When will you own an electric car?
Discussion
parabolica said:
Whenever it becomes appropriate for my needs/finances. Right now the high entry cost on pure electric vehicles is too high for me personally, but it'll come down with time.
I don't really care how a vehicle is powered, I love them all.
Likewise.I don't really care how a vehicle is powered, I love them all.
I would guess that it'll probably be the car after my next car.
I would own an electric car now, the only thing stopping me is not being able to park outside my own home (well parents).
Hoping to be moving into our own home in the summer and will be giving a serious consideration to a Nissan leaf. I do lots of miles (over 2500 in Jan) and drive regularly into London, I'd be saving a fair whack Vs the £11.50 congestion charge, 36mpg, £220 tax I currently pay for.
Hoping to be moving into our own home in the summer and will be giving a serious consideration to a Nissan leaf. I do lots of miles (over 2500 in Jan) and drive regularly into London, I'd be saving a fair whack Vs the £11.50 congestion charge, 36mpg, £220 tax I currently pay for.
When something can do at least 250 miles on a single charge, costs less than £25k and doesn't look like a prop from a budget sci-fi show.
I'll keep my current diesel for the next 3-4 years, so possibly my next car. But probably not, I'll want something petrol and interesting for a few years while I still can...
I'll keep my current diesel for the next 3-4 years, so possibly my next car. But probably not, I'll want something petrol and interesting for a few years while I still can...
If I owned two cars then I would theoretically be in a good position to have a battery-powerd EV right now (owns own driveway and commutes ~8 miles per day).
What's stopping is that a) I can't buy an EV as cheaply as a petrol, b) battery leasing means I'm tied to another monthly cost, c) the lack of range for the occasions I want to drive for hundreds of miles, and d) I do so love to drive a manual petrol.
Maybe in ten years I'll have a V8 powered something for high days and holidays and an EV for the rest of the time. I could live with that...
What's stopping is that a) I can't buy an EV as cheaply as a petrol, b) battery leasing means I'm tied to another monthly cost, c) the lack of range for the occasions I want to drive for hundreds of miles, and d) I do so love to drive a manual petrol.
Maybe in ten years I'll have a V8 powered something for high days and holidays and an EV for the rest of the time. I could live with that...
I think we could easily manage with one EV and one IC. The problem at the moment is the complete absence of models that I want to own, at a price I can afford. Currently, it seems to be a choice between drab, beige, compromised ecoboxes with impractical ranges, or models with decent range, but with the performance and price of a supercar.
I'm interested to see what comes onto the market in the middle ground over the next few years. If something came on to the market that would seat 4, hit 60 somewhere around 5 seconds, do 300 miles on a charge, and cost under £40k, I would be seriously interested. Model 3 perhaps?
I'm interested to see what comes onto the market in the middle ground over the next few years. If something came on to the market that would seat 4, hit 60 somewhere around 5 seconds, do 300 miles on a charge, and cost under £40k, I would be seriously interested. Model 3 perhaps?
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