Audi re-joins the EV Experience Centre

Following a successful pilot partnership with Audi, we’re very happy to announce Audi will be continuing their partnership with the EV Experience Centre.

We will be adding three new models to the experience fleet, the Audi e-tron Sportback 55 Quattro, Audi e-tron 50 Quattro and the Audi e-tron Q4 (both 35 and 40 variants).

The Audi e-tron Sportback 55 Quattro holds an 86.5kWh battery, has a real-world range of 230 miles (WLTP 277), it can charge at 155kW in around 26 minutes. The Sportback model is the best performance model in our fleet, with a 300kW motor it has 402hp and can achieve a 0-60 time of 5.7 seconds.

The Audi e-tron 50 Quattro holds a 64kWh useable battery, has a real-world range of 175 miles (212 WLTP, it can charge at 120kW DC which will get you from 10%-80% in around 25 minutes. The All-Wheel Drive car has 308hp and can achieve a 0 – 60mph time of 6.8 seconds.

We offer two models of the Audi e-tron Q4, the e-tron Q4 35 and the Audi e-tron Q4 40.

The Audi e-tron Q4 40 models will predominantly be used, unless requested for or stated otherwise.

The 35 model hosts a 51.5kWh useable battery and has a real-world range of 175 miles (212 WLTP). It can make use of 100kW DC charging meaning you can achieve a 10% – 80% charge in around 30 minutes. The real wheel model has 168hp and achieve a 0-60mph time of 9 seconds.

The 40 models hosts a 76.6kWh useable battery and has a real-world range of 250 miles (324 WLTP). It can charge at 126kW DC charging, meaning you can achieve a 0-80% charge in 34 minutes. The rear wheel model has 200hp and can achieve a 0-60mph in 8.5 seconds.

The e-tron Q4 is available for flexible experiences at the standard rate of £15 per day, with the standard terms and conditions.

However, the Audi e-tron’s (Audi e-tron 50 and Audi e-tron Sportback 55) are priced at £30 per day, with a different insurance criteria that can be found here, when scrolled down to the Audi section.

Begin your experience by completing a book a test drive form.

Skoda joins the EV Experience Centre

After a successful partnership with Volkswagen for four years, we’re excited to be adding another Volkswagen Group member to the EV Experience Centre.

In 2016, Go Ultra Low launched its ‘Low Carbon City Scheme’ aimed at improving emissions in major cities across the country, and with exclusive funding awarded to 4 chosen cities. Of the £40 million total funding, £9 million was awarded to Milton Keynes, the second largest funding in the scheme, alongside London, Bristol and Nottingham.

Milton Keynes Council, in conjunction with bp pulse (formerly chargermaster) decided to start the EV Experience venture, the centre is a five-year project and opened in July 2017, the main objective is for electric vehicles to make up 23% of all new car sales by 2022.

Skoda will be joining the Centre as of Monday 13th September 2021, we have two models of the Skoda Enyaq, the Enyaq iV 60 and Enyaq iV 80.

The Skoda Enyaq iV 60 has a usable battery size of 58kWh, with a real-world range of 205 miles (WLTP 257), it can charge at 100kW in around 33 minutes. It also has great performance, with a 132kW motor it’s capable of 177hp and a 0-60 time of 8.7 seconds.

The Skoda Enyaq iV 80 has a usable battery size of 77kWh, with a real-world range of 260 miles (WLTP 334), it can charge at 126kW in around 34 minutes. It also has great performance, with a 150kW motor it’s capable of 201hp and a 0-60 time of 8.6 seconds.

The EV Experience Centre manager, Dan Mclaren says “I’m really excited to have SKODA joining us here at the EVEC, Skoda is a Brand that have really immersed themselves into the future of mobility and we can’t wait to promote their incredible brand”.

The models will be available for flexible test drives at the standard test drive rate of £15 per day, from 2 – 8 days, begin your test drive by completing this form.

Vauxhall Mokka-e joins the experience fleet

The Vauxhall partnership is ever-growing, and we’re excited to announce a brand-new model to the experience fleet.

The Vauxhall Mokka-e will be available to book for test drives from today, Wednesday 1st September 2021.

The compact SUV shares the same drivetrain as its younger brother, the Corsa-e. It holds a 45kWh usable battery and a WLTP range of 200 miles and a real-world range of 155 miles.

It can charge at a maximum of 11kW on AC and up to 99kW on DC, this means you can achieve a rapid charge of 10% – 80% in around 31 minutes.

The stylish family car features a clean and minimalist interior, some great colour options and styling accents.

For those of you looking for performance stats, the Mokka-e carries a 100kW motor which equates to about 134hp and can achieve a 0-60 time of 8.5 seconds.

Begin your Vauxhall Mokka-e experience by tapping here.

Vauxhall joins the EV Experience Centre

The EV Experience Centre has gained a brand new partner; Vauxhall has officially joined the centre as of today, Wednesday 28th April, 2021. 

The Vauxhall Corsa-e will be joining the experience fleet and will be available for flexible test drives from Friday 30th April 2021. 

Natalie Reay, EV Experience Centre Manager, said: “We’re very excited to add the new Corsa-e to our fleet of vehicles. With our centre now back open, we are looking forward to welcoming customers behind the wheel of our new electric vehicles.”

Paul Willcox, Managing Director, Vauxhall, said: “The Electric Vehicle Experience Centre is a fantastic initiative to help educate British consumers about the benefits of switching to electric.  Vauxhall has a range of affordable all-electric cars and vans and we are looking forward to be able to offer visitors to the centre test drives in our award-winning Corsa-e.”

To let you in on what the new supermini is capable of, the Corsa-e has a 45kWh battery (useable) and a WLTP range of 209 miles. It can charge from 15% – 80% in just 30 minutes on a rapid charger and give you a full charge on a fast charger in roughly 7.5 hours. It also has great performance with a rated 0-60mph time of 7.6 seconds. 

We will also be offering the Vauxhall Mokka-e for test drives mid-way through the year, keep an eye on our social media to find out more. 

To book your test drive in the Vauxhall Corsa-e, please complete this form and give us a call on 01908 229 339 to book and pay for your experience.

Experiences are back!

We’ve loved welcoming you all back into the centre over the last few days, we can now confirm flexible experiences are back open!

Due to the government lockdown, a few customers were left with frozen bookings that needed to be readjusted before the books could reopen to new applications. 

Choose your experience length (between 2-8 days), each day costs £15*. There is a limit on the amount of miles the vehicle can travel during an experience, each day gains you 50 miles, for example with a 2 day experience, 100 miles are included.

If the mileage limit is exceeded, you will pay 25p per mile. Please take a look below to see the full pricing. See test drive terms and conditions here. 

£30 – 2 days, 1 night – 100 miles included

£45 – 3 days, 2 nights – 150 miles included

£60 – 4 days, 3 nights – 200 miles included

£75 – 5 days, 4 nights – 250 miles included

£90 – 6 days, 5 nights – 300 miles included

£105 – 7 days, 6 nights – 350 miles included

£120 – 8 days, 7 nights – 400 miles included

(Excess mileage is charged at 25p per mile)

* These prices apply to ALL vehicles except from the Audi etron Sportback, please tap on the article link below to see the prices and terms and conditions.

https://evexperiencecentre.co.uk/audi-joins-the-ev-experience-centre/ 

Please complete this form and give us a call on 01908 229 339 to book and pay for your experience. 

COVID-19 April re-opening

The EV Experience Centre is set to re-open today, Monday 12th April 2021, and we will return to normal opening hours, as stated on our website here.

We’re very excited to welcome you all back to the centre, with a brand new partner and 10+ cars to choose from, what’s not to love?

We have also taken delivery of the Volkswagen ID.4 1st Edition over the lockdown closure. Please note – we cannot take new bookings right now, please look out for an announcement later this week.  

The safety and welfare of our team is our priority, but we are also taking steps to ensure that we protect all of our visitors.

We will be adhering to government guidelines around COVID-19; strict social distancing will be in place, keeping 2 metres apart at all times, mandatory mask wearing unless exempt, a clear one-way system in effect around the centre, regular cleaning will take place and we will be limiting how many people and the number of groups in the centre at any one time.

We’re excited to announce the return of our longer experiences, initially, we won’t be taking new booking as we work our way through rearranging previously frozen experiences, but we will announce very soon when we’ll be taking new bookings.

If you had a booking that was frozen before our temporary closure, please bear with us and we will get in touch with you shortly to rearrange your test drive.

Unfortunately, we will not be hosting short 20-minute test drives, however, we will continually assess and update this as necessary.

Our live chat service will be extending its hours and days, from Monday 12th April 2021 live chat will be available 7 days a week, running from 10am – 5pm Monday – Saturday and 12pm – 4pm on Sundays.

Audi joins the EV Experience Centre

As we enter the fifth year of the EV Experience Centre, we are excited to welcome Audi as our new OEM partner.

Building on the success we have seen with Volkswagen as a founding partner, we are looking forward to introducing you to another member of the group!  

Audi joins the centre to support the release of their newest e-tron: the Sportback 55 Quattro, now our highest costing electric vehicle on fleet by a comfortable margin. This vehicle holds an 86.5kWh battery, with a WLTP range of 230 miles and can charge within 30 minutes on a 150kW charging unit. 

We still intend to offer the same EV Experience in the e-tron as we have across the rest of our fleet, however there will be some small adjustments around price, age limit and deposit.  

The Audi e-tron Sportback 55 Quattro will be available for flexible experiences, starting at 10:00am, Wednesday 14th April 2021.

As this model sits in the luxury car market, there will be a small increase in the cost for this premium e-tron experience. This is an incredible way to try the luxury side to electric vehicles and don’t forget, we are still offering our full refund of one experience following a confirmed EV purchase.

Our updated costs for the Audi e-tron Sportback can be found here: 

£60 – 2 days, 1 night – 100 miles included 
 
£90 – 3 days, 2 nights – 150 miles included 
 
£120 – 4 days, 3 nights – 200 miles included 
 
£150 – 5 days, 4 nights – 250 miles included 
 
£180 – 6 days, 5 nights – 300 miles included 
 
£210 – 7 days, 6 nights – 350 miles included 
 
£240 – 8 days, 7 nights – 400 miles included 
 
(Excess mileage is charged at 25p per mile) 

We will also be requiring a condition deposit of £750, and our minimum driver age will be 30 years of age, which stands in addition to our standard test drive terms and conditions.  

We are looking forward to introducing you to the world of e-tron, as well as our other fantastic partners when we reopen on 12/04/21.

EV Experience Centre Closure – COVID-19

During the on-going covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and as we enter tier 4 in London and the South East, the Electric Vehicle Experience Centre will be closed as of today (20th December 2020), in line with government guidelines. The safety and welfare of our team and our customers is our priority and given the social distancing restrictions still in place and safety concerns during this ongoing pandemic, it is not possible to continue to run the centre effectively. 

Please see below for additional information regarding test drive bookings.

I have a long-term test drive booked – what should I do?

If you have an upcoming test drive booked with the EV Experience centre, a member of the EVEC team will be in contact to either freeze your booking or to arrange a full refund. If you haven’t been contacted, please email us at evec@bp.com with your contact number and a member of the team will be in touch.

How can I contact the EV Experience Centre if I have a question?

The best way to contact us while we are temporarily closed is to email us at evec@bp.com and someone will respond as soon as possible. We will also still be manning our live chat service and social media channels on Twitter, Facebook Instagram and LinkedIn, so please feel free to contact us on there as well.

When will the centre reopen?

This is unfortunately unclear at this time however we will review this on Wednesday 30th December 2020, in line with the government review. We will continue to follow Government advice to ensure the safety of our staff and members of the public but will keep all our customers updated via our social media channels (Twitter and Facebook). 

I had a test drive experience and have since bought an electric vehicle, can I still get the refund?

If a customer goes on to purchase an electric vehicle after previously having a long-term test drive with us, we offer a full refund of the test drive cost as a thank you for becoming an EV driver. This can be redeemed up to 18 months after the test drive. 

Unfortunately, whilst our team are not at the EV Experience Centre we are unable to process any payments, however please email us at evec@bp.com and you will be refunded as soon as we are able to reopen the centre.

We will make sure to update our customers via social media regarding the reopening of the EV Experience Centre but in the meantime please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have a question or concern.