The savings that Oscarmax illustrates are impressive, but of course that’s only part of the picture. You have to deduct from that saving the premium that you pay for an EV in the first place. Also, fuel isn’t the main cost of a Motability car. The main cost is sacrificed benefits (circa £10k over the lease) and the second (for many of us) is the AP plus options. So, using Oscarmax’s example (plus those major costs), the least cost for my next petrol Motability car would be circa £17k (£10k PIP, £4K AP with options, £3k fuel) versus £14k for an EV, even if the EV was exactly the same AP as the petrol equivalent. That’s a total overall cost saving of around 18% and less if the AP for the EV is more.
Totally lost me there… what was the breakdown for the EV?
PHEV’s are totally overpriced on Motability, the AP’s across the board are way to high for it to make any sense for most people, but I’d argue that the current EV’s have most of the essentials, even luxuries that most disabled people want. Paraplegics aren’t well catered for, not sure if the MG5 would be as good to transfer to as a Mondeo though.
Your main objection to EV though and your reasoning I can fully understand, especially if milage is low and funds aren’t tight, for me, if BMW still had diesels in abundance on the scheme, I would have gone for an X1, X2 or 2 series Active, they are great cars, sadly though, at 20k a year, petrol isn’t an option, so that left me with expensive AP for one of the few decent diesels, Hybrid/petrol and hoping that the claimed MPG was something near what they claim (doubtful) or accepting a new way of thinking and going EV, it is different, and there is a bit more planning for long journeys, but the 8k a year driver, should not really find that difficult!
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