I would like firstly to offer my opinion on range anxiety. I remember driving a knackered old Vauxhall Victor with a broken fuel gauge, whilst frequently offering it no more than a quids worth of fuel. That In My opinion was range anxiety.
Our EV only has a range of 143 miles which I am confident would horrify many of you, we live very rurally, which meant we were really feeling the cost of Diesel plus a round trip of 20 miles to nearest fuel station, a ridiculous waste of fuel.
Now our last car was averaging around 120 miles per week, whilst since having the EV we average around 400 miles a week, not because we have any more commitments, but we can actually use the car without worrying about finance. Obviously many of you won’t be in this position but for those who are it can be a real bonus.
so when we first looked into an EV it appeared we needed to charge for less than 39p per KWH to make it cheaper than diesel, that has dramatically changed in that several ev charging suppliers have increased their cost more than once in some cases. But as we all know fuel has already skyrocketed, this is why I have to endorse the faff and inconvenience of applying for a home charger this allows me to charge at home for 5.5p per kWh for 5 hours a day so I just plug in every day like topping mobile phone. I have often arrived home with less than 10 miles but with no anxiety whatsoever, when out and about I’ll plug in to Aldi or NationalTrust or Tesco for free just adding enough to get home. When a long trip is planned I’ll leave with a full charge and plan to get home with as little left as possible using Zap-Map. I am extremely pleased with using an EV I have an 8 seater day van and although we have only been using for a total of 3 months we have clocked over 4000 miles without any drama from the EV side of things.
My main advice would be DO NOT refuse home charger if you can get it fitted do, as this will be vital in the future.
I am the carer / driver for my wife who cannot drive due to disability