7 Seater or Estate – wheelchair storage

You could have a look at a Kuga,the rear seats have the ability to slide forwards about 200mm while still in the upright position.Its not the only car that can do this btw.

X Trail N Connecta 7 seat £3995

I have a Tucson and can fit wheelchair in boot but, do bare in mind boot space alters between the different powertrains. The ICE and HEV have the bigger boot, mild hybrid least room and PHEV somewhere in between.

Servanus771 wrote:

Did seriously consider the Tucson, the FHEV would only marginally reduce my fuel spend, The plug in would need charged every night to provide electric commuting and or I’d have to pay for a home charger to reduce charging times. It’s a great car, my chair fitted with rear seats tilted slightly forward in the end the full EV cars seem to offer the best value just now on the scheme especially with the standard installation of a home charger included – hence why we ordered a Enyaq

How many miles a day do you do?

I charge my Tucson 2,5 times a week from a 10A – 32A granny charger. I aim to install a commando socket when time allows, to make use of the 32A 7kW facility. Commando socket is much cheaper than installing a EV charger!

Servanus771 wrote:

My commute is 30 miles return total hence why I considered the plug in Tucson- was worried about charging every night with a granny cable to our outdoor sockets ( std 3 pin for lawnmower etc) and was worried I may have to pay to upgrade our electrics if we changed to / added a special socket

At the moment, I’m just using a socket in the living room and poking the cable through the window. Typical sparky way 🤣

It comes with a 10A granny charger and a type 2 cable. Using the granny charger the plug & socket stay cool to touch. I also have a used selectable A charger cable from ebay (£50), selecting 13A 3kW the plug and socket barely get warm and will be even cooler if plugged in outside.

The downside but, it isn’t bothering me is it takes 5hrs from empty.

An interlocked commando socket would charge at the full 7.4kW taking 2ish hours from empty. Cost wise your looking at £300 – £400 to supply and fit depending where you are. If you want O Pen device for PEN fault detection depending on your home earthing arrangement add approx £50-£60. Alternatively an earth rod would be cheaper.