I’m still on the verge of going EV regardless of it being with Motability or buying my own. The issue for me is I recently had a botched electrical install by a so-called regulated electrician that requires work before the EV charger can go in. I either have to stump up over £600 to sort the bodge out, or let it go through the kwango regulator which could take many months to resolve. Another option is to buy a small city car, handback my Motability car and forget EV exists – for a while.
I’m sorry to hear about the installation problems, it’s not until stuff goes sideways that you realise just how much you’re out on your own or taking forever to get a resolution. Have you tried stomping all over his social media? Nothing hurts like bad publicity and an electrician with botched work not being fixed really will hurt his business.
EVs are great around town. They might not be at their most efficient but they don’t have that period where oils are still cold and ineffective. You can just jump in and go, knowing that you’ve not just taken a charge out of the battery to get it started and that it needs to run for a while to lubricate everything, the motors will run and the battery still provides the power it’s just running temperatures and that’s always an issue regardless of power source.
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Mark