Great review @POPS Thanks for doing it.
@kezo As is often the case, my thoughts are aligning with yours. Completely underwhelmed with Q4 changes as not currently considering an EV. We are due to change next year and my preference would be to stay with Motability, but only if there’s something that we’d like and it makes financial sense (we are fortunate that we can buy privately if necessary, so we aren’t tied to the scheme).
I’m the driver but my wife is the benefit recipient. I’m open minded to an EV if the right one comes along. My wife would need more convincing. We have a large garage that we park in, so charging could be done in there, as long as that’s possible (it’s a long way from the main fuse box) and safe (is there any fire risk charging inside a garage?).
If and when we do go down the EV route, I would almost certainly do so via Motability. A lot of the concerns that are preventing private buyers from moving to EVs are alleviated if you get one through the scheme. Given that Motability seems to be prioritising them and the trade is going to be relying on lease companies to hit their targets, the choice of EVs, which is already reasonable on the scheme, will hopefully improve even more. If we decide to stick with petrol then, as things stand, we’d probably be forced to leave the scheme. Given that many won’t be able to afford to do this, I can see a lot of people moving to an EV potentially sooner than they might want to, in order to get a car that is suitable.