Would you buy an electric vehicle POLL

[Tomr10]

Similar to anything else a MTB is X a e MTB is more than double

 

[chickens and wheat]

Polestar is a volvo in name only, its a geely chinese made,. But that might not be a bad thing

 

[Hampton]

Polestar is a volvo in name only, its a geely chinese made,. But that might not be a bad thing

True, but it is a fairly big standard saloon car to sit in and the equivalent ICE saloon cars are plenty cheaper.
I will probably go for an electric next, but like I say, cost to run maybe cheaper, but they are considerably more expensive to buy

 

[tomg]

The issue with electric cars isn’t an issue for top end cars.
For example a £100k diesel/petrol Range Rover will still cost the same as a £100k electric Porsche Tesla or Volvo etc.
The issue is at the bottom end.
For example
Volvo XC60 family car
Diesel is approx £40k electric is £60k.
Vauxhall corsa petrol is £12-15k electric is £25k
Golf petrol approx £20k electric £35k.
For people on standard incomes, electric vehicles are still an aspiration/luxury they can’t afford

We're very much on a standard income and got a fully electric Hyundai Kona coming on lease this week, I think they're about £32k. Previous the most my wife has ever spent on a car is sub £10k and bought outright. As I mentioned previously on here the last car has actually cost us over £300/month to run. The Hyundai Kona is slightly bigger than the BMW 1 series it is replacing and is costing less than £300/month on a lease deal fully maintained.
We could never afford to buy a £32k car but we can lease one cheaply. There are plenty of cheaper end EVs coming onto the market!
Regards charging Hyundai reckon that most people would actually only need to charge their car 20times a year.

 

[chickens and wheat]

Dont believe them, you will charge much more often , but at home. Overnight charging also means you can set the timer to warm the car and batteries on a morning

 

[Clive]

True, but the polestar is largely a £25k Volvo that is electric for £40k

can you buy a 25k new volvo ?

all new cars look expensive these days

 

[Clive]

True, but it is a fairly big standard saloon car to sit in and the equivalent ICE saloon cars are plenty cheaper.
I will probably go for an electric next, but like I say, cost to run maybe cheaper, but they are considerably more expensive to buy

more to buy for a private buyer yes but if you are able to take advantage of tax savings possibly cheaper to lease or buy

 

[Hampton]

can you buy a 25k new volvo ?

all new cars look expensive these days

To be fair, that was a bad example on my part as Volvo have pulled the vast majority of their petrol and all their diesel cars, so it’s no longer a fair comparison

 

[Robt]

unsure how they plan to sell them in the uk after 2030 ! ?

If they have a small batter to catch braking energy like a self charging mild hybrid. Won’t that allow them to sell after 2030?

 

[Clive]

If they have a small batter to catch braking energy like a self charging mild hybrid. Won’t that allow them to sell after 2030?

not sure if 2030 is full ev or hybrid ? but you are maybe correct

 

[Clive]

To be fair, that was a bad example on my part as Volvo have pulled the vast majority of their petrol and all their diesel cars, so it’s no longer a fair comparison

seems quite a lot of choice at under £500/m now ……. which depending on your tax levels you can nearly halve in reality

a mini at £200 pm pre-tax saving looks like a very cheap way to get around in a brand new car to me ?

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[john 650]

Keep resisting,the longer people keep paying fuel duty the more EV drivers will avoid such taxes.

Thank you for your generosity.

Couldn't agree more.

Seems to be a lot of people reluctant on EVs, on the basis of the man down the pub/daily mail/twitter

Just hope there's enough of them still about when my current one goes back, so the tax rates are still cheap on the next one.

 

[john 650]

You do 40k miles a year in your car and 10k in the ute?
Do you do anything other than drive?

Feels like it sometimes...

(However, just because the cars are doing those miles, doesn't mean it's me doing all the driving).

 

[Poorbuthappy]

The issue with electric cars isn’t an issue for top end cars.
For example a £100k diesel/petrol Range Rover will still cost the same as a £100k electric Porsche Tesla or Volvo etc.
The issue is at the bottom end.
For example
Volvo XC60 family car
Diesel is approx £40k electric is £60k.
Vauxhall corsa petrol is £12-15k electric is £25k
Golf petrol approx £20k electric £35k.
For people on standard incomes, electric vehicles are still an aspiration/luxury they can’t afford

Skoda Enyaq is £33-4k, their equivalent ice suv barely below £30.

 

[Hampton]

Skoda Enyaq is £33-4k, their equivalent ice suv barely below £30.

True. That is 100% the exception to the rule and the car I am looking at

 

[Poorbuthappy]

True. That is 100% the exception to the rule and the car I am looking at

Collect ours on Wednesday.


There, now, I've said it.

 

[Y Fan Wen]

Surely Cars are DC, so to put back into the network would require reverse inverter, can’t see that being either allowed or safe,

You're really out of date. Sis has a solar/battery set up where the dc solar feeds the dc battery and the inverter feeds the battery into the grid or takes from the grid to charge the battery depending on what her supplier wants at any given moment.

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

The manufacturers will start building servicing costs into electric vehicles I guarantee it. If the pads and discs are lasting too long they'll make them thinner. The ones that are being built right now could well be the best built electric cars we ever see, it's only a matter of time before the accountants pick up on the unnecessary durability of certain components.

"Value engineering".......

Value for who?

 

[Y Fan Wen]

seems quite a lot of choice at under £500/m now ……. which depending on your tax levels you can nearly halve in reality

a mini at £200 pm pre-tax saving looks like a very cheap way to get around in a brand new car to me ?

I had a chat with the salesman while Mrs Y's Mokka was getting its second service. He worked some figures for me and he reckoned that if we took a new electric Mokka now, trading in the present one, her monthly payments would drop from mid 250s to a bit over 100. He said dealers are desperate for s/h vehicles at the mo' and it is the high trade in values which makes this possible. He did ring in the Spring to see if we would like to take advantage of a special offer but I am just incapable of imagining trading an 18 month vehicle.

 

[chickens and wheat]

It traded a 18mth old LR for an EV. I dont pay deposits. So all that matters is monthly cost age of car is largely irrelevant
Ev had 0% finance. , So basically i traded saved myself a lot of interest by escaping the original loan.