Many don’t have the ability to charge at home at such a low cost, I cannot change energy supplier anyways and to lock in a deal right now before costs rise in oct best rate I can get is over 50p/kw currently paying 27p. so makes no real sense to lockin before oct or until closer to oct.
It does seem though that ev user’s who can home charge are being subsided by others who cannot or don’t own an ev and i do see ev’s getting more expensive cost wise moving forwards.
I don’t think for many you can compare the running costs of an ev against an ice car into the price of buying a car off the scheme as for many an ev is not a viable option for them right now.
It would imo be better to compare like for like as right now if you can charge at home an ev’s going to be on top. If you do have the ability for home charging then i would say an ev is a very good option but my other concern also is waiting at chargers in a queue for a charge, especially if that’s you only source and what will be the cost come oct for that.
What you’ve put forward is the case for an ev over an ice car rather than a fair comparison of buying a car over the scheme. The other issue is the lack of choice on the scheme and larger vehicles. The kona imo is to small for some. NISSAN ARIYA ELECTRIC HATCHBACK 160KW ADVANCE 63KWH 5DR AUTO is £7,299 ap. It is really the only vehicle imo most would actually want over the berlingo, vivaro options are very limited in larger sizes.
The other thing was that i could get the car off the scheme in 4 weeks and when you need to change due to it not being suitable any more thats a huge issue. Some people have been waiting over a year and then have their order cancelled. Some just cannot be in that position and is one of the other reasons I left the scheme.
You won’t pay for road tax on a car not on the scheme as you transfer your exemption to it.
I used the minimum value for the cars worth after 5 years, I predict it might be worth upto 12.5k. 50% of original value.
Like i said what’s best may differ due to your usage and circumstances and i worked it out over 5 years as thats how long my hp term is for and the 0% looks like a real good deal right now as now it’s 6.8% but they give you a £2k contribution.
Which is why I jumped when i did and gave back the car early. I also got my ap back pro-rata and 1 years gcb so got £814.04 back from Mb.
Another thing is changing a car every 3 years, I am not so good with either now. As it’s not so good for the planet and have come to the conclusion maybe we should all be keeping cars for as long as possible and not scrapping them for new ones as the goverment has done in the past also and is push us all towards doing now. So thats another reason i plan to keep this car for longer, maybe alot longer and am doing my bit by doing so.