My thinking was that B roads will be slower and offer more regenrative opportunities
That depends whether your a Stirling Moss or a Sunday driver ?
Coming from a racing family I’m definately not the latter!
I have been pondering for a while now whether I could make one of the longer range EV’s on the scheme work for my needs (The need of getting from A to B as quick as possible in an emergency). However visiting familily over the weekend, I took up the offer of driving my niece’s top of the range Enyak (the one with the brown leather seat) she has had since last June. The first thing I lookd at was the long term average of 3.3 miles/Kw over nearly 11,000 miles. In laymans terms she said she is getting about 250 miles during the warmer weather which dropped to a little over 200 miles or less if she left the heating on during the winter. Considering the acclaimed range was over 300 miles, I though this was shocking tbh nor would it certainly get me from A to B in an emergency situation during the colder months. I also wonder how my driving style would effect the range further. I also took the time to have a good look over it and in my opinion thought it looked better than any of the VW id’s except the the id7. My niece als opted for the 21 inch wheels which I wouldn’t recommend if you have back issues lol, although they did look nice!
I haven’t discounted an EV although not on the scheme now they will soon be had with semi solid state batteries with a much better range, that if I lost half the capacity it would still get me there in an “emergency” situation, Yes it would cost me alot more but, thats life! However I haven’t dscounted a hybridised for my next car, possbly a PHEV 🙂
We shall see. I’m still in thought overload lol!