Electric cars, does everyone really think they are amazing.
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Every person I have spoken to tells me how great the electric car they have just purchased is and how easy they are to charge and use day to day and now it only takes 4 charges to do a 500 mile round trip.
Personally the electric car is not for me yet, Britain is not ready for it, my local Asda has a charging point but the manager likes to park his Corsa there so not much chance of getting a charge there anyway.
My question is has anyone bought an electric car and realised It just does not work for them, if so could you let me know your reasons.
Personally the electric car is not for me yet, Britain is not ready for it, my local Asda has a charging point but the manager likes to park his Corsa there so not much chance of getting a charge there anyway.
My question is has anyone bought an electric car and realised It just does not work for them, if so could you let me know your reasons.
I don't think price will be the biggest issue as BMW are doing one now for about £35,000 all electric ( I think the government are doing a £6000 contribution). Charging point will be a huge thing. Lots of us live in houses with no drive way. Are we going to have 1000s of extension leads going acrosss the road.
Great replies, it would appear that at the moment there are not that many EVs on the road so many charging points are empty, which will make EV look attractive but a few people I know buying will equate thouroughout the country a lot more sales making the few charging points full and waiting for 2 or 3 cars before you to charge will not be acceptable by many we can't que for 5 minutes in a supermarket never mind 2 hours for a charge before you can even leave the car to do what you can do while waiting for a charge.
Personally I don't think the electric car will be the future I think this is a small stop gap before the next big thing. It's just a little to inconvenient for everybody.
All EVs will also need a new battery maybe every year 5 years and this is not going to be cheap and maybe a way for the government to claw back some much needed tax. I have seen some batteries for the Toyotas up at around £4500. This will surely kill the future resale.
I am not against electric as I have got a drive way and I don't do many miles but for that reason I drive a 4.2 supercharged car, it problally cost me about £2000 a years on fuel and road tax but like many on this board I like cars, it's my "thing" It's what I spend my money on
All only my opinion.
Personally I don't think the electric car will be the future I think this is a small stop gap before the next big thing. It's just a little to inconvenient for everybody.
All EVs will also need a new battery maybe every year 5 years and this is not going to be cheap and maybe a way for the government to claw back some much needed tax. I have seen some batteries for the Toyotas up at around £4500. This will surely kill the future resale.
I am not against electric as I have got a drive way and I don't do many miles but for that reason I drive a 4.2 supercharged car, it problally cost me about £2000 a years on fuel and road tax but like many on this board I like cars, it's my "thing" It's what I spend my money on
All only my opinion.
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