Why no Zoe?

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squirejo

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794 posts

242 months

Wednesday 16th July 2014
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Just google ecotricity and / or electric highway. They accept the source london card, or, you can get a ecotricity card. From memory it's a tenner.

Not sure what car that is you have- but it does look like a kennels connector. Not all cars can accept a v fast charge- the Zoe can with its "chameleon" charger.

Most on street chargers you need your own cable. These high power ones have a tethered cable, so you just plug in and go for your coffee.

bertiedee

48 posts

140 months

Thursday 31st July 2014
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I'm quite interested in 1 of these. What have you found to be a realistic range, now you've
been running it for a couple of months? My daily commute is 60 miles round trip....mostly on a slow A road. I'm up in Cumbria, and haven't yet seen a public charging point, so would be charging every night at home.

squirejo

Original Poster:

794 posts

242 months

Saturday 2nd August 2014
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bertiedee said:
I'm quite interested in 1 of these. What have you found to be a realistic range, now you've
been running it for a couple of months? My daily commute is 60 miles round trip....mostly on a slow A road. I'm up in Cumbria, and haven't yet seen a public charging point, so would be charging every night at home.
Hi there

60-70 miles of London stop start traffic. Only done a few 'longer' journeys including Heathrow and back and used less 'fuel' on the range meter than the distance covered, as one might in a normal car used to doing the urban grind.

Suggest asking on the myrenaultzoe.com forum where there seem to be loads of folks using one as you might.

Perhaps an extended test drive could be arranged?

bertiedee

48 posts

140 months

Sunday 3rd August 2014
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Thanks. Will give that a try

budfox

1,510 posts

128 months

Sunday 10th August 2014
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I've driven both, perfectly decent cars for sure. Do I want one? Yes. Which would I choose? Hard to say, probably the Leaf because the dealer is very close. The Zoe is better looking though IMHO.

Question is, will I buy one? Just not sure. I'm completely sold on the idea of an EV, but not sure whether I want to buy a new car at all. I'd be trading in an Aygo, which does all I could ask of a second car. It cost peanuts to run and uses the same cost in fuel each month as the battery lease cost.

So I'd be trading in the Aygo and paying around £130-£150/month for the admittedly nicer drive, better spec, warranty and service costs. After four years I'd have to pay a balloon payment or give it back.

I just don't think I want to pay that much money out really.

kentish zoe

10 posts

115 months

Sunday 31st August 2014
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Nice choice of car squire. Couple of points : no need to pay £10 to source london for card that expires in december just get source east for free ! And battery lease is just new way to do things try to get over comparing to monthly petrol and just treat as part of running cost of a car which is less than half the price of the i3, put the money you save on a leaf in the bank and use that to pay lease each month with no battery worries.
oh yes and if you don't have off street parking for a home charger you can ask your council to put one in outside under olev scheme.

Edited by kentish zoe on Sunday 31st August 15:48

squirejo

Original Poster:

794 posts

242 months

Monday 1st September 2014
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kentish zoe said:
Nice choice of car squire. Couple of points : no need to pay £10 to source london for card that expires in december just get source east for free ! And battery lease is just new way to do things try to get over comparing to monthly petrol and just treat as part of running cost of a car which is less than half the price of the i3, put the money you save on a leaf in the bank and use that to pay lease each month with no battery worries.
oh yes and if you don't have off street parking for a home charger you can ask your council to put one in outside under olev scheme.

Edited by kentish zoe on Sunday 31st August 15:48
Re council / Olev. Tried that. Mine doesn't participate. Odd.

Will be interesting to see how source London develops with the new guys in charge.

kentish zoe

10 posts

115 months

Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Yes be interesting as there are so many ev s in london now they may try to make some money off it.
my council (newham) haven't joined the scheme either but worth persisting as it is only simple form they need to fill in to get 75%of cost paid.
squirejo said:
Re council / Olev. Tried that. Mine doesn't participate. Odd.

Will be interesting to see how source London develops with the new guys in charge.