Petrol or EV for low mileage driver?

ComicGeek

If it's lots of short trips than an EV is perfect.

Buy a second hand Leaf with cash from your limited company. Your company can pay to install a charger at your house, as well as pay for insurance, maintenance costs etc.

Charge the car at supermarkets etc while you do your shopping if these are free charging. Your company can also pay for any direct charging costs (ie at any public charging point) - it gets a bit more complicated when the company reimburses your own electricity costs at home, so might be cheaper to pay that yourself.

Grumpy_chap

Herzlos said:

EV is far superior for mainly short trips - no issues with cars heating up, charging at home/destination means you'll rarely need to visit a petrol station (if ever)

Please give 1 good reason to ever take an EV to the petrol station.

Grumpy_chap

ComicGeek said:

If it's lots of short trips than an EV is perfect.

Buy a second hand Leaf with cash from your limited company. Your company can pay to install a charger at your house, as well as pay for insurance, maintenance costs etc.

Charge the car at supermarkets etc while you do your shopping if these are free charging. Your company can also pay for any direct charging costs (ie at any public charging point) - it gets a bit more complicated when the company reimburses your own electricity costs at home, so might be cheaper to pay that yourself.

This, but can the company pay AMAP mileage as a simpler alternative?.  4ppm I think for energy only for EV.

gandalftheking

Grumpy_chap said:

Herzlos said:

EV is far superior for mainly short trips - no issues with cars heating up, charging at home/destination means you'll rarely need to visit a petrol station (if ever)

Please give 1 good reason to ever take an EV to the petrol station.

A good reason would be if you're like Alan Partridge maybe? When you need some washer fluid, or just want a lovely chat to the person working there ;-)

gandalftheking

ComicGeek said:

If it's lots of short trips than an EV is perfect.

Buy a second hand Leaf with cash from your limited company. Your company can pay to install a charger at your house, as well as pay for insurance, maintenance costs etc.

Charge the car at supermarkets etc while you do your shopping if these are free charging. Your company can also pay for any direct charging costs (ie at any public charging point) - it gets a bit more complicated when the company reimburses your own electricity costs at home, so might be cheaper to pay that yourself.

A different subject from my OP, but any tips from current EV'ers for home charging points that are even slightly future proofed? Also, whats the difference between a home charging point and using a granny cable?

ComicGeek

Grumpy_chap said:

ComicGeek said:

If it's lots of short trips than an EV is perfect.

Buy a second hand Leaf with cash from your limited company. Your company can pay to install a charger at your house, as well as pay for insurance, maintenance costs etc.

Charge the car at supermarkets etc while you do your shopping if these are free charging. Your company can also pay for any direct charging costs (ie at any public charging point) - it gets a bit more complicated when the company reimburses your own electricity costs at home, so might be cheaper to pay that yourself.

This, but can the company pay AMAP mileage as a simpler alternative?.  4ppm I think for energy only for EV.

Can't remember if it's 4 or 5p per mile but that only relates to business mileage. If the company pays directly for charging relating to personal mileage then there is no BIK/fuel costs to the OP - if the company reimburses the OP for charging from home there is a BIK incurred. 

So can make more sense (assuming that the company is profitable etc) to do more public charging paid directly by the company, and limit home charging to the business mileage that can be reclaimed.

ComicGeek

gandalftheking said:

ComicGeek said:

If it's lots of short trips than an EV is perfect.

Buy a second hand Leaf with cash from your limited company. Your company can pay to install a charger at your house, as well as pay for insurance, maintenance costs etc.

Charge the car at supermarkets etc while you do your shopping if these are free charging. Your company can also pay for any direct charging costs (ie at any public charging point) - it gets a bit more complicated when the company reimburses your own electricity costs at home, so might be cheaper to pay that yourself.

A different subject from my OP, but any tips from current EV'ers for home charging points that are even slightly future proofed? Also, whats the difference between a home charging point and using a granny cable?

Most charging points are more intelligent than the EVs at the moment. I set the charge schedule through the charger rather than the car. Future proofing mainly consists of charge rate (7kW is plenty for most people) and solar compatibility (only useful when you have solar panels).

Most home charging points are 7kW now, so the difference between that and a granny cable (at about 2-3kW) is speed of charging. 

Grumpy_chap

gandalftheking said:

Grumpy_chap said:

Herzlos said:

EV is far superior for mainly short trips - no issues with cars heating up, charging at home/destination means you'll rarely need to visit a petrol station (if ever)

Please give 1 good reason to ever take an EV to the petrol station.

A good reason would be if you're like Alan Partridge maybe? When you need some washer fluid, or just want a lovely chat to the person working there ;-)

Not very MSE to buy washer fluid from the petrol station - cheaper at motor factors or online.

Very noble to keep the staff company

Herzlos

Grumpy_chap said:

Herzlos said:

EV is far superior for mainly short trips - no issues with cars heating up, charging at home/destination means you'll rarely need to visit a petrol station (if ever)

Please give 1 good reason to ever take an EV to the petrol station.

What? I think you're making the point for me. With an EV and low mileage you can just charge it at home at leisure, or whilst shopping or whatever. You potentially never need to detour to fill up and never need to pour flammable liquid into it.

With my normal usage patterns I could charge at home maybe twice a week instead of needing to stop at a petrol station twice a month.

Though you can still go to a petrol station if you want, they provide other services like air/water and a convenience store.

Grumpy_chap

Herzlos said:

Grumpy_chap said:

Herzlos said:

EV is far superior for mainly short trips - no issues with cars heating up, charging at home/destination means you'll rarely need to visit a petrol station (if ever)

Please give 1 good reason to ever take an EV to the petrol station.

With an EV.  You potentially never need to detour to go and pour flammable liquid into it.

Why would you ever pour flammable liquid into an EV?

What is the "potentially"?