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Petrol or EV for low mileage driver?
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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.4 -
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)
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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.0 -
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)1 -
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.0 -
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.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.1 -
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.
Most home charging points are 7kW now, so the difference between that and a granny cable (at about 2-3kW) is speed of charging.2 -
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)
Very noble to keep the staff company2 -
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)
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.
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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)
With an EV. You potentially never need to detour to go and pour flammable liquid into it.
What is the "potentially"?0
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