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<blockquote data-quote="sjt01" data-source="post: 3636746" data-attributes="member: 30726"><p>Pure electric is the way to go. Hybrid might allay range anxiety, but at the expense of the complication and servicing of an internal combustion engine, and the complexity of combining both drive systems. Pure electric is just so simple, hardly any moving parts, and with regen braking virtually no brake wear.</p><p></p><p>Both Leaf and Tesla have 8 year warranty on batteries. If you generate your own electric, its really cheap to run, and over the lifetime of the car total costs are much less than diesel. Servicing costs very low. Once you have driven a pure electric, anything else seems so 20th century.</p><p></p><p>Look at the new big battery Zoe, but avoid leasing the battery as it works out expensive in the long run.</p><p></p><p>An entertaining way of finding out more is to look at Fully Charged on YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/fullychargedshow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/fullychargedshow</a></p><p>Its Robert Llewellyn of Red Dwarf and Scrapheap Challenge fame.</p><p></p><p>If you test drive a Tesla, be prepared to mortgage the farm to buy one because you will want one!</p><p></p><p>Before we bought the Leaf we calculated total costs over the 8 year battery warranty period, and giving zero value to the car at 8 years it was still cheaper than running our 7 year old diesel Corsa.</p><p></p><p>At the end of battery life they can be recycled, low cost. Beware of the scare stories in the press from the fossil fuel lobby.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sjt01, post: 3636746, member: 30726"] Pure electric is the way to go. Hybrid might allay range anxiety, but at the expense of the complication and servicing of an internal combustion engine, and the complexity of combining both drive systems. Pure electric is just so simple, hardly any moving parts, and with regen braking virtually no brake wear. Both Leaf and Tesla have 8 year warranty on batteries. If you generate your own electric, its really cheap to run, and over the lifetime of the car total costs are much less than diesel. Servicing costs very low. Once you have driven a pure electric, anything else seems so 20th century. Look at the new big battery Zoe, but avoid leasing the battery as it works out expensive in the long run. An entertaining way of finding out more is to look at Fully Charged on YouTube [URL]https://www.youtube.com/user/fullychargedshow[/URL] Its Robert Llewellyn of Red Dwarf and Scrapheap Challenge fame. If you test drive a Tesla, be prepared to mortgage the farm to buy one because you will want one! Before we bought the Leaf we calculated total costs over the 8 year battery warranty period, and giving zero value to the car at 8 years it was still cheaper than running our 7 year old diesel Corsa. At the end of battery life they can be recycled, low cost. Beware of the scare stories in the press from the fossil fuel lobby. [/QUOTE]
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