Intracity – When you say a bit of planning, what do you mean? I’ve looked into what I could do to try to enable getting an EV (I would really like one to be honest) but it just doesn’t seem possible or practical as I cannot home charge. We have no charging points in the village, my work car park doesn’t even have parking bay lines let alone charging bays, the next nearest town has 3 charge points but at any given time, at least two are out of order and the next nearest charge points are at least 10 miles away in a place I don’t regularly travel to (once in the last 2 years) and after using all my energy just to keep working, can’t drive to anyway. It wouldn’t just take planning for me to own one, it would take a complete change of journeying and lifestyle and be oodles more inconvenient.
Hi Sue, the planning is mainly to do with range and where you’re going.
How many miles do you travel each week on average? Say for instance you have a 20 mile each way commute to work (200 miles a week), in a Kona/Soul, you’d need to pop into a fast charger for 40 minutes once a week. I have no chargers in my village either, so pop into Swindon 15 miles away to do my shopping and charge the car. The fuel savings for me at least far outweigh the slight adaptions to lifestyle. There are also several pub/restaurants near me (within 15 miles) that have a fast charger, so can pop in for a drink or food rather than just sitting in the car.
It’s difficult to advise when you don’t know where you are, how you live, and how much driving you do, all I can say is how I manage, and it, for me at least, in the end is only minor modifications to lifestyle, and I tend to try and adapt that into a journey, rather than going on a journey just to charge up.
Previous Motability Cars
2006 - 2009 Skoda Superb VR6 2.0tdi
2009 - 2012 Citroen C5 2.0tdi VTR Nav
2012 - 2015 Nissan Qashqai 1.5dci tekna
2015 - 2018 Ford Kuga 2.0tdi Titanium X
2018 - 2021 BMW 220d X drive 2 Series Active Luxury
2021 - 2023 Hyundai Kona Electric Premium SE
2023 - Hyundai Kona Electric Ultimate