- Location
- Co antrim
Any1 been runnin a ev for 7+years? Did u have any battery problems and is a full charge not doin as many miles as when it was new? Also how many kw does it require to fully charge it and what miles is that gettin you?
Electric cars long term owners
- Thread starter daveydiesel1
- Start date
the silence is deafening 
scottrac
Member
- Location
- lincolnshire
A customer of mine has one of the 1st teslas.
M.D of large shipping company,no big problems but when i asked him if it was his money would he buy one he said no.apperently the figures don't stack up and the inconvenience of charging etc means if he goes on holiday he has to plan his routes so precisely and always worried what if that charge station isn't working
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
My IFA is on his fourth I think. Jag now, BMW before and Merc before that. Can’t remember what the first one was. He leases them and keeps telling me it’s a no brainer. Given how canny he is with money, there must be something in it.
- Location
- Co antrim
The long distance thing wouldnt be such an issue for us as father in law has a 6berth camper so if goin on hols in uk most likely would be takin it and if for some reason i needed to go far i could get me mas car for a day or 2. Im movin house shortly and will be considerin solar panels, so that why im lookin at possibly an electric car down the line but i like to buy a car and pay for it there so finance or hire isnt gonna work for me.so would be few years old so just wonderin if any1 has had to replace batteries. Also how many panels would i need to charge the car
pgk
Member
- Location
- south warwickshire
At work we ran a second generation Prius, at 85k miles the battery became a major problem and it was not economic to repair. Be interesting to know if later 100% electric vehicles fare better. As I usually buy vehicles with around 80k miles on the clock and expect to run them cheaply to 250k miles not been tempted by a hybrid never mind a full electric.
frontier tried some ldv type electric vans for delivering sprays seeds etc what a disaster that was
- Location
- Isle of Skye
Isn't IFA the International Frisbee Association?
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Independent Financial Advisor - the chap who keeps me right on “big money” stuff like pensions and investments.
- Location
- North Norfolk
Our Tesla is coming up to 7 years, 6 with us. Over 90k on the clock, might be about 5% loss of range.
The Leaf 30kWh we have had over 6 years, something like 10% loss in range over 75k miles, but the Leaf batteries were a poor design with no thermal management, and probably give the worst performance of any EV battery.
- Location
- Scotland
the silence is deafening
To be fair, you only gave anyone 15 minutes to reply!
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
At a time of day when livestock farmers would mostly be feeding and bedding up and arable farmers still sleeping (what time do the ski lifts start operating these days?)
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
Don't get a car, get an electric twin cab pickup,
Then when you on holiday with caravan or long distance trips, chuck an old Lister start o matic genny plant in the back, it will look after itself
humour is lost on you
ollie989898
Member
Governments should be stipulating that car makers need to make it possible to repair or replace batteries in electric cars. They are so stringent with electrical appliances these days but cars it seems are a different issue?
- Location
- Boroughbridge, york
As for solar, a 3 phase charger uses about 11kw . So you would need approx 15kw (60 panels) of panels to charge solely on solar at noon on the best days of the year.
The average domestic array of 4kw, would reduce your bills. But its probably cheaper to use night rate electric for charging unless you have a lot of panels and maybe a battery storage.
Either way its alot cheaper than buying petrol/ diesel.
The average domestic array of 4kw, would reduce your bills. But its probably cheaper to use night rate electric for charging unless you have a lot of panels and maybe a battery storage.
Either way its alot cheaper than buying petrol/ diesel.
Can you not already do this? The market for repalcement batteries for electric fork trucks is huge... Are the batteries vehicle specific?
- Location
- Boroughbridge, york
EV batteries a pretty much built into the chassis the surrounded my some kind of thermal paste, not all simple to change.
People go on about the cost of changing such things and seem to forget that some ice engines go bang occasionally and are hardly cheap to fix.
People go on about the cost of changing such things and seem to forget that some ice engines go bang occasionally and are hardly cheap to fix.
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
Next door neighbour has a Tesla. Paid for by her Hair salon business. If she had to buy it herself, she says there is no way she could have it.
Her own car is a 2012 LR Defender.
Talk about Sublime to the ridiculous!
Her own car is a 2012 LR Defender.
Talk about Sublime to the ridiculous!
