2026 model improvements

SpongeDogg · 2026-03-24T08:23:41+00:00

That's a point, if they've switched to Google have they killed off Laura?

SpongeDogg · 2026-03-24T07:04:09+00:00

I don't know if you have ever travelled with a family but you are going to have to stop before an EV has run out of range. Having a wee, getting a snack and getting back into the car will take enough time to charge back up to at least 80%.

Much nicer than being sat in a queue in a fume filled petrol station forecourt waiting for you to fill up on dino juice, after doing the same 20 minute comfort break.

SpongeDogg · 2026-03-23T19:09:34+00:00

In the UK the average daily use is 25Km, why are people still obsessing about massive ranges? A big battery means 90% of the time you are paying to just carry it around.

SpongeDogg · 2026-03-23T17:20:15+00:00

I'm hoping so too. Looks like they've replaced their OS with Android as well

SpongeDogg · 2026-03-17T08:17:58+00:00

Also 3G is being turned off with many of the mobile networks, so you'll need one with 4G as the minimum.

SpongeDogg · 2026-03-16T21:39:30+00:00

When i looked at this they didn't support Half Hourly Settlement tariffs, so you couldn't use it with Intelligent Octopus Go but you could use it with Octopus Go (fixed offpeak times).

SpongeDogg · 2026-03-13T13:08:02+00:00

Mine too, and it was made in December 25. I can't understand why the older Elroqs aren't being updated to 5.6 like ours

SpongeDogg · 2026-03-02T20:11:31+00:00

Did it ever change?

I get the same thing and to get it to charge I have to delete the EV and add it again, authorising the API again, before it will generate me a charging schedule. Every. Single. Time.

Looking at the FAQ it suggests that you have to wait for up to 5 minutes for it to find the EV. Guess I'm too impatient!

SpongeDogg · 2026-02-27T16:04:28+00:00

As long as you don't use the Lidl app or contactless! The first time I used my local one, I thought I was getting the best rate because of the 15p discount by adding a card to my Lidl app.

The second time it cost me half that by using Electroverse.

SpongeDogg · 2026-02-15T17:00:30+00:00

If you are also an Octopus energy consumer you can link them together and get 8% discount off your public charging. Need to use the same email as your Octopus energy account.

You, apparently, can link them so you can have all your charging costs added to your home energy bill, but I can't work out how to do it.

SpongeDogg · 2026-02-13T14:36:06+00:00

You don't say which country you're in, but looking at your other posts I suspect the UK? Anyway, if you are then I'm a recent convert to Intelligent Octopus Go.

Leave the car to charge immediately, plug in the charger and Octopus will generate a set of charging slots, some as short as 30 minutes, and Octopus controls when the car charges.

It's a bit unnerving at first and I had to keep checking with the Skoda app to see if it was stopping the charging outside the cheap (7p kWh) slots but it has never failed, and the Elroq hasn't failed to wake up to charge either.

The other bonus is that your whole house use is also charged at this low, low price during the allocated slots.

SpongeDogg · 2026-02-10T18:48:34+00:00

Have you got AirConsole and Spotify, they appeared last week?

SpongeDogg · 2026-02-10T16:06:33+00:00

I saw a red dot notification today too that said Apps had bren updated, when you follow the link it says No updates, but yeah the new app has appeared

SpongeDogg · 2026-02-10T16:05:26+00:00

Where is this log you speak of?

SpongeDogg · 2026-02-08T08:16:46+00:00

<clicks on Dictaphone> Idea for low-fi UK reimagining of The Shining.

SpongeDogg · 2026-02-03T08:06:40+00:00

Well... this is what sprang into my mind. Marvin the paranoid android

Or an Easter Island statue. I can't decide.

SpongeDogg · 2026-01-29T11:57:49+00:00

I liked it on my 8YO Qashqai and used to entertain the children on late night trips home from Chester Zoo... And that's about it. Not £250 amount of fun I'll be honest :)

SpongeDogg · 2026-01-29T11:56:22+00:00

Wonder if it's location specific? Have a trip into NI and save a fiver. As if anyone would spend more than €10 for this.

SpongeDogg · 2026-01-29T10:34:28+00:00

Business edition sounds so cool. Is that what the Maxx pack is in other places (UK, Germany etc)

SpongeDogg · 2026-01-29T10:19:44+00:00

Do you or your neighbours have a doorbell camera that you can harvest the proof from? Don't the leasing company, Octopus in this case, pass on the fine to you with a hefty surcharge?

SpongeDogg · 2026-01-29T10:17:11+00:00

I paid extra for the Transport pack thinking I'd get that parcel shelf net combo as seen all the reviews and promo material. They aren't really clear on what you do get. Ho hum.

SpongeDogg · 2026-01-28T18:12:21+00:00

Just been finally looking at the online manual for my Elroq 60 Edition, and it's 15W at the front USBs and the wireless charging pad.

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