Would you buy an electric vehicle POLL

[bobk]

Not been here for a while , even Sir David Frost reckons the western economy has gone overboard on zero carbon . and imo he's correct

 

[Highland Mule]

Not like I'm going to buy a Volvo either.
Unless it's machinery or a lorry of course, in those cases it's Volvo über alles!


Except a Scania V8 beats a Volvo any day of the week...

Proud owner of a Chinese Volvo here, albeit one made in Belgium, iirc.

 

[bobk]

Proud owner of a Chinese Volvo here, albeit one made in Belgium, iirc.

My mother has a Volvo .

 

[Highland Mule]

My mother has a Volvo .

Howard, is that you son?

 

[snarling bee]

If an electric car was just 4 wheel motors a battery and a dirty greater contactor I’d buy one but it isn’t. They are full of electronic tinternet crap that can go wrong so I’m out till I’m forced.
Waiting for 3 weeks for a cooker thermostat so far. Due New Years Eve. We might have a party to celebrate its arrival.
The other night while beet harvesting the Lambo brakes failed for some reason. A stupid hydro mechanical system that pisses oil at the slightest opportunity. Got the MF135 out again and it managed the rest of the field hauling the same 6 ton trailer up the farm road in the moonlight like a good un. I’ll bet no electric vehicle will turn a wheel after 50 years unlike most of my old kit.

Do you think that a new ICE car made/bought today will last 50 years? There is just as much 'tinternet crap' on those.

 

[mountfarm]

Fairly sure of my answer , 2 questions , no fence sitting

Not a chance. We had a Tesla (not mine) here 6 years ago on a 3 year lease deal. What a mistake that was. If your running air con in the summer or heaters in the winter halve the mileage. Sitting in traffic eats the battery as well. The payments were half the value of it (yes I know but again not my car, not my idea, not my decision). Tried to hand it back early and happy to pay for doing so but they wouldn’t accept it. In the last year it got bumped from behind and needed a new bumper. That took 5 months but still had to pay to insure it and the monthly payment to even though it couldn’t be used. The stand in car was a petrol.

 

[Bald Rick]

Watching a review video of the BMW iX 50 last night. All very nice … good range claimed at 380 miles, 0-62 in 4.5, full leather etc

Then got to the price.
£90,000 before any options

Can buy an X3 M Competition with demo miles …. 400 mile plus range, 0-62 in 4.5, full leather etc … for £50k

EVs are silly money

 

[milkloss]

It’s a good job the gov are changing the subs for ev’s……. Bit of a rich man’s thing imo and the top end stuff should never have been subbed to start with.

 

[chickens and wheat]

There is no sub on more top end ev's as it stands.

I dont understand all the ev hatred that exists. If they suit your journey style then consider one or dont.

All these tales of problems can be matched with tales of ice cars having engine woes etc. Imagine having to buy a new 6cylinder engine out of warranty!
We all know there are friday afternoon cars of all types.

 

[Bald Rick]

There is no sub on more top end ev's as it stands.

I dont understand all the ev hatred that exists. If they suit your journey style then consider one or dont.

All these tales of problems can be matched with tales of ice cars having engine woes etc. Imagine having to buy a new 6cylinder engine out of warranty!
We all know there are friday afternoon cars of all types.

The hate comes from being forced in to having to have a hair dryer in the future.

Yes I can see some attraction if you are town based or do short journeys but they are still hair dryers

 

[Frankzy]

Hair dryer with 500kw engine doesn't seem all that bad to me..

 

[hally]

Quite fancy the look of the new electric Polaris utv, 110 hp…….the sheep will never know what hit them

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Quite fancy the look of the new electric Polaris utv, 110 hp…….the sheep will never know what hit them

Any link to details on that?

 

[Bald Rick]

Hair dryer with 500kw engine doesn't seem all that bad to me..

Pfft.
Once you’ve got over their only trick of fast acceleration (whilst draining the battery at an alarming rate), what else is there? You can’t modify or tune them, no one knows what their secondhand value is going to be as battery life hasn’t been determined, it’s highly likely an alternative fuel will be along in five years that will make EVs look silly, they are wickedly expensive to buy making their running costs irrelevant as you won’t recover the differential between them and an ICE model …

 

[hally]

Any link to details on that?

I wouldnt know where to begin but it was on polaris uk website....towing a truck loaded with logs

 

[Robt]

Pfft.
Once you’ve got over their only trick of fast acceleration (whilst draining the battery at an alarming rate), what else is there? You can’t modify or tune them, no one knows what their secondhand value is going to be as battery life hasn’t been determined, it’s highly likely an alternative fuel will be along in five years that will make EVs look silly, they are wickedly expensive to buy making their running costs irrelevant as you won’t recover the differential between them and an ICE model …

Yes because a big v8 that does zero to sixty in 3 seconds doesn’t drain its tank when accelerating hard…

 

[Bald Rick]

Yes because a big v8 that does zero to sixty in 3 seconds doesn’t drain its tank when accelerating hard…

Of course it does … but there is usually a petrol station within a cockstride with functioning pumps

 

[Poorbuthappy]

I wouldnt know where to begin but it was on polaris uk website....towing a truck loaded with logs

Thanks - that looks interesting.

 

[Highland Mule]

Pfft.
Once you’ve got over their only trick of fast acceleration (whilst draining the battery at an alarming rate), what else is there?

Incredible handling due to the low c.o.g.? Autopilot feature? Self parking? Genuine four wheel drive with separate motors for each wheel?

You can’t modify or tune them,

Fairly sure you can - with a laptop though and no need for any of those spanner things.

so one knows what their secondhand value is going to be as battery life hasn’t been determined,

Why would you care if leasing it/ planning to sell in 3-5 years?

it’s highly likely an alternative fuel will be along in five years that will make EVs look silly,

Highly unlikely you mean - not for a decade at least and far longer for any credible alternative to be scalable.

they are wickedly expensive to buy making their running costs irrelevant as you won’t recover the differential between them and an ICE model …

Like for like, not true.

 

[Frankzy]

You can’t modify or tune them,

I don't see why you wouldn't be able to plonk a bigger electric motor in it along with some upgraded cooling..