Re: New
- EV's far more expensive
They're a little more expensive, but not all that much if you look at TCO (even over just one year)
My insurance for my car is £400, the equiv ev is £2,500. that's a lot to make up.
Charging for me would be at 79p/kWh, making my weekly mileage around £120, compared to £70 of diesel.
So, £2,100 extra a year, plus £50 a week more.. where's this "little more expensive"?
- Cost of fitment of home charger
Then use a three pin plug, or you know, look at that TCO again.
And get sued when someone trips over the cable you have running into the road to get to the car. No everyone has off road parking.
- Lack of range compared to the 450 mile range of the petrol tank
How often do you do more than that range in a day?
I never do more than 598 miles in a day. Luckerly the Q30 has a range of 700 miles on a 50 litre tank.
- Length of time to "refill" the damn battery
Well I've just done 300 miles on a long weekend for a wedding, with effectively zero time required for charging.
I charged before I left (took maybe two additional seconds last time I parked at home), and it took me another second to plug in when I got home.
Remove the ability to charge at home, and see how much that changes for you?
What will really drive you crazy is that the battery isn't even full at the moment, I only half charged it the night I returned, I'll do the other half tonight, and then on Thursday I'll do another 300 miles, without ever having to make a special journey (or part journey) to a smelly refuelling station, or spending several minutes standing to refuel.
Funnily, the chargers I'd have to use are in those smelly refuelling stations, so not only do you get to go to "Smelly refuelling stations", you get to sit there for half an hour instead of 5 mins.