Electric cars question

gzoom

^Justifying an EV based on pure £ savings versus a old car is impossible, much in the same way a brand new combustion car would be very expensive compared to your current Skoda.

However a bit of man maths, family agreement to want a newer/nicer car, and the numbers stack up OK.

Compared to a brand new Audi SQ7 which us just as quick and offer the same amount of space as our EV at the 2.5 year mark the EV is coming out about £20k 'cheaper' all in, including depreciation costs. By the time the EV is 8 years old that difference will be massive, and the more we drive our EV the more the cost difference.

So the maths says buy a nice EV you enjoy driving, and the more you use it the more money you 'save' .

50Twuncle

NigeWick wrote: »

Sorry, I can't find them on the map. Are you sure they're in the UK?

A is about 200 miles south of B

NigeWick

50Twuncle wrote: »

A is about 200 miles south of B

You just don't want me to prove you wrong do you?;)

50Twuncle

NigeWick wrote: »

You just don't want me to prove you wrong do you?;)

No - just maintaining my privacy - whats it got to do with you where I live ?

DrEskimo

What do you do when you finish your 200mile journey? Presumably your stopped for a fair few hours? If there were charging facilities, you could charge and have a full battery to complete the return journey.

Hyundai Kona has a 64kWh battery, so with an efficiency of 3.5mile/kWh on winter and 4.5mile/kWh in the summer you could easily get between 220 and 280miles all year round.

50Twuncle

DrEskimo wrote: »

What do you do when you finish your 200mile journey? Presumably your stopped for a fair few hours? If there were charging facilities, you could charge and have a full battery to complete the return journey.

Hyundai Kona has a 64kWh battery, so with an efficiency of 3.5mile/kWh on winter and 4.5mile/kWh in the summer you could easily get between 220 and 280miles all year round.

We stayed in a hotel without any charging facilities
The Kona costs £35k !
OK They look promising but are way too expensive to even consider at the moment

silverwhistle

50Twuncle wrote: »

No - just maintaining my privacy - whats it got to do with you where I live ?

No, that's a perfectly reasonable view. But people have been trying to help and I suspect the experienced EVers would be able to illustrate how you might do that route.



Now I'm with you on the current expense of EVs, and that's speaking as someone who has never paid more than £/€4000 for a car and found them all capable of doing UK to Italy no problem. These days it's the driver who needs to stop before the car!


But your attitude does seem to be one of coming up with objections. Fair enough, steer clear of them until the situation changes.



For my part I'm keeping an eye on the second hand market which is still far too expensive, but should improve with the release next year of more attractive models. A S/H Leaf or non-lease Zoe should do me when the prices come down...

lexington013

Technology and prices still not good enough to tempt me yet.....I'm still a diesel convert.

50Twuncle

Maybe I could be tempted with a Hybrid ?
The problem is that I would like a Torque Converter gearbox and this combination is as rare as hens teeth !
OK thinking again - most hybrids are manual on the ic engine - so how does this work when powered by an electric motor ?

NigeWick

50Twuncle wrote: »

No - just maintaining my privacy - whats it got to do with you where I live ?

I don't want to know where you live. I was just trying to have a discussion about BEVs and their usefulness or lack of it. If you don't want to engage, that's fine by me.