EV cars, would you, wouldn't you?

EV cars, would you, wouldn't you?

Poll: EV cars, would you, wouldn't you?

Total Members Polled: 427

Yes, I would have an electric car: 72%
No, I have no interest, ICE all the way: 11%
No, technology and resources not available: 17%
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deltashad

Original Poster:

6,731 posts

196 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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EV's are growing a fan base, even among the most hardcore of car enthusiasts.
Personally I'm happy with a petrol and manual gearbox. I will make any excuse to leave the barge or company car in the drive and jump in an impractical manual petrol car designed with driver focus first and everything else an afterthought.
Now that could be a 5 minute dash to the shops or a 4000klm road trip. I never get a sore back, never get tired.
But that's just me and we're all different.

JakeT

5,406 posts

119 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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I would have an EV if I had a commute under 20 miles each way (currently 50 miles), could comfortably afford one (can't) and had something with a petrol engine and a manual box for longer journeys or having some fun. Something like a combo of a Tesla Model S, and an E46 M3.

Jimmyarm

1,962 posts

177 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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We have one.

It is awesome and does exactly what we want it too and can use it for 99% of our journeys.

Once you have owned one, if it fits with your driving habits, you wonder why all those other people on the road haven't cottoned on.





Phunk

1,972 posts

170 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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I think it needs to fit your circumstances.

I have a leaf company car, I pay next to no BIK and I can charge up for free at work which is less that a mile from my flat or at 50+ chargers within a 3 mile radius of me.

The savings in fuel and tax allow me to buy a run a old Boxster for fun at the weekends.

If however I didn't have access to local chargers or charging at work I couldn't be bothered with the hassle.

It's like any car, you buy what suits your needs. You don't buy a Ferrari to take 4 kids on the school run every day.

stargazer30

1,582 posts

165 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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I'm a petrol head and I have a leccy Zoe and an MR2. MR2 for fun. Zoe for commuting in start/stop traffic (no clutch and gears makes this relaxing), doing school runs, ferrying kids around etc...

poing

8,743 posts

199 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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I want a Twizy really badly but it would only be a toy because it can't get me to work and back with it's existing range.

Monkeylegend

26,226 posts

230 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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Diesel for me until they are no longer available for whatever reason.

m444ttb

3,160 posts

228 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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I'd happily have something like a BMW i3 to sit alongside my Porsche 996.

bitchstewie

50,790 posts

209 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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If people are saying "no" I'd like to know if they've driven one.

I would absolutely, however right now I still think the pricing is wrong i.e. it's a lifestyle choice rather than a financial one if you do significant mileage.

Iva Barchetta

44,044 posts

162 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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Electric is useless for a roadtrip....I'm out.

1000 miles in a day ?.....no way !

kambites

67,461 posts

220 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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As a family car, I'd love one; it'd be far more convenient for us than an ICE powered car. I suspect our next family car will be a Tesla Model-3. For my commuting car, no, or at least not yet. But then I wouldn't want to replace my car with any current ICE powered car either.

DickP

1,117 posts

149 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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I would say yes if it fulfilled the criteria of the boring practical car for short journeys that you don't care about, and also I'd need to be able to run a fun car as well.

eldar

21,614 posts

195 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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bhstewie said:
If people are saying "no" I'd like to know if they've driven one.

I would absolutely, however right now I still think the pricing is wrong i.e. it's a lifestyle choice rather than a financial one if you do significant mileage.
I'm a NO, at the moment. Principally because they don't yet have the range to get comfortably to a public charge point - a factor of where I live.

I haven't driven one, because the local dealers don't have any....

If I lived somewhere with charge points, then yes if the economics made sense.

bitchstewie

50,790 posts

209 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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eldar said:
I'm a NO, at the moment. Principally because they don't yet have the range to get comfortably to a public charge point - a factor of where I live.

I haven't driven one, because the local dealers don't have any....

If I lived somewhere with charge points, then yes if the economics made sense.
All totally fair, I should have been clearer, I meant the "I'd sooner stab myself in the eyes" folks once they appear smile

eldar

21,614 posts

195 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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bhstewie said:
All totally fair, I should have been clearer, I meant the "I'd sooner stab myself in the eyes" folks once they appear smile
No probssmile The current (sorrry!) charging infrastructure isn't mature enough. I did look at them, as it made sense for a lot of my projected use, but I need to do a couple of 80 mile round trips a month which made it too risky, particularly in winter over the fells.

Ended up with a Skoda Citigo, which does the job and is probably cheaper than an EV! Next time will probably be different.

Willy Nilly

12,511 posts

166 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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What heats the car interior on an electric car?

Negative Creep

24,942 posts

226 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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I'd say yes as a second car. However even if I had the money to buy it I'd have nowhere to charge it

J4CKO

41,287 posts

199 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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Definitely, would be a replacement for the Fiesta we have, not my 350Z or whatever replaces it, I have been cursed with Petrolheaditis so am stuck with noisy antisocial, inefficient petrol cars in my blood, but the EV thing thrills me and fills me with hope for the future, for day to day use nothing beats them.

The Electric Motor is a wonderful device.

kambites

67,461 posts

220 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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Willy Nilly said:
What heats the car interior on an electric car?
I believe the Tesla has two cabin heat sources; usually heat is provided by the battery cooling circuits in the same way that an ICE powered car's heater works. If that's not enough, there's a supplementary electric heater.

shake n bake

2,221 posts

206 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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I got a Zoe for the miss shake n bake, she loves it.
I was the biggest critic before I drove one, after I had actually driven I was very impressed.
Lots of gadgets, zippy to drive about in and a pleasantly rewarding drive.
You'd be bonkers to own one if you did more than 60ish miles a day if you can't charge during the day, but likewise, if only a few miles a day are covered then you're nuts not to get one.
Pcp it, if the arse falls out of the market you don't lose anything, the manufacturers are desperate to get them out in the public eye so a great deal can be had.