Recent content by Rooksdown

Not sure this has been suggested elsewhere. Imagine you are at some red traffic lights, they go green. Conventionally you apply the accelerator, the electric motors ramp up torque and after a second or so the engine will start to help shove the car down the road....all a bit slow. Here's a...

I really like the idea of being able to use the car to provide mobile or emergency power as it can in Japan. However the CHAdeMO interface seems to use a very proprietary communications protocol to enable connection to and manage the PHEV drive battery. I guess direct connection to the drive...

If you have a 16A charger installed, a 16A in circuit immersion heater timer could do the trick see http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lowenergie-Digital-Water-Immersion-Heater-Timer-7-day-programmable-16A-switch-/330868293197. Of course get a sparky to install, and check that your charging point re...

Strangely enough I have found the Toyo tyres pretty sure footed driving through standing water at motorway speeds. It's a reasonably heavy vehicle and the tyres are not overly wide which is a good combination. So I think the Toyos are OK as long as ( like any tyre ) they're not too worn. Where I...

Hi all A perfect scenario has to be sucking energy from the sky and squirting it into your PHEV. However if you have a domestic PV FiT system installed, and find plugging the PHEV into the 16A home charging point requires importing some additional power from the grid, try using the 13A charger...

Hi all I did a bit of research on which winter tyres to fit to the Phev in the UK. There are quite a lot of choices. As the the Phev isn't a tyre munching fire breathing tubocharged 500hp V8 4x4, I ended up selecting a lesser known tyre brand (at least in the UK). So I have bought 4 x...

Hi Amsey However you drive and in whichever mode you feel like driving, my top tip is always make sure you have a few miles battery left, either by save or charge modes. The reason being without any reserve of electric power it becomes a slow heavy car, and if you need to quickly pull out of a...

Hi Tabvla Just one interesting quirk is that the 12V supply also runs the heated windows. So turning the heated windows on and off will often cause the engine to start stop too. Tks Paul

Actually so far so good we have all been very pleased with the 3h (with leather) and thought it would be useful to share some initial thoughts and insight. Living with it is very simple as is the driving. It’s far from a conventional car, and that is a good thing too. Charging is easy we...

Hi there Congratulations on taking the plunge. I have had a gx3h for a month now and so far its been very good. I actually ordered black leather as an option, which I like. I really wasn't too fussed about not having the multi function telly, in fact I like fact the 3h cabin is quite...

Hello all I live in the UK, I have a month old PHEV and so far very good. I consider myself to be a competent driver on ice and snow. Unfortunately (and however good I think I am), I haven't managed to change the laws of physics, very simply winter tyres offer more grip traction and control...