I like my EV. A lot. This is is my second one. 54,000 miles covered without any issues so far
Just today, I drove in the snow 20 miles to drop my wife off for her wee jog… that’s a 2 hr run for her. Was told not to go away as she’s been ill (hospitalised just before xmas) and wasn’t sure if she’d need assistance/collecting from the roadside. So I sat in the car, heater on 21 deg, seat heat on, reading my book. 2hrs 20 mins later (why is it always longer…lol) she came back, I’d used 2% of my 80kw battery, so that’s 14p to be toasty the whole time without worrying about leaving an engine idling or using lots of fuel. Outside temp 1 deg, weather app says feels like -9 due to wind chill.
I do this a lot as wife is training for the London Marathon, so gym 3 times a week and running at least 3 times a week, none locally as we don’t have any facilities or quiet enough roads on our doorstep. In fact, she’s already said there will be another run at 1pm tomorrow after I take her to Dundee for her echocardiogram.
Would I buy a second-hand one – yes. My son is on his second EV, not had any issues at all with either of them. He only changed to get a bigger battery (I did tell him at the time…lol).
I’m not EV mad, drive what you like, I may not be in an EV for my next car, time will tell…
In life, it's not who you know that's important, it's how your wife found out.