Maddie Goes Electric - A Beginner’s Guide - Fully Charged -

[MaxSo]

I’m sure there are lots of people on PH, and their friends and family members, who maybe wondering about the transition from petrol/diesel to electric cars, and how an electric car could fit into their life.

Fully Charged has just launched a six part mini series which is going to be a guide following one of their presenters, Maddie, as she researches electric cars and then ultimately buys/leases one and starts using it.

I’ve just watched episode 1 and think this series could be pretty useful for people who may now be considering an electric car, or maybe aren’t yet but are interested and who are open to the possibility.

https://youtu.be/9A4ytljB-jo

Edited by MaxSo on Thursday 16th January 11:20

[anonymous-user]

Thanks, hopefully this will dispel some of the myths that stty journalists have been spaffing around for years.

[Frimley111R]

6 parts? If I want to know about EVs I wont' bother with a 6 part mini-series. That's just them milking advertising and their channel.

[Dave Hedgehog]

Frimley111R said:

6 parts? If I want to know about EVs I wont' bother with a 6 part mini-series. That's just them milking advertising and their channel.

i thought the first one was very good

[MaxSo]

Frimley111R said:

6 parts? If I want to know about EVs I wont' bother with a 6 part mini-series. That's just them milking advertising and their channel.

Ok.

[NDNDNDND]

Do you think by episode four she'll realise the numbers don't stack up and they're potentially inconvenient, so she'll just buy a ten year old diesel?

[rjg48]

Popular with people with more money than sense.

What more do we need to know?

[MaxSo]

“ this series could be pretty useful for people who may now be considering an electric car, or maybe aren’t yet but are interested and who are open to the possibility.”

[k6chris]

"So electric vehicles are really expensive, but that deosn't matter because most people lease them......"

[MaxSo]

This website is hilarious.

[Terminator X]

I appreciate you guys may hate on me here but I still don't know a single person who wants an electric car. Where is all the demand?

TX.

[MaxSo]

Oh good

[MaxSo]

Do you all have literally nothing better to do?

Go for a walk. It’s nice out.

[untakenname]

Unfortunate name, first thing that came to mind was the Portuguese one.

Wonder if part of the series will focus on the resentment other road users have towards EV drivers?

[k6chris]

Actually I have leart a lot - namely that the Hyundai Kona 64 KWH Premium is a bargain at £38,600........

[Dave Hedgehog]

MaxSo said:

This website is hilarious.

its hard to pry a fossil car from the knuckles of its owner when they are dragging along the ground

[Dave Hedgehog]

k6chris said:

Actually I have leart a lot - namely that the Hyundai Kona 64 KWH Premium is a bargain at £38,600........

in the context of the avg UK new car buyer it pretty much is

for the low income who shed its unobtanium, but then so is the avg UK new car

[MaxSo]

“ Unfortunate name, first thing that came to mind was the Portuguese one.”

[blueacid]

Terminator X said:

I appreciate you guys may hate on me here but I still don't know a single person who wants an electric car. Where is all the demand?

TX.

I really want one.
I drive a mix of urban and some longer distance (200 mile) motorway journeys, these make up 99.9% of my mileage.

Currently running a Euro 5 diesel which is lovely, but it's both polluting and out of place on the urban journeys (hello, DPF!). But I park it on a driveway that's right in front of my house, so could easily charge an electric car.

I'd far rather produce far less pollution in the city, and with stuff like the E-Niro, Tesla S and Tesla 3 being able to do "just over" 200 miles real-world range, I'd be at the point where I could complete the drives from my native Manchester to London / Edinburgh / Surrey (parents house) either by driving gently and not needing to charge, or getting enough to ensure my arrival with a mere 10-15 minutes on a rapid charger. Given that I usually stop for around that long anyway, that wouldn't materially affect my journey.

My only problem so far has been that the 10 year old diesel cost me around 8k. An EV with 200 miles of range would be around 35k. Sadly the running costs of the diesel are low enough that I can afford to replace the DPF, injectors and pay a load of London Pollution Taxes and still come out financially on top.

As soon as the man-maths stack up, though, I want one.

[Dave Hedgehog]

MaxSo said:

Do you all have literally nothing better to do?

Go for a walk. It’s nice out.

i tired that but started choking on all the toxic fumes from fossil cars