Oir leaf is averaging 3.5 miles per kW. I can easily get 3.8, but the wife ruins it driving like she stole it
First electric car experience
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Oir leaf is averaging 3.5 miles per kW. I can easily get 3.8, but the wife ruins it driving like she stole it
But the running costs are massively cheaper to run.
We bought our £27k Nissan Leaf.
On the current usage over 5 years we will have saved enough in fuelling/servicing costs to make our original purchase price £9k
Yes the outlay is significantly more, but if you're doing decent miles huge savings are accessible.
Dont forget every new EV is one less pumping pollution into the local town or city. Maybe one day visiting a town wont be a health risk
Model 3 UK's best selling car. I see them all over now. They cant make them fast enough.
The BIK buying an EV is a no brainer. Virtually nothing compared to a similar priced ICE vehicle
You dont wait more than 40 mins at supercharger.
We have 3 EVs and one 7kW charge point, plus a couple outdoor sockets. We have no problem.
Bear in mind 95% of all western civilization car journeys are 35 miles or less.
You dont need to charge all of them to full charge overnight. Only 1 EV needs to be ready for unforseen journey
Ive not had any maintenance on either of our 2 year old Teslas. Tesla said come back in 3 or 4 years when the car suggests
BIK is a small on an EV compared to ICE. Im not privy to the exact figures but £30 per month for and EV compared to many hundreds for a poor economy big car.
That's why Tesla's have proliferated
Bazzer
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As I've said elsewhere, I think my PHEV Golf GTE is great. Boot space is down on my previous Golf TDI because of the batteries taking up the spare wheel well, but the times I need that extra space, there are work arounds.
The average mpg of my TDI at 60 - 65 is destroyed by the GTE. This afternoon I collected Mrs B from overnight childcare duties at one of our daughters. According to the computer, since the last refueling I have done 710 miles at an average of 188mpg. Zero VED and it charges from a 3 pin plug, the lead to which passes through a small gap under one of the garage doors.
The average mpg of my TDI at 60 - 65 is destroyed by the GTE. This afternoon I collected Mrs B from overnight childcare duties at one of our daughters. According to the computer, since the last refueling I have done 710 miles at an average of 188mpg. Zero VED and it charges from a 3 pin plug, the lead to which passes through a small gap under one of the garage doors.
I’ve actually heard now that the company car owners at work will be penalised with their mileage cost if they don’t move over to EV. Some are not happy as they are in the middle of leases.BIK is a small on an EV compared to ICE. Im not privy to the exact figures but £30 per month for and EV compared to many hundreds for a poor economy big car.
That's why Tesla's have proliferated
Is that a hybrid ?
BIK on a £50k Tesla Model 3 is exactly £16/month for a higher rate tax payer Next year will be £32/month as they're doubling the current 1% rate, meanies... They've stated they'll then freeze it for 2 years, so it'll be 2% for 3 years in total, after which I'm expecting it to creep up again. These things dont tend to last
Next year will be £32/month as they're doubling the current 1% rate, meanies... They've stated they'll then freeze it for 2 years, so it'll be 2% for 3 years in total, after which I'm expecting it to creep up again. These things dont tend to last
Bazzer
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Yes.
Unlike some "mild hybrids" I believe they are called, the electric motor is very capable in its own right. So it will do motorway speed on batteries alone. The computer limits the speed to 80mph if using electricity. A friend's daughter has a hybrid, (I don't know what make), but apparently the electric motor in that cuts out at 20mph. Unless you spend all your driving time in stop/start motoring, I don't see the point of that.
The longest single journey to date was 415 miles. It returned a mpg just very slightly lower than my old TDI.
It will also plug into a supercharger. That's just a different cable I keep in the garage and can put in the boot if necessary. But for the time being I just use the three pin cable and have set the car's computer to charge at the lowest rate, to preserve the batteries.
Those 'fake' hybrids with tiny ranges were developed quickly to fill a demand created by rushed government strategy - Hybrids were made very cheap as company cars, so by slinging another battery and small motor in the models became far more enticing to company car drivers. The rules have since changed again to factor in the 'battery only' range so these models are now going away again.
