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14863 Miles Driven
6.3 MWh used
Total cost of energy used £1024
£0.069 per mile
3.5 MWh charged away from home
109 charging events away from home
425 Wh/Mile
Faults and Failures
Major:
· None
Minor:
FIXED - Minor software bug not saving the creep mode
FIXED - Some other settings not being remembered as profile
17 and 142 miles missing from journey log
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)
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.
FIXED - Cannot remove SIM card from the slot. New part fixed under warranty
Unresolved - Creaking from brake pedal - Informed that TADTS!
Unrealistic 'State of Charge at Destination' figures in Sat Nav – Still an issue, despite updates
Notes
At this stage of my blog, I was expecting to have covered more than 22,000 miles, have had the first service and really tested the long-distance driving measures of the I-Pace. In fact, for the first 6 months, that was going to plan. Then Lockdown happened. I was lucky enough to be able to work from home and so for many months, the car got very little use. This graph shows the impact of the miles driven from March to July with August only starting to pick up thanks to our first trips to see family and friends with one business trip. The blue line is the projected miles at purchase. With so few miles covered in the last 6 months, the 12-month review is essentially no different to the round-up at 6 months.
The only extra information of note is around the variable efficiency of weather and temperature. This graph shows the efficiency of each journey covered with the trendline covering the rolling 25 journey average. The resulting green line, therefore, removes the effect on the average of short journeys and concentrates more on the longer-term impacts like the seasonal change. There is a clear trend of increasing energy use from getting the car at the start of September 2019 with a hump around the 5,000 mile mark. This was in the strong winds of November 2019 where the range was severely impacted and a rolling average getting close to 50kWh/100 Miles. Things tend to settle down again with some further peaks in the Winter storms of Jan and Feb 2020, then a noticeable reduction in energy use as we get into the Summer of 2020 and back to where we started.
When I compare these to the same graphs for MPG of our diesel car, it is fair to say that the I-Pace is similarly affected by winter driving but benefits more in the summer. This will be due to ambient temperatures being closer to the ideal target temperature of the battery more than the energy being used to cool the cabin.
One quick note on the ceramic coating. The Jaguar was treated to a coating not long after we got it. It wasn’t brand new at the time and so had to have some minor paint correction done before it was applied. We recently did a 1-year inspection on the coatings and they are holding up very well. Good levels of gloss remain and except for one panel where a thin film had bonded to the topcoat, no top-up was required. The vehicle never garaged and while it is washed regularly, the winter months of motoring long distances and spring of sitting unused have made little difference to the shine or water beading properties. A worthwhile investment for anyone who is considering buying a new car
The one final point, 12-months on, is that there still isn’t a vehicle in the market that would make me consider changing. None of the latest EV offerings have the all-round capability of the I-Pace. The Polestar 2 comes close but the sport model has track-like suspension and less practical boot space. The Mercedes and Audi offerings are both more expensive and less efficient as well as slower. The Tesla Model Y might be a contender but build quality and dealer support are serious issues. The global pandemic has influenced new model launches but as yet there is nothing to compete. In fact, the mid-model facelift of the I-Pace has improved the one area I don’t like. Namely the infotainment, so the I-Pace is better now than when I bought it. There’s another 12 months minimum before we need to think about changing but it’s interesting that despite Tesla claiming the ‘early to market’ crown, Jaguar has retained it’s ‘best of the next’ in my opinion.
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