before u enter ev car , make sure u have home charge OR office charge (either one will do) , if u dont have both of them , dont buy ev first .

Is there a rule or guide that says how often you should charge to keep the battery healthy?

I'm staying condo as well, currently not sure if management allow own charger. But i do know my office building basement carpark got charger. Also I'm mostly wfh, only go office like less than 5 times per month so mostly drive during weekends only

not a direct user, but family & relatives are - and the #1 issue is the battery stamina? strength? idk what to call it.. probably durability/performance? (fyi, cars are from both BMW and BYD).

Just like our cell/hand/smartphone, after a while, the battery cannot hold 100% charge capacity.
The longer you use, the shorter/smaller the capacity becomes.

E.g: Your new phone fully charge can tahan 48Hrs, after 1year, a full charge probably lasts less than 24Hrs. Same thing applies to the EV cars, 1 full charge say supposedly 500KM, but now only gives sub-450KM per full charge. <- example only, don't ask me the nitty gritty (for now)

That's more like the disparity between rated/estimated range and real world range rather than the battery itself. Just like your phone anology, they usually advertise up to XX days or hours of battery life, but your real world usage will affect the real battery life greatly

Your 2nd statement regarding battery wear is true and its a thing on EV, but EV batteries wear out much slower than phone batteries. Again also depending how you take care of it

This post has been edited by ZeneticX: Jun 18 2024, 05:20 PM

even if the condo offer ev charger in public area, the rate won't be cheap too.

My condo here got charger.
RM 1/kwh
22kw and 11kw

Is this cheap?

Decent.

Not expensive not cheap.

Generally simple rule of thumb,

2kwh = 1 litre of petrol…

The distance this 2 covered almost similar

Means you charge rate for electric car similar to IcE car refueling ron95 at rm2.05 per litre right now…

Thanks for clarification.

This would be based on the estimate of 1 kwh = 5-6km?

Yup.

Generally those reviewing EV expert put benchmark 15kwh covered 100km range.

If the ev able to achieve 100km using less than 15kwh, is considered an efficient ev for them.

So around 6.66km per kwh distance covered on average.

Wah fak means those who stay and use TNB to charge, generally paying around RM 1 - RM 1.50 per litre.
No wonder so many advocate install solar.

Cheap

If you based on lowest residential rate, its sub RM50 per “fulltank”

RON95 is not going to stay low for long. RON95 might go up until even use super fast charger also considered cheap.

This is the biggest issue that my OCD cannot get past, concerning EVs.

My ICE can hold a full tank of petrol, sit in my garage and when I fire it up, still take me the max a full tank of gas will take me.

An EV’s battery continues to discharge and cycles, and a full charge may hold only 80% after 3 months of sitting pretty in the garage.

I have 4 cars - 2 in Sydney, 2 in Singapore. At any one time, 3 of my cars will be garaged like queens… and if they were EVs, their batteries will start to wear down without me using them.

Sigh.

shite, somehow i missed this valuable reply.

No I do not own an EV yet, my solar panel (10.89 kWh) will be installed next month.
Currently studying how to connect an EV charger direct to solar - came across those that has this option, e.g. only solar or both & other configs.

So the idea is, I want to make sure I can take full advantage of this setup.

From my reading, 10 kWh is sufficient for home use & EV as well. EV takes about 2.5 kWh.

Excellent idea to source form EV owners selling theirs - which FB Group is this?

Thanks!!!

for those who can, you still have lot's of options.
for mere mortals like me, gas prices and electric tariff potential hikes already good enough reason to bite the anxieties (e.g. range ).

Will go solar & electric and put my bet on TENAGA shares