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30-07-17, 09:06 PM | #21 |
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Re: Electric Cars
Never the less. The days of petrol and diesel for domestic use are numbered. Rightly or wrongly.
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30-07-17, 10:28 PM | #22 |
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I don't know what you are all worried about with cars. I got passed by a Zero DSR the other morning!!
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31-07-17, 08:31 AM | #23 | |
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We were in the market for a new small car last October (previous one written off) and looked at electric. The Renault Zoe ticked all the boxes of what we needed the car to do but buying the battery made the car ridiculously expensive and the battery lease option of £70 pcm is more than double the cost of the petrol we put in the little Skoda we bought instead. I didn't even look at the cost of depreciation, there was no need when the running costs were so high compared to a conventional petrol vehicle. Having said that, I'm leasing my next main car as I think the game will change massively in the next few years. This is a way of hedging my bets as to whether EVs take off and become mainstream and not losing a bundle on a conventional car.
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31-07-17, 08:31 AM | #24 |
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31-07-17, 09:36 AM | #25 |
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An electric bike would probably be the ideal solution, a shame they are so expensive and there are no dealers nearby
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31-07-17, 09:51 AM | #26 |
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Another thing that put us off buying, based on the above. Come re-sale time in 10 years or so (second car is kept a long time as it does very few miles) the target buyers are likely to be young drivers looking for a first car or cheap second car for someone - both types of buyers are likely to be completely put off by the high cost of the battery lease.
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31-07-17, 10:08 AM | #27 | |
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Based on annual mileage of 10,000 miles, towards the end of year 3 the Zero S worked out the cheaper option. |
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31-07-17, 12:06 PM | #28 | |
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31-07-17, 03:11 PM | #29 |
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What happens if you run out of charge? The range is currently quite limited so I can imagine this happening relatively frequently. You can't just walk/hike/get a taxi to the nearest petrol station and buy a plastic fuel can. You can't take the battery out of the car because it'll be too heavy. You can't carry charge.
So does the electric AA van get fitted with a huge heavy battery to charge you up or do they rely on something smaller and lighter like a fossil fuel powered generator? Do electric vehicles have a neutral? Cos without a clutch, you might also come to a rapid stop in the middle of traffic.
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31-07-17, 03:28 PM | #30 | |
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And the cost is another thing, spend and extra 20 grand to save 5 grand on fuel and have the vehicle worth less than half what you paid for it after 12 to 18 months, no thanks.
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