HughF
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You could get a lightly used renault zoe for about 5.5-6.5kWhich Mini weighs over 1200kg? I'll maybe grant that the MINIs all weigh more than that but you'd have to half fill a Mini with bricks to top a tonne.
Trademark pedantry aside......
£29k!!!!!!!! I'd be a perfect candidate for a leccy car. My daily driver sits on a driveway, no-one walks between the car and the wall that has the fusebox on the inside so overnight charging would be a doddle. My daily commute wouldn't use the range of those batteries in a week and a half so even if I could only charge it at the weekend I wouldn't be worrying about flat batteries. I don't drive down the motorway so if it couldn't do 70mph it's not a problem. My daily commute only sees me and a laptop bag in the car so small isn't a problem. I've got a second vehicle that I could use if I decide to drive two hundred and odd miles to visit my sister darn sarf. But..... TWENTY NINE THOUSAND POUNDS!!!!!
I quite understand that electric vehicles aren't suitable for a lot of people but there have got to be a lot of people like me that could use one as everyday transport but who just couldn't or wouldn't justify that sort of outlay on a car when I can get a new small petrol or diesel car for a third of that.
Plus...... I've built kit cars and I've scratch built cars - where in the name of your choice of deity have they managed to lose nearly thirty grand in that car?