toddy
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top of the range one for less than 22.5k, it is similar to the ford focus estate
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top of the range one for less than 22.5k, it is similar to the ford focus estate
tom-madbiker
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13 a plug I believe I do know his house has a very limited supply to it he is planning to upgrade it but I think the cost was pretty eyewatering I think it required about 1/4 mile of cabling to the substation
Thing is running costs are not that expensive anyway if you compare to having to buy a new car instead of a second hand one.
My passatt estate was 2k. How much would the equivalent battery estate car cost me....nothing around second hand yet.
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Your customers numbers are about right for a granny charger managing just over 2 kW continuous through a 13 A plug trying to fill a 100kWh battery from flat. A small investment in a charging point which can monitor the house load and adjust the cars charge rate accordingly would be a sensible move in his case if charge speed bothered him. Plus I suspect there's a fast charger somewhere in the locality he could get a 50 kW boost to bulk charge before the car got to the completely flat stage, Tesla owners are well catered for!
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If the Discovery weighed the same as the Leaf !
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The cheapest new Leaf is about £28,000,Our 4th Leaf is on its way. Great cars, they don't feel like milk float, more a hot hatch but with slightly baggier handling. Range is about 140 miles real world for the 40kW model, and that's with heating, air con and a heavyish right boot. Our next model is the 62kW version. more power and real world range should be around 200. This means I can visit my mum over near Whitby, there and back with no recharge.
The range/charging isn't an issue unless your doing stuff that needs the range all the time, in which case don't buy one. Even then we have done many extended trips, usually fine, occasionally we hit a bad charger. I wouldn't want to do it as a sales rep putting in the miles every day though, not yet.
Mileage does go down marginally if you turn on all the toys but so do ICE, it a fundamental law of physics
Why our 4th Leaf? The dealership calls current owners if they don't reach their end of year's sales quota so every couple of years we swap it out for a new one, usually on a better lease deal than before. The 62kW one was quite a bit more than the 40kW the last time was asked. This time we got the 62kW for slightly less than our 40kW, and its a bit quicker too, 214bhp v 148bhp, happy days
So prices are coming down. Maintenance is really cheap, I tend to use the e-pedal feature that increases the electronic braking a bit, we've never needed pads or discs yet, but I guess we swap the cars too early. Swapping the cars out frequently does increase the number in the second hand market too.
I've only done 5K miles in the Ranger in the last year, and I daren't leave it down the railway station for a three days while I'm in London so once the lease is up we will look for an full EV that can tow, by that time I'll probably be retired and it will be our only car. May not be achievable, but we'll see.
I haven't spent that much on all the vehicles I have owned, in all of my 40 years of driving and owning cars and motorbikes
You can’t compare some 2k banger against a new electric car though.
if you are happy to drive around in a 2k car, sure you’ll have pretty cheap motoring.
But if you want something newish, electric makes a lot of sense financially to the point of being a no brainer if you’re a company car driver.
p.s. I drive a gas guzzling cayenne
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Most of mine were bangers until recently, I got bored of patching them up myself and found it difficult to find decent mechanics to do it for me. So I've taken the easy route for a few years but may get something old and classic one I retire, and convert it to electricThe cheapest new Leaf is about £28,000,
I haven't spent that much on all the vehicles I have owned, in all of my 40 years of driving and owning cars and motorbikes
I can compare them. They both get me from A to B and I have never had the luxury of a company car as they would not fit on the drive.
The only people who can afford a new car are company car drivers. The prices would soon come down if the stopped company cars.
How can it make financial sense to go electric. Nearly 40k for an ID3 and that's not out till 2023 The ID6 is going to be easily more expensive.
There is nothing wrong with my 140brake Passat oh and they are not even doing estate or sedan versions in the battery range
You can’t compare some 2k banger against a new electric car though.
But you can't compare your car against a Ferrari and I bet you can't just go out and buy one.
There’s 2 or 3 million new cars sold in the UK every year, so plenty of people can afford them
Company cars....There’s 2 or 3 million new cars sold in the UK every year, so plenty of people can afford them
On the basis there is less than a million company car drivers in total (of all age cars) (https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/fl.../30/hmrc-data-shows-30-000-fewer-company-cars) I’d say you are talking crap.
Lies ,damn lies and statistics...
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While company cars make up a good chunk of new car sales there are plenty of private buyers. If there weren’t there wouldn’t be any new car dealers around
