Interesting to see Windy. We too have just completed our first year and did just over 11,000 miles. Unlike you, we didn’t change our tariff to an EV cheap overnight one, as it was fixed to May ’23 and has very cheap gas at 2.7p/kw (electric at 17p). Our gas cost for heating/hot water far outweighs the extra electricity needed for the car.
We were able to charge for free with Chargeplace Scotland while we waited for the unlooping and home charger install, a great bonus, so the first 4000 miles was totally free. I’ve only done 1 remote charge since then, 15 minutes at a rapid when the car used more than I thought – cost £1.60. The home charging has cost £350 – so far so good, the equivalent in my previous Diesel S-Max would have been £2021!
Downsides have been few and far between. The Kia Soul’s range is excellent, but its a smallish car – smallest I’ve ever had anyway, which has meant some things are more difficult (I could get a 1 ton builders bag full of garden debris straight into the back of the S-Max).
As electricity prices (and gas) continue to rise even with Government intervention I will need to see where we are in 2024 before I commit to getting another EV. Currently with the October cap set at 54p/kw we would be considerably cheaper going back to diesel. But all that is still a few years away and much can change by then with regard to what will be on the scheme, the price of both fuel and electricity and, the elephant in the room, ever growing AP’s.
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