Embracing EV revolution: Choosing the Correct White Goods

[Fiisch]

Current driveway is a Skoda Superb and a Citroen DS3 Racing for a family of 4 (two children 2 & 6). The DS3R was bought by me as the latest in a long line of wholly unsuitable purchases - possibly the most unreliable car ever built (not mine, just in the DS3R in general) and wholly unsuitable for the school run (my eldest at 6 now has to sit in the front seat). When I bought it, it was supposed to be a runaround to get to the gym / occasional commute to office for me only, but over time our requirements have changed.

Currently Skoda does bulk of our mileage at around 15k/year - it's the 220 Sportline so not the most economical, but a brilliant car for the school run. DS3R does about 4/5k a year.

I am considering selling the DS3R and getting a runaround for my wife/school run to do the bulk of our miles (15k), and using the Superb more sparodically. With our mileage, and in an effort to save on the petrol bill, I am considering an electric vehicle despite myself. I am really struggling to get excited by EVs, and my research has left me confused, although I did drive a friend's Tesla Model 3 and I am saddened to say I was blown away...

1. Does our use (15k/year, mostly journeys under 50 mile round trip with occasional 220 mile round trip to in-laws) support buying an EV?

2. Am I correct to think optimal method of purchasing EV is to lease? (I.e.: Buying lightly used with bank loan or more traditional PCP is counter-intuitive due to the life of the battery and cost of replacement).

3. Neither my wife nor I have EV schemes through work (yet) - does a personal lease of an EV make sense financially?

My motives are somewhat nefarious - if I can save money on the family runabout, it could open the door to a weekend JDM toy... I'm really struggling to do the man maths as to whether an EV could genuinely save us money, or if I'd be better off getting a bank loan and looking for a lightly used frugal petrol car.

What are people's thoughts on EVs? The latest keeping up with the Jones' accessory, or a genuine path to saving on living costs?

[ZX10R NIN]

Right now I'd say lease/PCH are the best bet for an EV BUT if you can get a good GFV & sensible numbers on a PCP then they're well worth a look.

At the moment the best white good EV is the Megane E Tech you can get well spec'd pre registered 60kwh from 31k:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202303145...

& brand new from 33.5k:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202211131...

They all come with a five year warranty.

[Screechmr2]

I spent months looking for a car, narrowed it to either the superb 272 or a merc c43, I was never in to evs until i drove passed my local tesla garage and decided to have a look, test drove a long range model 3 then 1 week later one was sat on my drive. It's surprisingly entertaining on country roads and overtaking is a breeze.

200 miles is no problem. 50 an absolute breeze. The advantage of an ev is it's much easier to keep it full ready for use. Plug it in overnight, wake up and it's recharged.

I bought mine outright and charge it off my solar panels so it's really cheap to run. No servicing costs either.

[Pooh]

If you want to go on longer journeys get the Tesla, it's combination of range, efficiency, software and charging network cannot be beaten.
My model Y is enjoyable to drive, extremely easy to use and cheap to run.