To be fair, Tesla opening up their charger could be a possible solution at most, but you can't say it's a problem that Tesla doesn't.
The problem is, as Sikko says, the lack of 3-phase charging, the poor real life range compared to the communicated WLTP of 470KM and the absence (still) of 100KW charging (also promised 12 months ago). As far as the WLTP is concerned, very very careful high-way driving will not get you close to 75% of the communicated WLTP.
I am happy to accept the issues with SOTA and tons of other things as being normal issues with a new product and I am sure these will get better. However, I am not happy to with the gap I see for the core attributes of an EV: range and charging speed, the gap between reality and promised. What makes it worse, is the poor communication and follow-up on these topics by Jaguar.
I do not regret my choice for a Jaguar (there are positives as well although my back always hurt as I can't get the lumbar-support set correctly) but I would not choose one again nor do I advice a Jaguar to my friends/colleagues.
As we can't change the car's range much (I assume), the solutions have to come from a better charging plan. For example,
Especially the latter is annoying and I envy my Tesla colleagues for this so if someone has a solution for that, please!
@Dan, I am happy to share my VIN etc with you if you want.
The problem is, as Sikko says, the lack of 3-phase charging, the poor real life range compared to the communicated WLTP of 470KM and the absence (still) of 100KW charging (also promised 12 months ago). As far as the WLTP is concerned, very very careful high-way driving will not get you close to 75% of the communicated WLTP.
I am happy to accept the issues with SOTA and tons of other things as being normal issues with a new product and I am sure these will get better. However, I am not happy to with the gap I see for the core attributes of an EV: range and charging speed, the gap between reality and promised. What makes it worse, is the poor communication and follow-up on these topics by Jaguar.
I do not regret my choice for a Jaguar (there are positives as well although my back always hurt as I can't get the lumbar-support set correctly) but I would not choose one again nor do I advice a Jaguar to my friends/colleagues.
As we can't change the car's range much (I assume), the solutions have to come from a better charging plan. For example,
- will 3-phase charging become available to MY19 cars,
- will Jaguar actively contribute to improve the charging infrastructure,
- will there be a better (usable!) integration between the Nav System and the available Charging Infrastructure (no idea why I only get to see 2 or 3 of the Fastned stations in NL and only 2 Ionity in germany but maybe that is my set-up).
Especially the latter is annoying and I envy my Tesla colleagues for this so if someone has a solution for that, please!
@Dan, I am happy to share my VIN etc with you if you want.