Breakdown insurance for EV's

[Evanivitch]

CrgT16 said:

I do between 350-400 during the week, excludes Sunday family outings but during the weekend I wouldn’t mind plugging it in twice as I am not in a rush.

For me it’s not there yet. I am sure soon enough but not yet.

So you'd need to plug it in probably twice a week on a 60kWh car to do your weekly mileage, or you're going to the petrol station once a week? Which takes less time...

[Evanivitch]

blitzracing said:

The only way I can be carbon neutral is to stop breathing ): . I have a Mini Cooper electric and a 3.5 kw solar array to charge it, topped up with 5p a unit off peak. The last 1500 miles is less than £15 in power. This only works as I can charge the car during the day however, and the set up cost has been huge. The Mini is super quick off the line, super smooth and quiet, it really does make the ICE seem barbaric in comparison. Don't get me wrong I like a V8 as much as any petrol head, but going electric certainly does not mean dull.

Let's be clear, the only way you can be carbon neutral is to either not consume energy/products or to actively remove carbon from the atmosphere.

An EV is not carbon neutral. Wind and solar energy is not carbon neutral. They are greatly reduced carbon sources, but their manufacture and use still leads to carbon emissions.

[motco]

SWoll said:

CrgT16 said:

Yes an electric car is carbon neutral....

Combustion for me still, let tech develop to s level I am happy with and I will buy an electric car but not just yet. Yes I find it too much hassle have plug in my car everyday. My phone is bad enough along with laptops, etc. yes plugging a car everyday would annoy me. Maybe if I could do it once a week I wouldn’t mind it so much.

It’s not hard and takes a few minutes and then unplugging in the morning in the cold and raining. It’s not a huge effort but it’s a faff I don’t need. In that respect I guess I am also a Luddite.

Having run EV's for 2 years now I can confirm that spending 1 minute every few days day plugging in and un-plugging it is a far better experience than visiting petrol stations on a weekly basis. No more queuing, struggling with faulty pay at pump machines or standing in the cold for 5 minutes filling the tank and getting smelly fuel all over you hands. It's also obviously hugely cheaper.

And you can program it to warm up the cabin ready for your departure at no cost to range. Very nice to have a defrosted, demisted, warm car ready to drive!

[motco]

CrgT16 said:

I am not against it but at present it doesn’t suit my needs. In your case you went electric because you wanted but it was neither cost effective and it’s not carbon friendly. Which tend to be what people advocate that it’s cheaper per mile, well it isn’t when the cost of the car is many thousands more and the choice is still limited.

One major benefit of the electric cars is that it reduces air pollution in town centres and that’s important, because I live in the middle of nowhere I think my contribution to local air pollution levels by using an ICE is negligible when most houses here have a wood burner going most of the winter.

No doubt it will be bought in the future but just not yet.

A benefit you may have not appreciated is that you can drive the EV instantly as if it were pre-warmed and have no guilt over a mile or two run from cold without worry about fouling the engine oil with acid condensate. No more walking to the paper shop!