There are lots of reasons for having an EV and that increases every month. The fact remain though that the choice of a car is largely determined for disabled motorists by what they can use. All the EVs on the scheme except for the van types with small range have small boots. That precludes most of the people who would wish an EV on motability. Until the kona e niro comes on that remains the case. Is an EV best? Undoubtedly for the vast majority of able people. Is an Ev the best for the vast majority of disabled people? No. Problems of access, usage, access to chargers (physically) lack of infra structure if off the beaten track. Whether you have a drive or live in a flat etc etc. Why don’t motability throw Kia’s off the scheme until they add the e niro? Motability has always been a way of shifting old models and stock at a price that suits the manufacturers. Let Kia know that suitable vehicles should be on the scheme. You can absolutely bet it will be on the scheme when it suits Kia to shift old stock. Until then all this virtue signalling remains irrelevant for the bulk of disabled motorists.
Sorry @sif, but what you suggest is just ridiculous, in the end, its up to Kia what they want to supply, I’m sure Motability get a good discount and the fact that they can sell the cars without needing a discount, then it’s up to Motability to pay the going price! I would also love to see the e-Niro on the scheme, but suggesting you kick them off if they don’t supply it is just stupid!
There is already the MG5 (464ltr), MG ZS (448ltr) and the Nissan Leaf (435ltr) with similar if not bigger boots on the scheme!
Your beef in the end, is totally understandable, but as yet, there are very few EV’s with big boots, the e-Niro still is pretty small at 450ltr, just bigger than some of the others, but it’s a new market, with lots of vehicles in the pipeline, The Skoda Enyaq (585ltr), ID.4 (543ltr), Nissan Arriya (466ltr), Kia EV6 (520ltr) and the Hyundai Ioniq 5 (531ltr) will all be much more suitable for those that need to stow an electric scooter in the boot, but you can still get one in the Kona (320ltr) and e-2008 (405ltr)
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