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Has anyone got an electric car and is now regretting getting it due to range ? . I can order in February and have been looking at an electric car ,Ioniq 5 being my top choice at the min . I have a driveway so could have home charger . I also don’t normally do long trips but on the odd times I do that’s what troubles me .would love to hear your opinion
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I live in deepest Cornwall. I drove from home to Kent in May and decided to go as far as possible before needing to charge, just to see where I’d get. I stopped in Exeter services as usual but didn’t charge, next stop was Fleet Services in north Hampshire, at the other end of the A303. That was 243 miles and I had 30 odd miles remaining on the guessometer.
I very much doubt you’ll have range issues in a car that can cruise at 70 for 3 hours. Remember with the 800volt architecture the Ioniq charges in half the time, so turn up near empty and you’ll be much nearer to full than you’d think in the time it takes to wonder into the services and have a pee, pick up a coffee and wonder back to the car, so even if you’re in a relative hurry, you should be able to boost the car in 15-20 miles.
Regardless of where you start your journey with over 200 miles range, it’ll be a deliberate effort to run out of juice.
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What’s your idea of a long trip and do you have any disability that would make rapid charging away from a problem?
I’ve got the Ioniq 6 (my 4th EV) and I’ve done Glasgow to Brighton as well as plenty of other long trips, I’m now on 10k miles after 4½ months so it’ll be closer to 30k a year than the 20k limit 😱🫣
I’m also a wheelchair user and while some rapid chargers aren’t great for access if you stick to the main hubs like Ionity, Gridserve, MFG, some Tesla ones then it’s usually (🤞) fine.
I live in deepest Cornwall. I drove from home to Kent in May and decided to go as far as possible before needing to charge, just to see where I’d get. I stopped in Exeter services as usual but didn’t charge, next stop was Fleet Services in north Hampshire, at the other end of the A303. That was 243 miles and I had 30 odd miles remaining on the guessometer. I very much doubt you’ll have range issues in a car that can cruise at 70 for 3 hours. Remember with the 800volt architecture the Ioniq charges in half the time, so turn up near empty and you’ll be much nearer to full than you’d think in the time it takes to wonder into the services and have a pee, pick up a coffee and wonder back to the car, so even if you’re in a relative hurry, you should be able to boost the car in 15-20 miles. Regardless of where you start your journey with over 200 miles range, it’ll be a deliberate effort to run out of juice.[/quote
Agree with all of the above
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The key imo is to first be able to home charge
Running costs are then peanuts overall
What’s your idea of a long trip and do you have any disability that would make rapid charging away from a problem? I’ve got the Ioniq 6 (my 4th EV) and I’ve done Glasgow to Brighton as well as plenty of other long trips, I’m now on 10k miles after 4½ months so it’ll be closer to 30k a year than the 20k limit 😱🫣 I’m also a wheelchair user and while some rapid chargers aren’t great for access if you stick to the main hubs like Ionity, Gridserve, MFG, some Tesla ones then it’s usually (🤞) fine.
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No regrets and not looked back.
This is my first EV and second winter. Sure the range drops but it doesn’t impact on me.
We are planning a visit the Falkirk Kelpies soon, the return distance is about 185 miles meaning we will public charge, probably at Tesla near Larkhall. The point is, the distance is no bother.
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3 years ago we decided to take the plunge and got an Kia soul EV, the reason for this was due to the high running cost in diesel for our BMW X1. We do nearly 20k miles a year.
I have had no regrets in making the switch to an EV, saving over £200 a month in diesel.
The only thing you have to get use to is planning your route if you are going on a long journey.
other than that we mainly do short trips locally and top up at home every few days.
range is not an issue for us, it would only be an issue if you wanted to do 300+ miles without a break.
another nice thing is to set the remote heater and warm the car, especially at this time of year.
now just waiting for delivery our ioniq 5.
Kind of fortuitous really as we’re on a holiday in our first ev (bmw ix1) we drove from Amsterdam to southern france and had no problems at all, except an over entitled tesla driver, sharp put back in the box.
Stopped off to recharge both the car and ourselves a few times and no problems charging at all.
Range wise we drove until about 10-15% left and stopped at tesla supercharger stations, all programed in and it’s as easy and cheaper than any other companies to use.
Hope it helps
To put an EV into context, i.ve had mine for a year.
I used to spend £120/month on petrol with my last ICE car.
I now spend £12/month on electricity on a home charger.
I am doing 1000 more miles per year than the petrol car.
There are Zero downsides. They are a hundred years ahead of ICE cars. Nearly everyone who has an EV says they can never go back to ICE Its that big a difference. There will be that 1 or 2 percent that move backwards. Its a very small amount that do
Hi,have a Hyundai Kona being replaced in January (hopefully) with Renault Scenic ev,realistic range in winter about 260 miles using heating etc so no range problems although my longest journeys tend to be 200 miles return,have had multiple problems the past 18 months with the 12 volt battery where I get into the car and everything was dead electrically.
this involved 5 call-outs from RAC who replaced 12 volt battery each time and it immediately went no bother,however it was also back to main dealer 3 times to try to discover what was causing the problem,each time I was just told “it’s sorted” until several weeks later same thing would happen.
I finally found a fix if it can be called that where I bought a little portable battery booster and next time there was absolutely no power I just connected the booster to 12 volt battery and power immediately comes back on for another couple of weeks,can only assume it’s a temporary glitch between 12 volt and main battery.didnt need those 12 volt batteries replaced after all.
other than that it’s been a great car to drive and I’d have had another Kona but the Scenic has more room for my needs..
I’m 6 months into my first electric car, Honda ENY1 and apart from the first 6 weeks during which the main battery had to be replaced I don’t regret it and wouldn’t go back to an ICE. I’m spending less than £20 a month whereas before I would spend that each week. I travel to Worcester from Blackpool twice a month so need to top up somewhere on route but I’ve not found this difficult. I’m a Plan B sort of bloke so planning ahead is not a problem but you must do it to avoid getting caught out. It really is as easy as folk say. As long as you have a home charger I’m sure you won’t look back.
I’m 3 months in with my first EV, Ioniq 5. currently spent less than £50 on fuel compared to well over £300 in my previous Tiguan.
Range took a slight drop last week in the cold couple of days we had, but this week back up to over 285 with driving the car normally with a/c / heating on etc.
Only have to charge once a week, the ohme app / charger has worked fine each charge.
I will not be changing back to to ICE any time soon.
@fadetogrey you’re going from a great car to an absolutely outstanding car.
I am 40 months into my first EV, a Kia Soul, currently 45000 miles covered and have done regular trips from North East Scotland to Folkestone, wont go back to an ice car, this is just so cheap and easy. 7p a kW to fill up, or, currently, about £6 a week. Plugged in for my first and only top up this week, 90 to 190 miles, so 100 miles of cold winter not in town driving for £2.20, something like 300+ mpg equivalent.
No planning of my trips after the first year, once I got a good idea of the Souls range. Leave home, drive 179 miles, charge at Gretna Green, 3 hours to get there. Have a pee, coffee, maybe a sandwich and we are ready to go, no wasted time. Then on to charge 150 miles later, repeat till destination.
I collect my I5 next month, should be even easier as it has more range and 3x charging speed.
The charger situation is very much improved even from 2021, banks of chargers everywhere. Yes, they are comparable to around 35mpg in cost, but that’s offset by the ridiculously cheap at home prices where most f your charging is done.
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