My First comparison Jen 1.1 vs 1.2

[Crazymind]

Hi folks!
500 miles on my gen 1.2 and today I have seen the first real improvement over gen 1.1.
This is 100 miles on a known road 80% motorway at 68/72 steady mph in range mode and 20% B roads in normal mode. Done many times with my previous CT 4S and at least I have now seen 50 miles more range than before. Not bad so far.

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[anonymouse]

If the range guess-o-meter is the only thing you have seen improved you are not looking hard enough

The J1.2’s charging speed is significantly improved and makes range an irrelevance for any road trip where there is adequate infrastructure. The user interface is much improved around charge setup; and there is a very useful new screen that shows the maximum charge rate currently being accepted by the car. Models with push-to-pass now have a cool way to hit acceleration hard. And it has better reliability in quite a few ways, although still not perfect.

 

[f1eng]

If the range guess-o-meter is the only thing you have seen improved you are not looking hard enough

The J1.2’s charging speed is significantly improved and makes range an irrelevance for any road trip where there is adequate infrastructure. The user interface is much improved around charge setup; and there is a very useful new screen that shows the maximum charge rate currently being accepted by the car. Models with push-to-pass now have a cool way to hit acceleration hard. And it has better reliability in quite a few ways, although still not perfect.

This is interesting.
I only regularly (3 to 4 times per year) do a journey which requires me to visit a "fast" charger, rather than charge at home.
I usually plan my stops when I am going to eat and at my favourite eating places the chargers are 120kW and 50kW and yet I always have had enough charge during these stops.
On the occasion I went to a faster charger than that, near Blackburn when there for a week, the charge rate I actually got varied quite a bit from charge to charge and was only once, iirc, limited by the car.
Once I stopped on a motorway services charger because my granddaughter wanted the toilet, I plugged in since I might as well and the charge speed meant I got far more than I expected (or needed) before she re-appeared .

I am clearly not the sort of owner who would benefit from a change!

 

[anonymouse]

Yes, everyone has their own usage pattern. For me the Turbo Sport Turismo is a euro touring car — we’ve been getting 300kW+ regularly at IONITY which makes a stop of 10 minutes sufficient. Brilliant.

 

[Crazymind]

Now, that is proper speed!
Never used a charger....just at home

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