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Welcome back!

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In this video, we're going to go through
basic charging and some of the functions

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on a Hyundai Ionic,
which is a fully electric vehicle.

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There is no internal combustion
engine on this vehicle whatsoever.

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It relies entirely on electrical power.

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So this is the basic charging lead
that comes with the Ionic.

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It's more commonly known
as a 'granny lead'.

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This is about the slowest means
you've got of charging these vehicles up.

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It is really slow,
but it will get you out of trouble,

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until you get a charging station
fitted at home.

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This is the way you will charge your car.

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It comes with a standard three pin plug,

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which goes into any standard
three pin socket.

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The other end, this is what is classed
as a 'Mackenzie's' or a 'type 2' plug.

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This then plugs into the car.

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Now, obviously, we're making sure
the power is still turned off.

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The last thing we want
is the power being on

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when you're actually connecting things up.

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Same as any other electrical appliance.

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You don't plug it in whilst it's turned on

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and you don't unplug it
whilst it's turned on.

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Make sure the sockets turned off purely
and simply for safety's sake.

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Also, make sure your plugs not wet.

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Water and electricity do not go together,
so the last thing you want

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is this thing to be wet through
when you plug it into the car.

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And also check on the car to make sure
the plug on the car isn't wet as well.

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We're not going to plug the charging lead
into the car; as you can see,

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what looks like a pretty standard fuel
flap, you'd find on any car, but inside

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in this case, when you open it up,

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we've got electrical connections
rather than a filler.

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So we take the blanking plug out

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the top connection,
which is the one that matches this.

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The bottom plug is for rapid charging when
you're at like motorway services, etc.

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So we don't need that because
we're only using a standard slow charger

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and literally you just push the lead in.

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And that's it. It's connected.

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Nothing else to do when the car's charging

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and the car is locked,
the lead is locked in place,

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so you can't physically pull it out
whilst it's connected.

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So we're now plugged in at this end,
we're now plugged into the car.

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It's now safe to actually turn the socket
on and power up the vehicle.

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As you can see, the display lights up.

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We have a signal showing
that the unit is plugged in.

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We have power, now a flashing
charge light, which shows that it's

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actually applying charge to the vehicle,

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and it's even has a little display
telling us

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how much power it's
put in in this case, ten amps.

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And this is about the maximum you'll
get out of one of these small chargers.

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You'll never get any more than ten
amps out of it, hence why

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it takes so long to charge them up,
and why they're known as a granny lead.

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The average charge
time on one of these is probably about

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twelve hours, depending
on the battery capacity on the car.

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It's also the best way
of maintaining your battery.

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Nice slow charging
keeps the battery at maximum capacity.

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This is what you get with the car
when it comes.

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And until you get a proper charging box

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outside your house,
this is what you're stuck with.

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On the dashboard of the car,
we have a set of lights in this case.

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There are 2 fully lit, with 1 flashing.

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Once the car's charged,
all 3 lights will go on steady.

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They stay on for a short time

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and then the whole lot will go off to show
the car is fully charged.

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Now I'm sat in the car.

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Pretty much everything's the same as what
you'd expect from any car.

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But, no gearstick.

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Most electric cars don't have a gearstick.

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Instead, we've just got a bunch of buttons

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with which to change

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the driving mode
or reverse, drive, and park.

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Standard car keyless entry
you don't need the keys in your hands,

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like a lot of petrol cars.

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Put the key out the way,
turn the car on, foot on the brake

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and just press the start button.

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Everything lights up,

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and as you can tell, there's no

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engine noise.

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It doesn't have a petrol engine at all, so

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even though it's all powered
up, we're ready to drive.

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There is no indication
realistically outside,

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apart from lights coming on
that the vehicle is ready to move.

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On the other side, is a power gauge
this tells us how much electrical energy

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we're actually either using, or
in the case of slowing down and braking,

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recharging into the battery.

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When an electric car slows down,

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it will regenerate electricity.

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It uses the electric motor as a generator,
so it recharges

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the battery,
giving you that extra little bit of range.