£12k EV Vs petrol running costs
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Currently driving a 1.0tsi/110 Fabia estate. Cracking wee car, but considering a change as the house has come with charging point for EV with solar panels.
I'm looking at a second hand electric car, ideally with 250+ mile range because I regularly do longer journeys for work and weekends. Needs to take a roof rack.
Not a Tesla. I see there's a few Kona's and a couple of Polestar's available that would work.
What's the running costs like compared to the petrol car at this age?
I'm looking at a second hand electric car, ideally with 250+ mile range because I regularly do longer journeys for work and weekends. Needs to take a roof rack.
Not a Tesla. I see there's a few Kona's and a couple of Polestar's available that would work.
What's the running costs like compared to the petrol car at this age?
I've a £12K Tesla Model 3 LR and it's cost me the grand total of £20 and that was for a new seat sensor which I fitted myself. There's nowt really to go wrong on these cars and my 70 mile daily commute now costs me £960 a year in the electric car compared with £3,500 in a petrol/diesel.
Absolute no brainer in my opinion.
Also don't be so quick to write off the Tesla, they're very good value for money at the moment
Absolute no brainer in my opinion.
Also don't be so quick to write off the Tesla, they're very good value for money at the moment
We bought a house which had solar panels and an EV car charger fitted, don't get hung up on using the panels to charge the car as we feed the excess electricity to the grid @ 15p/kw and charge the car overnight on Octopus Go @ 7p/kw.
If you are regularly wanting to do 250 miles with a roof rack you may struggle especially over winter, with the range.
We have a Honda e:Ny1, on one of the very cheap 2 year PCPs, which has been ok, although the range drops from 250 miles in summer (with air con off etc) to 180 miles in winter.
If you are regularly wanting to do 250 miles with a roof rack you may struggle especially over winter, with the range.
We have a Honda e:Ny1, on one of the very cheap 2 year PCPs, which has been ok, although the range drops from 250 miles in summer (with air con off etc) to 180 miles in winter.
p4cks said:
I've a £12K Tesla Model 3 LR and it's cost me the grand total of £20 and that was for a new seat sensor which I fitted myself. There's nowt really to go wrong on these cars and my 70 mile daily commute now costs me £960 a year in the electric car compared with £3,500 in a petrol/diesel.
Absolute no brainer in my opinion.
Also don't be so quick to write off the Tesla, they're very good value for money at the moment
except the steering rack on early cars which is 4k a pop, F U Tesla Absolute no brainer in my opinion.
Also don't be so quick to write off the Tesla, they're very good value for money at the moment
Fuel cost is roughly 3p/mile for an EV charged off-peak, vs 12-15p a mile for a petrol car averaging 45mpg. So 4-5x cheaper.
Other costs are similar; you might pay a little more for insurance, a little less for servicing; I think fuel is the main difference. Polestars are nice and mostly seem reliable as far as I've discovered.
p4cks said:
I've a £12K Tesla Model 3 LR and it's cost me the grand total of £20 and that was for a new seat sensor which I fitted myself. There's nowt really to go wrong on these cars and my 70 mile daily commute now costs me £960 a year in the electric car compared with £3,500 in a petrol/diesel.
Absolute no brainer in my opinion.
Also don't be so quick to write off the Tesla, they're very good value for money at the moment
Our 2018 Tekna Nissan Leaf also a very good deal economically. Very happy with the £12k we paid two years ago but you can buy one now for £6k. 30k miles done so far with per-mile energy cost of half of our ICE car...and could be still lower when we finally sign up to Octopus Go. Only 100 miles of real range through so it's a second car for usAbsolute no brainer in my opinion.
Also don't be so quick to write off the Tesla, they're very good value for money at the moment
Haven't done it yet but you can buy a 2022 Tesla Model Y at auction coming off lease for £20k now...that looks like a very good deal that I will get to eventually. Even better I imagine if you can buy it through a limited company
Edited by tiger roll on Thursday 6th November 10:35
Edited by tiger roll on Thursday 6th November 10:35
valiant said:
Might want to look at today s headlines now when factoring in petrol vs electric running costs
Indeed I saw them after posting this morning...Most of the cost comparisons are based on new cars - so largely irrelevant when considering second hand on a budget.
I won't be doing 250miles with a roof rack on - maybe 100 miles with a bike or canoe on the roof, a regular 150+ mile round trip year round, and 6x a year 250+mile trips...
Let’s try the zapmap journey cost calculator
https://www.zap-map.com/tools/journey-cost-calcula...
I selected a Polestar 2 and compared it with your 1.0 TSI Fabia estate (110bhp)
Let’s for simplicity assume a 100 mile journey weekly and you can charge at a cheap overnight rate of 7p/kwh
These are the results - it costs 13p in petrol for every mile in the Skoda, 2p a mile in electricity for the Polestar.
Try altering the distances covered or unit rates of electricity / petrol to see how costs compare.
https://www.zap-map.com/tools/journey-cost-calcula...
I selected a Polestar 2 and compared it with your 1.0 TSI Fabia estate (110bhp)
Let’s for simplicity assume a 100 mile journey weekly and you can charge at a cheap overnight rate of 7p/kwh
These are the results - it costs 13p in petrol for every mile in the Skoda, 2p a mile in electricity for the Polestar.
Try altering the distances covered or unit rates of electricity / petrol to see how costs compare.
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