She weighs in at a chubby 1460KG, yet her closest cousin the Clio is a light 930.

I know there’s 290Kg battery on board, but that’s still 168KG unaccounted for and Renault have been decidedly sparse with any cowling.

But here’s another interesting thing – a Tesla S with its huge 85kWh battery weighs in at 2100KG.

That means Zoe weighs 530KG more than a Clio, but only 640Kg less than the Tesla, yet with a battery only a quarter of the size achieves 42% of the NDEC range.

So hows that all work out then?

Do you use the app or ZE website to see the status of your battery charge level or perhaps the remaining time for 100% charge?

Do you find that the status line at the top which has the date and time to be fairly accurate? Or do you press the Refresh button and find nothing changes?

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just wanted to share some info that i come across today…

I work for a ‘nameless’ international freight forwarder, and i discovered today that a consignment of ‘new’ replacement batteries from FR was recently delivered to Renault UK. Don’t know the exact number of batteries, but it was a consignment which means more than one… it was quite a high profile shipment due to all the handling/safety requirements and someone put 2&2 together and let me know…

Now this shipment makes me think that there must be someone on this forum that is aware or in the process of having their zoe’s battery replaced?

anyone willing to confirm and what the story is behind the replacement???

or maybe Renault know something and are starting to “stock pile the batteries”…

who knows…

and please don’t guess who i work for just in case i get anyone in trouble! 🙂

A neighbour/friend is considering buying an EV or hybrid (having had his head turned by our Zoe) and is currently exploring the options however he has been told that a pure EV should not be left sitting unused for extended periods as it deteriorates battery function. He goes away for 2-3 months at a time for example a few times a year.

I just wondered if any of you were aware of this…whether you agree with what he has been told and whether you agree that a hybrid might be a better solution for him? Etc.

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Hi,

This question seems more appropriate for the Energy part of the forum…

I’m currently in the research stage as a potential Zoe owner, so not taken the plunge yet, and also at the same time I’ve been looking in to solar PV too.

The case for having solar installed seems to be a no-brainer in terms of return on the investment, regardless of whether I buy a Zoe or not. In my situation there will be plenty of days when the Zoe will be at home during the daytime, so can be recharged when solar is generating – which I consider a pleasant bonus towards the case for having solar installed. I’m certainly not kidding myself that the solar will payback much in Zoe recharging since the electricity cost isn’t that much to save anyhow, but nevertheless it’s a nice perk towards the case for both EV and solar, and there’s something very elegant and ‘right’ about the energy going directly from solar to a car battery.

However, looking at other posts and information about combining a Zoe with solar PV, it seems apparent that a domestic solar installation of 3 to 4 kW clearly won’t generate enough power to feed a domestic 7kW Zoe charging point, so the best case scenario is half the power from solar, half coming from the grid (which could still be on a green supplier tariff, of course).

Now one idea comes to mind, but I’m not sure if it’s a good idea or not… Would it be feasible to charge off a granny cable in order to intentionally extend the time it takes to charge a car that’s at home for full daylight hours. I.e. charge at 10amps (2.4kW) for several hours in daylight, rather than using the 7kW socket, with the intention of drawing all the power from solar but slowly rather than half-and-half solar/grid?

Or is the granny cable not a good idea as a regular arrangement (just for occasional use)?

Alternatively, is there a way to connect on the 7kW socket but tell Zoe to “drink slowly”?

Thanks!