Charging28 Aug 2026
Charging at home, and what it actually needs
Most charging will not happen at a public bay. It happens where the vehicle sleeps, which makes the wall it parks next to the most important piece of equipment you own.
Kaifeng Journal
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- 28 Aug 2026
- First
- 9 Apr 2026
What we areworking on.
Notes on the vehicles, the charging and the paperwork — and, where a figure is not ours to give, who actually holds it.
- 6 Aug 2026
OwnershipWhat a kilometre costs when the tank is a battery
The honest answer is a short sum, not a headline figure — and the two numbers it needs are ones only you and your electricity bill have.
- 15 Jul 2026
BatteryBatteries, heat, and the climb out of the valley
A rated range is measured on a flat road with an empty bed. Gradient and load both spend it faster, and it is worth knowing which spends it fastest.
Also in the journal
03- 24 Jun 2026Ownership
Monsoon, standing water and an electric drivetrain
The question everyone asks first, asked properly: not whether water and electricity mix, but what the vehicle is actually sealed to.
- 21 May 2026Fleet
Loading a KF1 EV: start from the payload
Fifteen hundred kilograms on a footprint that still fits the old city. What that means in practice depends on what you are carrying.
- 9 Apr 2026Ownership
Green plates and the paperwork of putting an EV on the road
The vehicle is the easy part. Registration, plates and the rest of the file are a process worth understanding before you are standing in it.
