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BackCountryBob
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    As an owner of both EV and PHEV I’d agree wholeheartedly with all the comments already given.

    The Ioniq 5 is a wonderful car to drive – almost magical – like a very fast smooth go kart! Charging at home makes it very cheap to run locally. The huge downside is using it for trips more than say 200 miles, where you’re in the clutches of 60-80p per KWh rates. This is more expensive relative to fuel. As discussed, there’s always the lottery of finding an available charger. Add to that, I’ve never found a charger that delivers what it says on the charger. A notional 20 minute charger invariably takes an hour so time planning is a nightmare.

    The PHEV is only ever charged at home and, again, is cheap to run. For a 350BHP 3 litre it also gets 40MPG. It’s just a hugely disappointing car but gets used for longer trips purely because the fear of NOT finding a charger doesn’t exist.

    As a standalone, we’d never have just the EV with the infrastructure currently available in the UK.

    At some point Energy suppliers are going to stop the cheap overnight rate for charging, it’s inevitable. They aren’t a charity and beholden to their shareholders. Charging at 25p per KWh, whilst still relatively cheap, would kill any desire for us to have an EV at all.