@Phaedra I’m considering the CX60 Exclusive line, with the comfort and convenience packs £6495 – £250 AP contribution. It misses out on the Bose stero and sunroof, which doesm’t bother me. Also I’m not a fan of high AP cars that I will get nothing back in return 🙂
Anyhow I’ll get to my point – with a PHEV you will only get 30 to 40 miles EV range, after that you are driving a hybrid. You will also have to charge the battery every night to get the most efficiency.
Also Motability won’t fit a charger for a PHEV, leaving you to use the slower type 2 charging cable, which will leave you to plug it into a socket in the house and through an open/ajar window or having an external ip65 socket fitted on the outside wall at your cost.
With an EV you will beable to travel say 200 miles on pure Electric and if most of your journeys are mainly localish you would only need to keep the battery topped up once a week. For the odd 200 or 300 mile journey you can charge to 100% cheaply at home and charge once at a public charger, which will still average out far cheaper than have a PHEV and carrying the additional weight of the batteries in hybrid mode once your electric range is depleted. Motability will also fit you a charger for free or at the fraction of the cost depending where you want it*.
The reason for me having a PHEV or Hybrid is I do 350-400 miles every 3 weeks and the need I will need to do it one day at speed in an emergency without worrying about stopping off fo a charge especially over winter.
I’m not too far away from Bassetts Nissan who put the offer up on theAriya, so popped round as it was only next door to Mazda. I thought the Ariya was spacious and had a far more upmarket look inside than the id4 and enyak. If I was afteran EV I’d probably choose the Ariya given the good AP contribution.
* How far is your consumer unit (fuse box) from where you would have the charger fitted?