ORA FUNKY CAT
Just one teensy part can stop a whole machine from working
MILEAGE 3300
WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT
Ora is one of a number of Chinese EV brands hoping to make it big in Europe. Does its first model land on its feet?
Strange. I can’t get this 50kW CCS plug into the Funky Cat’s charging port. Let’s try the 43kW Type 2. Nope, same problem: it goes 90% of the way in but doesn’t clunk into place and the charger then can’t communicate with the car. This is frustrating.
We’ve already wasted half an hour of a glorious Sunday afternoon looking for a charger, fruitlessly trying to scrabble together enough electrons for a half lap of the M25, and my patience is running thin by this point. Best I don’t quote my reaction verbatim here.