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Ectophile

buglawton said:

Tesla is simply trying to sell at the top. Run a mile.

Are you one of the people who has lost money shorting Tesla shares recently?  There are a lot of people who keep predicting their imminent collapse.

silverwhistle

buglawton said:

ill EVs seem to be twice as expensive to insure in the UK, due no doubt to higher repair costs.

General consensus on the EV boards is that insurance costs are pretty similar, although as always there are outliers.

EVandPV

silverwhistle said:

buglawton said:

ill EVs seem to be twice as expensive to insure in the UK, due no doubt to higher repair costs.

General consensus on the EV boards is that insurance costs are pretty similar, although as always there are outliers.

My Zoe was 50 quid less than my last ICE (Kia Rio) although I didn't take breakdown cover with the Zoe as it comes with the battery lease. Otherwise it probably would have worked out about the same.

ASavvyBuyer

silverwhistle said:

General consensus on the EV boards is that insurance costs are pretty similar, although as always there are outliers.

When we bought our EV, the insurance was cheaper than for the 7 year old Fiat Panda 1.3 diesel we had.

ABrass

This should be really easy to check. Punch details into a comparison site, then see what happens if you change your car to an EV.

NigeWick

buglawton said:

 Even run of the mill EVs seem to be twice as expensive to insure in the UK, due no doubt to higher repair costs.

You're really anti BEVs aren't you? I've got a top of the range  64kWh Hyundai Kona. Insured fully comp 8,000 miles per year with LV for £198.83

Martyn1981

NigeWick said:
You're really anti BEVs aren't you? I've got a top of the range  64kWh Hyundai Kona. Insured fully comp 8,000 miles per year with LV for £198.83

Yep. He and AdeC have been posting this stuff for years on the Motoring board EV thread. That's one of the reasons I finally gave up on it and started a thread on here.

buglawton said:

Tesla is simply trying to sell at the top. Run a mile.

Had you bought shares back in the Summer when I said I had (on thread), you wouldn't now need to 'run' a mile, you'd be able to 'drive' it in style.

Coastalwatch

buglawton said:

Even run of the mill EVs seem to be twice as expensive to insure in the UK, due no doubt to higher repair costs.

With two months of insurance remaining on our ten year old Focus when we advised that we needed to cover our new Nissan Leaf instead we received a £58 rebate for the remainder of the years insurance. Can't quite fathom what you are basing your conclusions on!

EVandPV

buglawton said:

Even run of the mill EVs seem to be twice as expensive to insure in the UK, due no doubt to higher repair costs.

Well that's that myth put to bed then.  

buglawton

Ectophile said:

buglawton said:

Tesla is simply trying to sell at the top. Run a mile.

Are you one of the people who has lost money shorting Tesla shares recently?  There are a lot of people who keep predicting their imminent collapse.

Never touched Tesla stock. Sold my last shares in a US company and won't be buying more - too much paperwork and fiddly to trade.