FAQ

What I have attempted to do below is to answer the questions we are most frequently asked. I have answered these based on our experience with our car which may change as time goes by, that's why I have put a date by the answers.

• How far can the car go on a single charge?
   
  9-Jul-08:
  Our batteries were replaced only two weeks ago, so you would not expect the car to achieve its full range yet. However, having said that we are getting 29 miles out of the GREEN zone, which equates to 48 miles total. (Our drive is very steep, uphill. This means that we cannot go too far into the YELLOW zone otherwise the car [Wizzy] will not allow us to use boost, which we need to get up the drive.)
   
  4-Nov-08:
  We have done 4,000 miles in the last 4 months and have completed over 90 cycles. The range does not appear to have changed. We still get about 29 miles in the green zone but we are using boost quite often. What I have noticed is that if the temperature is low you really must avoid using the boost otherwise the range seriously drops. Boost also seriously reduces the range if used for long periods.
   
• How fast can it go?
   
  9-Jul-08:
  In normal drive mode, i.e. not in Boost, it will do 45 mph on the flat. However, even a slight hill will reduce this. If we go from Kingswear to Paignton, if you know that hill coming out of  Kingswear, which is 2 miles long incidentally and about a 10% incline, it will do about 15-20 mph depending on the incline as it varies quite a bit. Note that this is without Boost as until the batteries have completed 40 cycles we cannot use the boost much.
   
  4-Nov-08:
  We achieved 52 mph using Boost. Up the hills with boost on we get about an extra 20% speed (e.g. if you get 20 mph in normal drive mode, boost gets you 24 mph.)
   
• How much does it cost to run?
   
  9-Jul-08:
  We are with British Gas and for us it works out at just under 1.5p per mile. Our Fiesta works out at just under 15p per mile, so its approximately 10 times cheaper than a typical car. It works out at about £120 for 8,000 miles. We expect to do about 7,000 miles in a year.
   
  4-Nov-08:
  With the price of electricity going up and diesel going down, things don't look so good now. Wizzy works out at about 2.3p per mile while the Fiesta is now just under 11p per mile. So Wizzy is now only about 5 times cheaper than the Fiesta. This is bad news.
   
• How do you charge it?
   
  9-Jul-08:
  Just plug it into a 13A socket.
   
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