@MFillingham Thanks Mark. It sounds as though the Ioniq isn’t for me then!
Can I take this opportunity to thank everyone who has contributed so far. The responses have been very helpful.
Now that we are down to just 2 cars (one BEV, the BMW iX1 20e M-Sport with Technology Plus Pack £6,249 AP and one PHEV, the Hyundai Tucson Ultimate £4,599 AP). I have been chatting through the pros and cons of both cars with my wife. I have also been reflecting on the excellent challenge by @72_dudes and had a few lightbulb moments.
It’s dawned on me that I will have to be charging both these cars, but the PHEV will need charging after every single use (and I’m staggered at how long it takes via a 3-pin plug to achieve just 30 or so miles) whereas the BEV won’t. Long journeys aside, I will probably only need to charge it once a week (also at home).
95% of our journeys are well within even the realistic range of 200 miles (as opposed to stated range of 267-293 miles) that the iX1 achieves. Around 6 times a year we do a round trip of around 220 miles, which might be just over. I’ve been thinking along the lines of not wanting to make a 20-30 minute charging stop, but presumably could just do a quick 10 minute charge if we stop for a pee? That way we’d probably have enough charge to complete the round trip. I do a few even longer journeys, probably one every few months, and charging stops on those would be a pain, but I guess I could also use the ‘splash and dash’ approach at pee stops rather than doing full charges?
Can I please ask those of you with BEVs (and @kezo, who I know is well informed on these things) the following dumb arse questions, given my lack of knowledge on these things (most conversations about BEVs and charging sound like Swahili to me)?
1) Are very quick ‘splash and dash’ charges (as described above) viable? What sort of extra range can I expect to get in 10 minutes max?
2) If I charge a BEV (or a PHEV for that matter) to 100% on one day and then don’t use the car for say another 3 days (as occasionally happens) – or for a week or two if on holiday – when I go back to the car will it still be at 100%? I’ve never thought about this issue, but a review of the Mazda CX-60 suggested that the 100% dropped to as low as 80% after a few days if the car wasn’t used. Is that a thing, or a fault with the CX-60?
3) Whilst running costs aren’t terribly high on my list of priorities, I’d be interested to know how the costs would compare to our current petrol car. I’ve tried working out how much it would cost to charge these cars at home but get nonsense results. My electric cost is 23.838p per kWh (rate applies 24 hours a day). Would anyone be kind enough to work out how much it would cost to charge both these cars from 0-100%. I can then compare that to the petrol cost of doing 200 miles and 30 miles in our current car.
4) I believe that most people charge to 80% as the final 80-100% takes considerably longer. Is that correct? Does this mean that a car with a realistic range of say 200 miles will achieve 160 miles on an 80% charge, or isn’t it as simple as that?
5) Do you have to have a Smart meter to have an EV charger installed?
I’m sure that I’ll have more questions as I go on, so many thanks in anticipation. BMW dealer trying to sort out a long test drive for me in an iX1 20e M-Sport.
