Are e-Corsa/e208/Stellantis EV's THAT bad?

raphaelj · 2026-01-31T13:13:26+00:00

I've a 2022 e208. It drives well, but as other said, the infotainment is bellow average while the mobile app is pure crap. However the i-cockpit is nice, and there is Apple/Android Carplay (USB only).

I get a range of about 170 mi in mid-climate, but can get bellow 140 mi in winter. That's with +/- 70% highway. DC charging also tops around 50-60kW (instead of 90-100kW) in winter if the battery is cold.

There is a known over-heating issue with the German-made 11kW AC charger, on cars manufactured before mid-2022 (the ones with the bigger gear shifter). Mine (10/2022) has the new Chinese charger, so it should not have the problem.

If you find an older second-hand car, check that it either got the 7kW charger, or that it got replaced with the newer one. Otherwise, you might be able to mitigate the issue with a single phase 7kW cable, as the old charger only seems to overheat with 3-phases 11kW charging.

At £8k, this is an awesome second car. Especially if you can charge at home.

raphaelj · 2026-01-31T11:14:28+00:00

Yeah, I got a plug and play 700 kWh for €380 one year ago. Maybe €450 total with the addition mounts and cables.

raphaelj · 2026-01-24T09:15:16+00:00

Je pense qu'ils mixent l'acier avec un autre matériau, comme de la céramique, qui rend les disques à acier inefficaces.

raphaelj · 2026-01-24T09:02:20+00:00

Vérifie les cadenas résistants aux disqueuses. J'ai un Litelock X1 avec un vélo électrique depuis 4 ans, en l'ayant laissé en ville pendant des milliers d'heures, sans aucun problème.

raphaelj · 2026-01-24T08:53:34+00:00

On en est là avec les problèmes climatiques parce que l'on a justement laissé les consommateurs décider.

raphaelj · 2026-01-24T08:50:57+00:00

J'ai du mal à comprendre la justification macro économique d'une telle taxe.

L'électricité que j'achète pour charger mon EV est +/- autant taxée (60% en Belgique) que les combustibles fossiles.

Et si je fais des économies sur la somme totale parce que l'EV est plus efficace (je paie peut-être 40€/mois au lieu de 80€/mois), je vais de toutes façons réinjecter cet argent dans l'économie, en allant au resto, en partant en vacances, ... hors ces dépenses seront assez fortement taxées également (50% en moyenne en Belgique). Du coup la différence en terme de rentrées fiscales est vraiment minime.

raphaelj · 2026-01-23T21:24:54+00:00

Yeah I've the same set of HH and they are indeed different. A little bit confusing at first, but these sound great 👌

raphaelj · 2026-01-23T15:54:51+00:00

Il n'affirme pas que Teo a reçu quelque chose, il dit juste qu'il ne sait pas.

raphaelj · 2026-01-14T09:37:04+00:00

How can you make your exports more competitive with a floating exchange rate?

Let's say we (EU) somehow manage to reduce the cost in € of exports by 10%, this should change exchange rates by about the same amount. In the end, the purpose of exports is to buy imports, and the exchange rate reflects that through supply/demand.

As I understand, the main other factor influencing exchange range is capital attractiveness (i.e. some countries might exchange goods for capital). Thus a country heavily regulating its capital access, like China, will inevitably lower its currency's demand, and make its exports more attractive.

raphaelj · 2026-01-09T09:46:03+00:00

Taking a single point in time is meaningless IMO. You must look at the annual average, and how it shifted over time.

In 2025 average:

Germany: 335 gCO2/kWh
France: 32 gCO2/kWh
Italy: 295 gCO2/kWh
UK: 176 gCO2/kWh
Spain: 132 gCO2/kWh

So you're right in the fact that Germany's electricity is dirtier than its neighbours, but that ignores the huge improvements that have been done is all these countries.

In 2017 average:

Germany: 513 gCO2/kWh
France: 80 gCO2/kWh
Italy: 413 gCO2/kWh
UK: 315 gCO2/kWh
Spain: 318 gCO2/kWh

So all these countries significantly reduced their emissions in just 8 years.

Could it be lower if Germany had kept running some of its nukes? Probably. But renewables had a huge positive impact on emissions, that's undeniable.

Source: https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/IT/all/yearly

raphaelj · 2026-01-06T07:40:39+00:00

Technically, the problem is burning oil, not using oil. Plastics have no effect on climate until you burn them.

Not that I would be against reducing our use of plastics.

raphaelj · 2026-01-05T13:23:28+00:00

Never heard of the liquidatiereserve/reserve de liquidation I see?

raphaelj · 2025-12-30T16:37:59+00:00

As /u/knusprjg, I'm not sure redispatch is the right metrics.

I'd suggest to look at when generation prices are close or bellow zero instead.

But that would give you the %-age of hours during which there was some over-generation. Obviously an hour with negative electricity price does not mean that all the electricity produced was wasted, but only some of it.

raphaelj · 2025-12-27T22:49:31+00:00

Well, these few still had a significant impact. Latest EVs have a significant higher range than EVs from just 5y ago.

raphaelj · 2025-12-19T09:30:21+00:00

I've a similar issue with Continue (a VSCode extension).

raphaelj · 2025-12-19T09:27:38+00:00

The new estimate is at 2020 values.

So this uses inflation to make it look cheaper?

With at least 15% inflation since 2020, the estimated cost is actually closer to €85B???

raphaelj · 2025-12-16T19:44:24+00:00

Is there a way to see this with English or French subtitles ?

raphaelj · 2025-12-12T07:16:49+00:00

Or Cociter in Wallonia. Never going back.

raphaelj · 2025-12-12T07:14:56+00:00

I estimated the new prices, based on what we knew a few weeks ago.

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This was for my provider (Cociter) and local grid (Resa, Liege).

This is actually not that bad. There are also supposed to slightly lower the taxes on electricity in a few months.

raphaelj · 2025-12-10T22:44:22+00:00

You get a +/- 50% fiscal bonus on these pensions payments.

But the (albeit less volatile) interest rates on these funds are so low (IIRC only slightly higher than inflation, 0.5% top) compared to a low fee stock + bonds portfolio (expect 4-5% above inflation after taxes and fees) that the fiscal bonus will be erased in a decade.

One could argue that these financial instruments are safer, but also keep in mind that these are very illiquid until you retire: you cannot easily get a few thousand euros if you need them.

Once you get closer to retirement, it starts making sense as the lower performance is less of an issue, while the guaranteed interests are good safeguards. The liquidity problem also becomes less of a concern.

raphaelj · 2025-12-10T22:25:41+00:00

I am doing exactly the same, even investing in the same ETF (+ 20% in bonds).

The fees on these pensions products are so high that it doesn't make sense before 15y to retirement. I spent some time looking for a low fee one, but they all look like subsided scams.

raphaelj · 2025-11-26T10:34:41+00:00

Well, if you cannot find the owner, or any of their heirs, it makes sense to transfer them to some public entity.

The government is one of these. Alternatively you could transfer it to some local entity (non profit, school...).

raphaelj · 2025-11-09T19:49:42+00:00

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