Would you buy an electric vehicle POLL

Woolless · Jul 2, 2021

We bought an electric VW Golf two years ago (approx). Marginal decision financially (interest free loan) and we have the benefit of two small wind turbines.

Positives: More or less charged for free (but we have renewables), goes like excrement off a shovel. I use it whenever I can. Low servicing and road tax costs.

Negatives: Range! 90 miles in winter, 135 summer (big difference!). Doesn't like my heavy right foot, range goes through the floor.

Ideal for my wife driving fairly locally but I would struggle driving it to work (northern outpost of Newcastle). And wouldn't consider taking it away on holiday this weekend. Range and purchase cost are the key to increase uptake, IMO. But there is no choice, burning fossil fuels is forking the planet!!

GeorgeK · Jul 2, 2021

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teslacoils · Jul 2, 2021

Yup. Got one. Old leaf. Done 100k miles in it now.

Exfarmer · Jul 2, 2021

Bald Rick said:
No.

Would consider an electric tractor for feeder wagon and perhaps farm truck but for pleasure, V6 as a minimum

Really? Have you looked at the figures? A friends new electric SUV will knock spots off my sports car. Then comes a Taycan and that is hilarious!

Woolless · Jul 2, 2021

Exfarmer said:
Really? Have you looked at the figures? A friends new electric SUV will knock spots off my sports car. Then comes a Taycan and that is hilarious!

Plus one. EVs can really shift. Get yourself a test drive @Bald Rick. And if the saleswoman accompanying you is tidy with a suspender belt, then that's two boxes ticked!

Wombat · Jul 2, 2021

delilah said:
No; the greenest car you can drive is the one you already own.
Anyway, the vilification of the private car driver is bollox, it's freight we should be addressing to make meaningful cuts in emissions.

my current one is a lease thats going back so i need something new

delilah · Jul 2, 2021

Since Beeching, we have actively designed society to make daily use of a car pretty much essential.
Prohibitive train fares, decimation of bus routes, a planning system that puts houses miles away from shops.
It isn't the fuel source that needs changing, but rather the factors that force us into our cars.

Hilly · Jul 2, 2021

Yes I definitely would , but not for the reason of saving the planet .

spin cycle · Jul 2, 2021

Phil P said:
V8 or go home .

Short term the up side is hopefully fuel prices will start to drop as there’s less petrol/diesel cars on the road, which will make my 4.6 v8 economic to run at sub 15mpg .

Work vehicle wise I’m waiting on the Ford ranger lightning (or whatever it’s called) to come to the uk. Not that I can afford one

times newspaper today govt going to rack up fuel duty to try make ppl switch

......towing is gonna be a nightmare

JeepJeep · Jul 2, 2021

No not yet but it'll come.

Range puts me off... Do a fair bit of miles.

I can leave here to Herts and be back for Bargain hunt and lunch. 450 Miles covered and still a week's worth of running round in the tank.

Gedd · Jul 2, 2021

spin cycle said:
times newspaper today govt going to rack up fuel duty to try make ppl switch......towing is gonna be a nightmare

That will only put cost of living up as everything we use has to be transported no electric trucks yet

spin cycle · Jul 2, 2021

Gedd said:
That will only put cost of living up as everything we use has to be transported no electric trucks yet

it's a fiasco isn't it

...plenty of time for a u turn i suppose

jonnieboy · Jul 2, 2021

Yes but it would have to sit in the garage with all the other lottery win impulse buys
Most of them will be V8-V12 minimum

Wellytrack · Jul 2, 2021

Serious acceleration in those things @Bald Rick

Bury the Trash · Jul 2, 2021

delilah said:
Since Beeching, we have actively designed society to make daily use of a car pretty much essential.
Prohibitive train fares, decimation of bus routes, a planning system that puts houses miles away from shops.
It isn't the fuel source that needs changing, but rather the factors that force us into our cars.

this /\

im not going add any more because it winds me up too much , suffice to say extra housebuilding in the rural area has not been planned or thought through correctly, its an ongoing fudge up and no one cares.

Phil P · Jul 2, 2021

spin cycle said:
times newspaper today govt going to rack up fuel duty to try make ppl switch......towing is gonna be a nightmare

On the grand scheme all that will do is penalise those who are already struggling! If you can afford a big fuel guzzling vehicle to start with paying a bit more to feed it is neither here nor there.

Bald Rick · Jul 2, 2021

Exfarmer said:
Really? Have you looked at the figures? A friends new electric SUV will knock spots off my sports car. Then comes a Taycan and that is hilarious!

No interest in an EV car.

I prefer to drive aurally.... and I don’t like the sound of a hairdryer

br jones · Jul 2, 2021

i cant afford an electric car ,never been able to afford a new car ,better things to spend my cash on ,paying mortgage etc

Still Farming · Jul 2, 2021

Yes if the bloody prices were cheaper.
They should be if they force people to go that way!

wanton dwarf · Jul 2, 2021

Ffermer Bach said:
I suppose I will eventually, but not to begin with, I will wait until there are good second hand ones on the market!

The battery is currently at least as expensive as the vehicle.

Like all batteries it degrades. So unlike a second hand car it might not be a good idea to have an older car.

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