Pro's and con's for buying an electric vehicle

https://www.wired.com/2016/03/teslas-electric-cars-might-not-green-think/

Would you run a conventional car right down on a test? No.

I'm with Swifty on this. I would certainly want to know the real range with my style of driving, before I parted with £26,000 for the new leaf (that's after the grant).

A full EV cannot currently be compared to other types of vehicle when it comes to unforseen incidents. If I get held up diverted etc with my current vehicle, as I don't usually let the tank go below 50%, I have a range of about 240 miles, even if I don't come across a fuel station. Somewhat different to a full EV.

We had to order 2 for a customer last month we were mortified at the cost £2,000 + vat and that was the best deal we were able to get for him :(

Cellular on not they still have to dig for the rare metals - not so green!

A close friend has recently taken delivery of a Tesla 75 as his company car. (Previously always used BMW 5 series). It's a true supercar. He is impressed by it's performance, it's ability to handle winter conditions. ( 4 wheel drive ) It's comfort and it's range. Not to mention the vast reduction in company car personal taxation.  I've travelled in the car a number of times and the quietness and comfort is an extremely pleasant experience.  

The electric car is the future -

K

Brue is your car a pure EV or some type of hybrid?

Can I make a plea that when folk post links they change open in a new window from No to Yes. This then means you don't loose the thread       (without multiple back button presses) if you go on to explore the link.

No idea why Yes isn't the default.

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/tesla/model-s/specs

So I have to pay somewhere between £67 and £140K to buy one then spend another £30/35k for a decent diesel tow-car.  Someone having a laugh

Can just imagine Mrs One taking her cubs out camping in the Telsa

Nissan UK. https://www.nissan.co.uk/vehicles/new-vehicles/leaf/range-charging.html

This statement does not endear. 'UP TO 80% IN 40 TO 60 MINUTES**
QUICK CHARGE ON THE MOVE
Plug your New LEAF into a CHAdeMO rapid charger and get up to 80% charge in as little as 40 minutes.' 

As little as 40 mins is possible! If charging stations were to replace 'normal' fuel stations it strikes me that around 5 times the vehicle storage during 'refill' would be required. and 40 mins seems a long time every 100 miles. OK from home but not as useful away from home. Claimed minimum range is 125 miles. So, for me, I would want the 25 miles in emergency reserve. 100 miles and 40+ minutes to top up does not sound good to me

Very nice K. However, when I requested the price with the 100kw battery the price jumped from 65K to 92K.😱

We wouldn't consider a full EV at present, so we've gone for an EV with a range extender, I'm not advocating full EVs but as driver owners of this type of REX vehicle we are happy with the way it works. With a range extender you can either opt to use it at some point or it kicks in automatically when battery capacity reaches a certain level. Plus we've learnt to drive the car to it's potential, just as you would with a conventional car if you wanted to get the benefits from it. There are also one or two things we can still learn.

I've probably said before that OH has worked in the auto industry and has had a life long interest in engine development etc.

On here, I've been attempting to put my views forward on what it's like to own this type of car. We did our research and decided that BMW had developed a car that we would consider reliable and cost effective for us. 

It looks like it will be a while before a good tow EV is available to all at a competitive cost. We would like to tow a small trailer with ours and OH was in contact with various people about this but development is still continuing. So there are a lot of things to consider when purchasing these vehicles.