[Technology] OK - so how many NSCers have an Electric car

[darkwolf666]

Not yet, probably the car after next.

For the size of car we need plus some fussiness on gadgets, I'm not prepared to pay the huge monthly hire charges required on the electric car equivalent.

Next time around hopefully sale prices would've fallen, the choice wider and all electric cars might truly be environmental. I have friends with high powered hybrids where the cars rarely kick into electric mode, they get through petrol as before, yet they are classified as very low CO2 models = very low taxes and other other tax benefits.

Maybe now, but not when you’ve got to have one... got to get their pound of flesh - sorry taxes - somehow!

 

[Seasidesage]

Got one. Tesla Model 3 Performance. Not cheap but very good.

So far love it...

 

[happypig]

My next car will almost certainly be electric. Currently have a Toyota hybrid and it's the most soulless car I've ever had, but the most economical. I prefer driving my diesel van. Plan was to sell that when we finished doing the house up but I'm tempted to sell both, get an electric and rent for the odd longer trip (we are retired and don't need something with long range).

 

[Taybha]

Would be interested but have nowhere to store the mahoosive extension lead .

 

[Live by the sea]

Not for me , never . A car in my view is not powered by an electric battery - that’s what I would refer to as a mobility scooter .

 

[Icy Gull]

There are people in Storrington that have installed private recharging points. In a year or so they'll be an App that you can use to search for nearest private one and pay a fee to re-charge as well as, as you say, public ones.

I am tempted to get a charger on my drive and coin it from letting people charge their car on my drive. What they’ll do whilst it’s charging is anyone’s guess as I am 1/2 mile from the local village

 

[maltaseagull]

We agreed that we would get one when our current car is on it's last legs.
As I am retired and my wife goes to work on a scooter, that will be some time yet.
The main issue is the lack of charging points here and we cannot be sure of parking outside our home.

Until there are more charging points or at least in filling stations and the Maltese have be trained NOT to park their petrol diesel cars in the charging bays, it will not be viable.

 

[southstandandy]

Certainly not against the idea but at the moment with prices being quite high for a relatively new tech I will wait close to 2030 before getting one. Who knows, by then someone may have invented a car battery the size of your phone and the costs should be cheaper. Also lack of charging facilities is another reason for me to wait. In 10 years hopefully there will be far more around the country.

 

[Nibbler]

We have a Renault Zoe which we always charge on our driveway. A single charge gets us about 130 miles. Mrs N commutes to Worthing most days so it gets charged about once a week.

There is a £70/month battery hire charge which you need to factor into the running costs but we haven't really noticed the extra electricity use on our bill. Servicing is pretty reasonable as there are less moving parts, but the tyres are more expensive than you'd think for a small car because they need to support the extra weight of the battery. Obviously the road tax is free which is a bonus.

Although it can easily transport a family of four we have a larger second car which we use for longer journeys. This means we don't get the range anxiety associated with electric cars, and since most of our journeys are local we rarely use the gas guzzler.

The ride is very smooth and it's quite nippy if you take it out of eco-mode. A real pleasure to drive.

I would totally recommend making the switch if your circumstances allow.

 

[darkwolf666]

We agreed that we would get one when our current car is on it's last legs.
As I am retired and my wife goes to work on a scooter, that will be some time yet.
The main issue is the lack of charging points here and we cannot be sure of parking outside our home.

Until there are more charging points or at least in filling stations and the Maltese have be trained NOT to park their petrol diesel cars in the charging bays, it will not be viable.

I assume this isn't the type you scoot along with one foot on the ground? Mind you, that would be in a low emissions, low taxation group...!

 

[Deleted member 2719]

.... or in their hybrid cars, driving habits making the petrol engine the winner.

I personally would swing towards the hydrogen car, if I had to choose, but it's apparent the industry are gagging for electric all the way.

 

[WATFORD zero]

We have a Renault Zoe which we always charge on our driveway. A single charge gets us about 130 miles. Mrs N commutes to Worthing most days so it gets charged about once a week.

There is a £70/month battery hire charge which you need to factor into the running costs but we haven't really noticed the extra electricity use on our bill. Servicing is pretty reasonable as there are less moving parts, but the tyres are more expensive than you'd think for a small car because they need to support the extra weight of the battery. Obviously the road tax is free which is a bonus.

Although it can easily transport a family of four we have a larger second car which we use for longer journeys. This means we don't get the range anxiety associated with electric cars, and since most of our journeys are local we rarely use the gas guzzler.

The ride is very smooth and it's quite nippy if you take it out of eco-mode. A real pleasure to drive.

I would totally recommend making the switch if your circumstances allow.

That sounds like a considered, well thought out and informative reply. Are you sure you're on the right forum

 

[beorhthelm]

TWO, that's two recharging points in Storrington for a population of 5,000 plus, most of whom drive/share cars.

It is just bollocks at present and I'm glad I will not be driving in a few years time.

Hopefully there will be some old fashioned Petrol for my CBR...

among all talk of EV haven't heard mention of banning existing vehicles, its about new going EV only. petrol (and diesel) will be around for decades, the classics will be safe for a long time yet.

 

[beorhthelm]

I am tempted to get a charger on my drive and coin it from letting people charge their car on my drive. What they’ll do whilst it’s charging is anyone’s guess as I am 1/2 mile from the local village

you jest, this is the origin of many country pubs, once coach houses for travellers to stop to feed and water the horses. so start a microbrewery

 

[Sorrel]

I would have preferred it if hydrogen powered cars had been the successor type - they have many advantages, especially in the ability to fill up nearly as fast as conventional fuel and a longer range (though not as much as a diesel car).

Electric vehicles seem to have won though. I'd like one, but I couldn't charge it at home currently - and certainly couldn't charge more than one.

 

[Drebin]

Had one for 5 years now. Nissan Leaf. Love it. It’s essentially a big go-kart.
It’s easier to own one here in Norway than in England though as we have a lot of charging stations and more people have off-road parking. It is also mostly used by people as a second car to drive round town in.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I have driven my mate's all electric jag and it is quite stunning. However I have better things to spend £60K on right now, and own a car that's ony 3 years old, is costing me only about a tenner a year on car tax, and does 50 miles to the gallon (despite the way I drive). Also it is deisel so it is fast becoming unsellable so I'll probably stick with it for at least 5 years (or until it makes better sense to scrap it than pay for a fuel that will cost more, litre for litre, than a nice red wine). So, yes, I'd like one but I'll probably be dead before the time is right to get one.

 

[Driver8]

I have a Tesla Model 3 Long Range. Love it.

 

[Blue3]

I am very interested but we are in my opinion neither ready as a nation with the nessasary charging infrastructure or fuel cell stations nor are the manufacturers ready with the technology, while the 2050 date is finite but the develope of the technology is not

 

[Icy Gull]

you jest, this is the origin of many country pubs, once coach houses for travellers to stop to feed and water the horses. so start a microbrewery

Our house used to be a coach house back in the day, so I’d be following an old but updated tradition then