Oh dear, here we go again…
All experts I’ve spoken to have said a correction was inevitable after prices were excessively high with the chip shortages. Now all is back to normal used prices corrected, which spooked some buyers and the correction has ‘over corrected’ but will normalise back to normal use levels.
The bulls$^t around battery degradation has been ridiculous. There are original Ioniqs that have done 250k miles and have lost 10% battery capacity. Show me a petrol or diesel car that still has the power and efficiency after that sort of use. My ZS was tested at 4 years old and had lost exactly 0.87%, again not exactly huge losses year on year.
Too many first time Motability EV users have jumped in under informed and unprepared. They accept the WLTP ideal conditions test then complain like hell that driving around in winter in exactly the same way as they did in their old diesel (without seeing the losses in efficiency that we all created) actually results in losing a large chunk of that promised range. Again a former colleague had a Mokka e which he bought because the salesperson said he’d get 210 miles out of it. He drives like an idiot (still growing up and drives like he’s running late) and actually gets 95 miles in winter. I caught up with him when I went back to Southampton earlier this year, he did nothing but complain about range until we went for a drive. Even given its was in the Ioniq 5, I was returning 3 miles per kWh driving up the M27, whilst still being near the speed limit but braking in advance using regen and accelerating a little softer than he did. He actually took the lesson and, with the weather warming up as well, got his range nearer 145 miles.
The biggest problem is that the British press have done nothing but spread any negative story like it’s the truth because hundreds of EV owners jump on to correct the misinformation. Then there’s effects of Government decisions like pushing back the 2030 deadline also giving the impression that EVs don’t work.
In reality, I’d be buying an ex lease Ioniq 5 or Kona at 3 years old with a view to own it for a good 3-5 years as it’ll be great value now and still be in warranty until it’s 7/8 years old. An original Tesla is out of warranty but still comes with a lifetime free charging but I’d need it checked over with a fine tooth comb to be sure it all worked as replacement bits on an S are eye wateringly expensive.
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Mark