There’s a lot of nonsense in this thread, sparked by a post or two spreading the Petrochemical funded lies.
I’m sure in there somewhere there might actually be a reply or two about the original question but that’s about it.
Firstly, for the “charging sucks” I can still manage to go as far as I need in my ZS, which only does a little over 100 miles at motorway speeds. Once I finally get a car that can do 200+ on a charge from 80% it’ll be an absolute breeze getting around this relatively small country.
Whoever decided that manufacturing an EV results in a lifetime negative environmental impact should really do some proper research rather than sucking up whatever they’re fed by the big oil company funded “research”. To manufacture and EV is significantly higher in terms of carbon footprint but the difference once running is sufficiently huge that within 8,000-20,000 miles (depending on just how clean the electricity supply really is) you’ll be at that break even point with ICE. After that, the BEV will continue to be significantly better until the total carbon footprint over a 100,000 mile life (which is still a long way from a full life) is less than a quarter of the ICE equivalent.
Charging at home makes complete sense, if you can’t I wouldn’t give up entirely but if there’s no low value charging local to either work or home or your commute is sufficient that you have to charge regularly, then the costs may well not add up. Most of that is to do with the differences between domestic electricity costs and the hugely increased commercial ones. However, a number of major hubs have their own generation and only take from the grid once the substantial batteries have been depleted. Even then, the costs are kept artificially high at the motorists expense. Public charging can be anything from more expensive than home all the way up to more expensive that ICE and that infuriates a lot of people in and around the EV industries. Then there’s VAT. To charge at home you’re on the domestic VAT rate of 5%, once charging in public, that’s a service and is charged at 20% and that’s not going to change in a hurry as EVs are seen to be taking a lot from the treasury already by not paying road fund licences nor the considerable fuel duties.
Back to the problem at hand, this appears to be the Enyaq all over again. Time maybe to look elsewhere and see if there’s something on scheme that you find more appealing.
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