Pro's and con's for buying an electric vehicle

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  • Oneputt
    Oneputt Club Member Posts: 9,144 ✭✭✭
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    edited March 2018 #422

    Brue is your car a pure EV or some type of hybrid?

  • SteveL
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    edited March 2018 #423

    Can I make a plea that when folk post links they change open in a new window from No to Yes. This then means you don't loose the thread       (without multiple back button presses) if you go on to explore the link.

    No idea why Yes isn't the default.

  • Oneputt
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    edited March 2018 #424

    https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/tesla/model-s/specs

    So I have to pay somewhere between £67 and £140K to buy one then spend another £30/35k for a decent diesel tow-car.  Someone having a laughlaughing

    Can just imagine Mrs One taking her cubs out camping in the Telsasurprised

  • EasyT
    EasyT Forum Participant Posts: 16,194
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    edited March 2018 #425

    Nissan UK. https://www.nissan.co.uk/vehicles/new-vehicles/leaf/range-charging.html

    This statement does not endear. 'UP TO 80% IN 40 TO 60 MINUTES**
    QUICK CHARGE ON THE MOVE
    Plug your New LEAF into a CHAdeMO rapid charger and get up to 80% charge in as little as 40 minutes.' 

    As little as 40 mins is possible! If charging stations were to replace 'normal' fuel stations it strikes me that around 5 times the vehicle storage during 'refill' would be required. and 40 mins seems a long time every 100 miles. OK from home but not as useful away from home. Claimed minimum range is 125 miles. So, for me, I would want the 25 miles in emergency reserve. 100 miles and 40+ minutes to top up does not sound good to me

  • SteveL
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    edited March 2018 #426

    Very nice K. However, when I requested the price with the 100kw battery the price jumped from 65K to 92K.😱

  • brue
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    edited March 2018 #427

    We wouldn't consider a full EV at present, so we've gone for an EV with a range extender, I'm not advocating full EVs but as driver owners of this type of REX vehicle we are happy with the way it works. With a range extender you can either opt to use it at some point or it kicks in automatically when battery capacity reaches a certain level. Plus we've learnt to drive the car to it's potential, just as you would with a conventional car if you wanted to get the benefits from it. There are also one or two things we can still learn.

    I've probably said before that OH has worked in the auto industry and has had a life long interest in engine development etc.

    On here, I've been attempting to put my views forward on what it's like to own this type of car. We did our research and decided that BMW had developed a car that we would consider reliable and cost effective for us. 

    It looks like it will be a while before a good tow EV is available to all at a competitive cost. We would like to tow a small trailer with ours and OH was in contact with various people about this but development is still continuing. So there are a lot of things to consider when purchasing these vehicles. smile

  • Oneputt
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    edited March 2018 #428

    http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/bmw/i3/66751/bmw-i3-94ah-range-extender-2016-review

    Review is a couple of years old but no the less quite impressive.  Guess there will have been upgrades to the specification.

  • GlosJive
    GlosJive Forum Participant Posts: 80
    edited May 2018 #429

    Not convinced that the overall carbon footprint and pollution factor of VEDs is much less than other small cars. Just shifts the footprint away from town centres.

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