3 Months of Owning and Running the Jaguar I-Pace HSE

Headlines:

• 5877 Miles Driven

• 2.5 MWh used

• Total cost of energy used £444

• £0.076 per mile

• 1.1 MWh charged away from home

• 44 charging events away from home

• 423 Wh/Mile

Faults and Failures

Major:

• None

Minor:

1. FIXED - Minor software bug not saving the creep mode

2. FIXED - Some other settings not being remembered as profile

3. 17 miles missing from journey log

4. Outstanding - CCS Charger connection not working on EcoTricity chargers (this is a known issue and one that lies with the pump manufacturer, not the car)

5. RESOLVED - The free 500Mb data allowance for Jaguar InControl isn’t enough. 4 hrs driving in one day used 50Mb purely for Traffic and navigation.

6. FIXED - Cannot remove SIM card from slot. New part fixed under warranty

7. Unresolved - Creaking from brake pedal - Informed that TADTS!

Notes

To sum up the last three months in one word 'Stunning'. The I-Pace is much more than an EV. It's a Jaguar. The DNA of the brand is felt throughout the vehicle and then it is is combined with a stunning implementation of the Electric Drivetrain. In addition, to be supported by a Dealer Network that has gone out of their way to support the I-Pace driver and also to ensure that the highest standards of customer service are achieved. Even when, at times when the customer makes requests that are not even common knowledge. For example, being connected to the I-Pace community meant I was aware of the H264 update (recently installed) that improves the efficiency of the I-Pace by up to 8%, BEFORE the dealership. However they looked it up for me and installed without question on my next visit. The benefits of which will hopefully show in the next Blog update.

Sure, there are niggles but they are more than made up for by the positives.

The EV experience, which can be challenging at times with our current infrastructure, is offset by having a vehicle that just performs.

Over the last 3 months I have seen the infrastructure improve, measurably, with new, high quality chargers coming on line on an almost daily basis. It does however, further demonstrate the ridiculous gap in technology, price and reliability between the likes of InstaVolt, Engenie and BP Chargemaster to Ecotricity. It saddens me that most people see a barrier to their EV adoption is around the lack of infrastructure and most people see that through the lens of the Motorway Services and the Ecotricity network.

Thankfully we've recently has some good news on that front with the announcement that Extra Services will partner with Ionity to install their high-powered chargers at 8 sites over the next few months. Hopefully this will spark a revolution in the Motorway Network that is long overdue. Climbing down from the soapbox now.

To give some context to the headlines above:

The 2.5 MWh used equates to 277% of the household use for 2018 (3.6MWh for the year)

The cost per mile of 7.6 pence compares to 23 pence for our previous vehicle, An Audi RSQ3 and 15 pence for our other vehicle, A Mazda CX-3 1.5 Diesel.

Overall consumption has increased over the 3 months. This is likely the seasonal effect of colder conditions and more rain, combined with using the pre-conditioning feature to the max. Only time will tell.

Next month sees us take the I-Pace to France for a Christmas holiday. Looking forward to updating the readers on how easy/hard this journey is.