Why are you dead set on an EV? If reliability and ease of use were my priorities I’d be avoiding them like the plague. Wait until we have to have them.
This is a bit of a foolish attitude and being dead set against without logic is cutting your nose to spite your face. I’ve been in EVs for 4 plus years now and I would never go back so much easier to drive, no noise, no vibration, no smell, no petrol stations, car magically recharges overnight so no early morning emergency petrol station stops in the cold.
FYI I had a 1999 Ford Focus 1.8TDi 2 days after delivery the battery died and dealer spent 3 hours arguing they were too busy to test it let alone replace. A week later the aircon cut in and out this continued for 6 months with them replacing clutch etc before I lost it and demanded the compressor be replaced fully.
at 15k the turbo started whistling like a police siren with numerous other faults weekly culminating in a new short engine at 70k when the shell bearings failed on piston 3. Then week before it went back the head gasket failed and the coolant tank exploded putting a dent in the bonnet.
That wasn’t electric obviously.
My dad had a 1994 Vauxhall Corsa with the 1.4 16v engine with the design flaw where the cambelt would randomly self destruct he had 3 new engines under warranty on that before Vauxhall issued a mod kit.
All cars can be bad it happens sadly. Going for ICE does not mean you will not encounter problems I have experienced way more problems with ICE cars than I have pro rata with electric.
I suspect the reason for choosing another EV is that they have driven one and like the experience and much much lower running costs (£30 a month in electricity) which also gains you access to better electricity tariffs for the house too like IOG and 7p per kwh overnight
It’s clear from your comments you’ve never been near an EV too. That’s not meant as an insult but it’s classic comments from those who have no personal experience running costs ease of use etc are way way way easier than with ICE vehicles. There’s literally one fluid to check under the bonnet on an Enyaq and that’s screenwash (yes there is coolant but thats not generally something you need to check on a new car).
