EV Owners Thread
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Pass. We have also done about 12000 miles in the first year of owning an EV though.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Isn't most of your mileage on the same daily route? Apologies if I have the wrong person.
Problems upthread have arisen when venturing into the 'unknown' and when a recharge is likely to be needed.
Yes it is. It's a fast route, this morning I completed the round trip in a little over an 1hr10, 66 miles.
Yesterday I was attending a machinery demonstration up in the Lincolnshire Wolds, so had nearly 150 mile day in my car while the wife did the school run.
We are fortunate to be able to charge multiple vehicles upto 22kWatt each simultaneously.
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
35,000 miles plus a year in a tin box. I'd go insane, hence only doing 3000 at most, and commuting by bike.
What's an EV like for insurance for newly qualified drivers as a named driver - I'm assuming pretty high ?
Lot's of differing options being explored at the moment. Our static caravan may be going soon (12 months), so rather than spend on another, that may go on a camper van, but would mean my car goes as does a potential EV option ! Choices/choices.
What's an EV like for insurance for newly qualified drivers as a named driver - I'm assuming pretty high ?
Lot's of differing options being explored at the moment. Our static caravan may be going soon (12 months), so rather than spend on another, that may go on a camper van, but would mean my car goes as does a potential EV option ! Choices/choices.
classic33
Leg End Member
Niece is paying just short of £400 per month and that's with a "box" fitted.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
£400, £400, daughter can walk then. Costs ME £70 a month for the Aygo to have the young drivers on it.
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
Since getting my first EV in May I have done around 700 miles 
To what car is it fitted?
If it's a high performance EV, yes expect a very, very high premium. My daughter who is now over 25 can drive our car with hardly any loading. They actually rent Teslas for weekend jaunts now for a fair deal.
It's a lot of miles, that's why we wanted EVs. Time wise, it's roughly the same time it used to take when we lived in Leeds to get into the city 4 miles was 45mins. I do over 30 miles in just over half an hour. So glad we left city/suburban living, that was some 20 years ago. Would never ever live in a town or city now
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Wednesday 27th
Okay!, it’s not fully electric, but daughter has just collected this earlier this afternoon
‘Mild Hybrid’ (self-charging)
Not sure what the range is, purely on electric?
Okay!, it’s not fully electric, but daughter has just collected this earlier this afternoon
‘Mild Hybrid’ (self-charging)
Not sure what the range is, purely on electric?
If it's a Kona hybrid, they have a tiny 1.56kW battery capacity. It's not capable to propel solely on electric for any great distance. More of an assistance to get off from standstill.
I really don't see any significant benefit to these vehicles. At best Ok in town and average on longer drives
Mpg is not greatly improved over a full ICE, C02 is still over 100g/km
A better hybrid car would be the Toyota RAV4 hybrid with
42 miles
Range, Charging, and Battery Life
The plug-in hybrid RAV4 Prime stores its electrons in an 18.1-kWh battery pack
I really don't see any significant benefit to these vehicles. At best Ok in town and average on longer drives
Mpg is not greatly improved over a full ICE, C02 is still over 100g/km
A better hybrid car would be the Toyota RAV4 hybrid with
42 miles
Range, Charging, and Battery Life
The plug-in hybrid RAV4 Prime stores its electrons in an 18.1-kWh battery pack
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Got a friend that has a Hyundai plug in hybrid - the bigger one than above. They use it mainly on electric for local drives - range of 40 miles is more than enough, then have the ice option for their longer trips. Lovely car !
