Which EV to buy?

[ThomW]

Hey everyone, I’m a Brit and have lived in the US for just over 15yrs. Moving back to the U.K. in the new year and starting to think about cars. I want an EV as my commute will only be 20-30 miles a day and won’t do huge mileage.

So far I’m thinking either the Hyundai Ioniq5, BMW i4 40 MSport or at an outside shot the base Taycan. I know the lead times are huge right now so will be using Onto until I can get my own business lease delivered.

I think I’m heading towards the i4, read some great reviews of it and watched some on YouTube. Feel like I’d be much happier with a well specced i4 that a ‘Taycan on steelies’ type thing.

But then the Ioniq5 is a ground-up EV design and looks mega retro cool.

Anyone got any experiences? Thoughts?

[ThomW]

RobDickinson said:

How about something more suited to doing 20-30 miles and no big trips?

All those seem overkill.

I did consider a Honda E as well. I do however have lots of family to visit when I’m back. I’ll only do 8k miles a year but will have a few 400 mile journeys to see family, don’t want to be playing infrastructure roulette.

Plus my job is pretty fluid, my remit changes fairly often so don’t want to rule out doing bigger miles over the next few years.

[ThomW]

EV Beano said:

Why do you want to own a car?

Much easier to just use a subscription service in the period where a) as you point out, getting a new car is challenging and b) the technology is still moving on month after month...

So why not subscribe until the point you can see through the fog and make a more informed choice?

....that's my decision anyway....

(And I have a referral code for £50 off On.to at the moment if anyone needs one - just DM me)

I am considering it tbh, I’m just working out whether I’m going to get a car myself or if it’ll be a company scheme.

I think the i4 eDrive40 is going to be the one for me. Watching some reviews the interior with iDrive 8 looks amazing, and I love the looks and hatchback practicality.

Phoned a couple of U.K. BMW dealers earlier though and they reckoned it would be early ‘23 before a new order would be delivered. Crazy.

[ThomW]

TheDeuce said:

bad company said:

The op mentions huge lead times for a new ev. Anyone know how long for say a BMW i4?

2023 apparently..

Although if you go lease (you should..) I expect there's still some stock and scheduled deliveries available.

Factory order is Feb ‘23 now. Crazy times! Though I’m told they expect this to come down, that’s going off the current chip supply times, but once supply eases up in 2022 production will speed up.

I’ve placed an order for an i4 eDrive40 M-Sport in Sanremo green, red leather, tech plus and comfort packs. 19” wheels as they don’t affect the range and look much better. Fingers crossed it comes sooner!