Both the dealers and Motability said, categorically, that the XC40 Recharge would not come on to the scheme. Yet it did.
Yes and no. The PHEV Recharge, yes. The all-electric Recharge, no.
Being honest, I want to go to EV’s but I’m now having to regularly travel an over 300 mile round trip and as I have to stop every 20-30 minutes, when I was looking last year, range was an issue. (Not sure what it’s like now)
That’s a non-stop drive in an ID3 Tour (albeit somewhat close). All ID cars recharge at a rate of around 100 miles per 15 minutes for the first 30 minutes (5% to 80% battery in 30 minutes). I think the Kona has 100kw charging too, so the numbers would be roughly similar for that.
Realistically, with the ID3/3 and Kona, there’s no range issues anymore. People often just see “fully charged in 90 minutes”, which isn’t what you do with an EV – If you have, lets say, 350 mile round trip, you charge it full at home, set off, and after 250 miles you charge for 15 minutes to get the range home and plug it back in overnight.
I understand range anxiety etc (as that is/was a problem for myself too) – but as i said, realistically an ID3 is slightly less convenient than a dinosaur muncher because you have to sit somewhere for 10-15 minutes while you top up (up to 30 minutes if you need 200 miles over nominal range) – but that gets more than balanced by the upside of the money saved. In my opinion. At least for now, until the troglodytes in the government start to put thumb screws on EV drivers too.
Prior: SEAT Ateca Xcellence Lux 1.5 TSI DSG MY19, VW Golf GTE PHEV DSG MY23
Current: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Ultimate
Next: we'll see what's available in 2028.