Until they ban hybrids in 2035I don't think the whole 2030 is that big a deal either sure hybrids will still be allowed.
Yea but that’s longer away than 2030Until they ban hybrids in 2035
Just home from a site visit to Cork and after listening to the latest podcast on the way down and lamenting about diesel costs for the most of the journey, I found myself seriously thinking an EV might be a sensible option for the first time since they’ve come out.
I’ve done 20k miles this last year, and with diesel not getting any cheaper, switching from IC is a very attractive proposition.
I passed a Skoda Enyaq and thought it was a decent enough looking article, so had a look at it, the Q4 and the iX3 (on the back of Woodcutters thread). I was pleasantly surprised to see the range all above the 300mile mark, which would work well. But was unpleasantly surprised when I saw the 0-60 times. I perhaps naively just assumed all EV’s would share Tesla like warpspeed acceleration, but in fact they are all on a power with a 2.0TDi variant.
I wouldn’t be overly concerned about the charging point situation, with that sort of range I’d say chances would be slim of getting caught out somewhere. My train of thought then progressed to solar panels at home to combat increased electric costs.
All just random thoughts at this stage, and no real point to this waffle! Just found it interesting that i could go from having no real interest in EV, to being seriously tempted in buying one in the space of a few hours!
@Coog , very rough timing of the e-tron 30-70 is numerically two seconds quicker than it’s quoted 0-60., most piston cars have a pretty similar 0-60 and 30-70.
I still don't think it will be a smooth transition into ev. Electric will jump stupidly in price I reckon. In terms of bulk supply the UK is the dearest in Europe. Bulb is about to go under and has asked Boris for a bail out. Roughly 60 suppilers in the UK has went under effecting 10 million customers. There is no competition in the market driving the price. The price cap is being upped too so they can charge more.
Not saying it won't change but it's the same way oil was portrayed, oil will be cheap and plenty forever. Everyone changed to it and now look where we are.
They would either need to charge specifically for EV power or no one’s going to be able to light or heat their homes if the prices rise to that extreme.
There is no competition in the market driving the price.
I still don't think it will be a smooth transition into ev. Electric will jump stupidly in price I reckon. In terms of bulk supply the UK is the dearest in Europe. Bulb is about to go under and has asked Boris for a bail out. Roughly 60 suppilers in the UK has went under effecting 10 million customers. There is no competition in the market driving the price. The price cap is being upped too so they can charge more.
Not saying it won't change but it's the same way oil was portrayed, oil will be cheap and plenty forever. Everyone changed to it and now look where we are.
Oil is cheap and plentiful. Taxes on it are also plentiful however. And despite claims it would run dry 50 years ago....it still isn't
If Cork was a regular trip, I'd say most EV's would struggle from here unless you lived in Newry or something. And even then you'd it'd be a long day trying to get there and back in a day ( Which I've done many times in the van...and also needed to refuel it which only takes a couple of minutes....although surprising how few 24 hour stations there are between Dublin and Cork if doing it in the early hours ).
That's it, until the government stick there arm in evs currently are a great deal for the most part. Until they finalise the taxes the picture is being shown through rose tinted glasses.
So why you wouldn’t try to take advantage of it right now is beyond me tbh. It’s not like once you’ve bought EV you’re not allowed to go back to ICE. I plan to chop and change if necessary.
Range, simply put until the range goes to 350 plus they aren't benifical to me. Infrastructure isn't there yet for the cars and won't be when the amount of Evs eventual end up on the road.