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Bob!

Bob!

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Jul 5, 2003
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chickens said:
There’s the Korean marques (Hyundai/Kia) plus European: BMW, Mercedes and the VW Group (Porsche, Seat, Skoda, VW, Audi) and Renault

Then Japanese (Nissan, Honda)

There’s even Jaguar (India) - the iPace was an incredible piece of work that they bizarrely released, and then did barely nothing to it apart from a minor facelift. There are lots of long-term owners on the various EV forums who genuinely rave about them.

I’d say you’re still in with some decent choices, even discounting China and Tesla.
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That's where I'll be looking when my current ICE dies.
 




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Greg Bobkin

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May 22, 2012
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thedonkeycentrehalf said:
Mate of mine has had a Tesla on a work lease but now waiting for delivery of a BYD Seal as he didn't want the Musk association. The BYD Seal seems to have decent reviews and is a lot cheaper on the work lease scheme than the Tesla so will be interesting to see how he gets on with it.
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BYD is offering some decent products and the Seal is included in that. In fact, almost all of the Chinese manufacturers have good, if a little mediocre, products. The quality – which was my initial concern – is there. Probably because it knows if it is serious about cracking the European market, it has to get it spot on. Cheap cars are one thing, but when they FEEL cheap, the demand is going to drop off.
 


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Greg Bobkin

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May 22, 2012
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dsr-burnley said:
The problem is that once you have refused to buy anything from either Elon Musk or from China. there might not be much left worth having. China is a big player in electric cars and loads of other electrical stuff, as well as the cheap goods that are rather easier to avoid.
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As others have said, there is LOADS of choice outside of Tesla and Chinese brands. Assuming you didn't mean anything that has been touched or features anything from China. Then you might be a little bit screwed as pretty much everything has something from China in or on it.
 


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Fungus

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May 21, 2004
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Nobby Cybergoat said:
You'll need a long lead!!

Sorry, bad joke.

Congrats on making the jump. I'm still trying find the right thing. I'm quite tempted by a sexy little Peugeot e208 I saw. Though it's £13k which is quite a bit more than I wanted to spend
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I love my little e208. It’s a 2022 model which had various fixes updates to previous years - I wouldn’t recommend anything earlier.
 






Flounce

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This may be of interest to those who are contributing to this thread.

Possibly my favourite Youtube motoring journalist along with Harry’s Garage


 




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Fungus

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Flounce said:
This may be of interest to those who are contributing to this thread.

Possibly my favourite Youtube motoring journalist along with Harry’s Garage


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Well, I sat through the whole 32 minutes, but he could have covered that in 10 without the waffle. Nothing new or controversial as far as I could see? We all know that the public charging infrastructure needs to continue to improve, and that public charging prices aren’t great. Doesn’t mean EVs aren’t the future, given how many people have adopted them in such a short period.

edit: oh, I learned I’ve been pronouncing “Chademo” wrong these last few years. 😆
 




Flounce

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Fungus said:
Well, I sat through the whole 32 minutes, but he could have covered that in 10 without the waffle. Nothing new or controversial as far as I could see? We all know that the public charging infrastructure needs to continue to improve, and that public charging prices aren’t great. Doesn’t mean EVs aren’t the future, given how many people have adopted them in such a short period.
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I am not suggesting that it’s new or controversial but it cleared up quite a few issues for me, and I found it interesting and informative :shrug:

I enjoy his presentation style, maybe you are more up to speed on EV charging issues than most.
 


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Flounce said:
I am not suggesting that it’s new or controversial but it cleared up quite a few issues for me :shrug:
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Okay, but the “This is Insane” headline was rather click-baity. 🤔
 






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Flounce said:
Sure, but he’s a petrol head not an EV disciple so maybe misinformation about EV charging is insane to him :smile:
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Misinformation about anything is obviously wrong. He does like hyperbole, though!
 


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Greg Bobkin

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May 22, 2012
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For anyone who's interested, the UK Car of the Year 2025 (organised by yours truly) was announced this morning and it's an EV. Again!

fleetworld.co.uk

Kia EV3 crowned UK Car of the Year 2025

Kia has done the double by winning the UK Car of the Year Awards two years in a row with the EV3’s victory for 2025. The accolade follows the EV9’s t
fleetworld.co.uk fleetworld.co.uk
 


nicko31

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Greg Bobkin said:
For anyone who's interested, the UK Car of the Year 2025 (organised by yours truly) was announced this morning and it's an EV. Again!

fleetworld.co.uk

Kia EV3 crowned UK Car of the Year 2025

Kia has done the double by winning the UK Car of the Year Awards two years in a row with the EV3’s victory for 2025. The accolade follows the EV9’s t
fleetworld.co.uk fleetworld.co.uk
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KIA do make some very good cars, great warranty too
 




Randy McNob

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Jun 13, 2020
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My Tesla is due for trade in next year. As much as love it, I fancy a change. The Ford Capri EV has caught my Eye


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Nobby Cybergoat

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nicko31 said:
KIA do make some very good cars, great warranty too
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I'm still looking for EV's. One of the things that annoys me a bit is that so many are the size of a tank. I just need something to get myself and the kids around the city

Sure there are some smaller options, but not many, Two out of every three, seem to megabeasts
 




Flounce

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Nobby Cybergoat said:
I'm still looking for EV's. One of the things that annoys me a bit is that so many are the size of a tank. I just need something to get myself and the kids around the city

Sure there are some smaller options, but not many, Two out of every three, seem to megabeasts
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Here ya go, European car of the year and small!

https://media.renault.com/renault-5-e-tech-electric-car-of-the-year-2025/#:~:text=At%2520the%2520same%2520time%252C%2520it,market%252C%2520it's%2520this%2520one.%E2%80%9D
 


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Greg Bobkin

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May 22, 2012
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Nobby Cybergoat said:
I'm still looking for EV's. One of the things that annoys me a bit is that so many are the size of a tank. I just need something to get myself and the kids around the city

Sure there are some smaller options, but not many, Two out of every three, seem to megabeasts
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In no particular order (and some are better than others):

Fiat 500e
Dacia Spring
Leapmotor T03
BYD Dolphin
MINI Cooper
Vauxhall Corsa
Renault 5
Smart #1
Peugeot e-208
Hyundai Inster
Cupra Born
Citroën e-C3
 


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