To me, I’m very much undecided. On one hand you get all the economies of charging at home, the convenience of jumping in to a full ‘tank’ every morning and not having to visit a petrol station to pay out large lumps of cash.
It’s the other hand that causes a bit of confusion for me. The EVs on scheme aren’t often the top or higher range models OR don’t have the range. If I can’t drive at 60 for 1 hour 15 minutes, I have to stop before the point where I would usually stop on a journey. That’s around 110 miles from home to Exeter Services. After that I may still need further charges depending upon distance traveled. If I need to have a car capable of a winter 120 miles that means 60kWh minimum, which is either the Ariya (£7,999), ID5 (£6,995) or Enyaq (£5,649). All of which are the base model and, as far as I can tell, have no additional packs. The only one with possible pack options is the Ariya, if they’re still on scheme but not listed. The alternative would be something like the Tucson PHEV Ultimate (£5,599) which has all the toys and more and can get me around town on electric only if I charge every night. OR there’s the QashQai E-Power Tekna (£3,199), which has a good few toys but 2 miles without petrol on a good day.
The question for me is whether I prefer to pay the AP up front and have pure electric and have to run several stops long distance OR face trips to the petrol station for a lower AP but less stops on a longer run?
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Mark