Electric car
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Electric vehicles are a lease car or to be bought through a business if you are self employed. I admire the sentiment of owning a new vehicle outright but it makes litle sense unless you are keeping it for 15+ years and with an EV, you won't because it will for many reasons, be obsolete way before that.
My wife has and Etron, it's brilliant and leased for a ridiculously low amount, we'd be mad to buy one.
My wife has and Etron, it's brilliant and leased for a ridiculously low amount, we'd be mad to buy one.
At the summit of the picturesque fens
I was working in my front garden today....a Mustang GT with a Roush exhaust and a Corvette C4 drove past doing around 35mph. The noise of both almost made me go inside for a cold shower.
All I seem to read on other car forums are threads regarding 'range', 'the best energy provider for home charging' and 'I only paid £90k for my latest golf buggy'.
It's extremely boring and, frankly, depressing!
All I seem to read on other car forums are threads regarding 'range', 'the best energy provider for home charging' and 'I only paid £90k for my latest golf buggy'.
It's extremely boring and, frankly, depressing!
Devon
EV's are going to get a lot more expensive too.
The cost of electricity increasing with demand and the government imposing road pricing on electric cars to replace road tax from which they are currently exempt, and fuel duty.
Has anyone on here that owns an EV (As a second car obviously) tried to sell it second hand yet? What sort of depreciation is there?
PS I am sure the moderators will understand and allow anonymous contributions due to potential embarrassment factors involved in admitting you own an EV.
The cost of electricity increasing with demand and the government imposing road pricing on electric cars to replace road tax from which they are currently exempt, and fuel duty.
Has anyone on here that owns an EV (As a second car obviously) tried to sell it second hand yet? What sort of depreciation is there?
PS I am sure the moderators will understand and allow anonymous contributions due to potential embarrassment factors involved in admitting you own an EV.
Watched a video today of a guy who purchased a Porsche Taycan a year ago for £120,000.
After being told that it would hold its value well he had a valuation done and Porsche would give him £60,000 for it IF he was trading it for another Porsche. WBAC offered £53,000.
He has potentially lost £67,000 in a year not including servicing (£750 to service what?) and tyres ( that he says goes through quickly due to the weight)
He also reckons that charging using public chargers is not that much cheaper per mile than petrol/diesel. He would go back to a petrol/diesel car if he could but would have to pay £27,000 towards his finance after selling the car as he still owes £80,000 on it.
After being told that it would hold its value well he had a valuation done and Porsche would give him £60,000 for it IF he was trading it for another Porsche. WBAC offered £53,000.
He has potentially lost £67,000 in a year not including servicing (£750 to service what?) and tyres ( that he says goes through quickly due to the weight)
He also reckons that charging using public chargers is not that much cheaper per mile than petrol/diesel. He would go back to a petrol/diesel car if he could but would have to pay £27,000 towards his finance after selling the car as he still owes £80,000 on it.
Dave1971 said:
Have you switched to a low cost night tariff for charging
IMO the 'general public' are looking at EVs to purely be cheaper to own than an ICE car.
PVR's scenario is absolutely typical of why most buy EVs.
The UK Government did buy into that as a temporary incentive, but the 'cheaper to own and run' scenario has never been important to them. The Government are only interested in fulfilling their 'commitment' to their bull$hit 'green' criteria, nothing else.
They never said owning an EV was going to be cheaper than an ICE car in the long run; just gave huge incentives to get the ball rolling. Once that ball is rolling, all those incentives will be withdrawn. They need the revenue from somewhere. The massive hike in electricity costs recently has not helped their goal one bit.
All IMHO obviously!
PVR's scenario is absolutely typical of why most buy EVs.
The UK Government did buy into that as a temporary incentive, but the 'cheaper to own and run' scenario has never been important to them. The Government are only interested in fulfilling their 'commitment' to their bull$hit 'green' criteria, nothing else.
They never said owning an EV was going to be cheaper than an ICE car in the long run; just gave huge incentives to get the ball rolling. Once that ball is rolling, all those incentives will be withdrawn. They need the revenue from somewhere. The massive hike in electricity costs recently has not helped their goal one bit.
All IMHO obviously!
Dave1971 said:
Yep switched over yesterday - just siting newt the charger installer and all good to go - will be running all the appliances (washing Machine / dryer / dishwasher at night as well)