To compare ICE versus electric is somewhat unfair. The one thing most forget about engines is they need oil to be running at a given temperature to be at its most effective, the motor is protected from the first second. If you’re doing many trips of short distance, like to the doctor or shops, then there’s common complaints of things like the DPF that clogs up and you need to take an additional journey just to run at speed and clear the blockage, a bit wasteful. If most of your driving is local, the life of your components and, thus your car will be so much better if you drive electric, even a PHEV does better if you can charge it (even an outside plug and a granny charger will work perfectly for PHEVS as a long term solution).
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Although it only takes a minute, if for the oil to circulate from cold as long as you haven’t filled it with tar. I don’t beleive DPF’s are as bad as they once were, although Hyundai/Kia are having problems on their 1.6 port injection petrol engines, which other manufacturers seem to have got right.
You don’t have to worry other than putting fuel in with Motability but buying private you have got to weigh the costs up as already mentioned as well as facoring in servicing and insurance, especially if you can’t charge at home ?
You’re right, financially, you don’t have to worry about anything other than the AP and the fuel. However, I’d argue that if you have a car that constantly needs repairs or a trip to the garage, at the very least, it soon becomes an inconvenience, especially if you’re in a huge Skoda and are offered a city car for a courtesy car. There are stories of people who have had their car go in many times within the 3 years for small problems caused by a lack of long distance driving. Literally all they do is a trip to the doctors, shops and visiting their friends, nothing beyond a mile or two. With the wrong car it just bungs up particle filters or leads to incorrect wear.
Don’t forget, you’re pretty much guaranteed one set of brake pads over the 3 years on an EV, especially if you allow the regen braking to do most of the work. The pads on my car are 4 years old and are good for at least another year or two, the discs need a bit of use to prevent rusting, so the odd run with regen switched off works for that. Again, it’s not the cost but the inconvenience of either needing to book a service/repair and courtesy car that actually works for you.
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