Put the old Clio in for an MOT today and it failed on a few things which prompted the old discussion with the Mrs as to what to replace it with.
For its intended use an EV theoretically makes sense. 2k or less per year, all urban journeys, the vast majority of which are 1-3 miles. And we've got a drive with a couple of slow sockets. And space for a fast charger.
£8k gets you into a 5 year old Zoe on 10k miles. If I got this rather than a cheap petrol runabout I'd have to finance some of it (against my instincts....) but I get the difference back in reduced running costs (petrol, RFL & maintenance).
But the big unknown is batteries. If I had a cheap petrol it would potentially go on and on and on. The Clio, for example, is nearly 20 and still bombs around the city as its makers intended.
With an £8k Zoe if the batteries are toast at 10 years then it's scrap.
Anyone else gone down this route? And do the batteries actually fail or just become less efficient? If so, does it actually matter? If the range dropped 20% I wouldn't car as it would still do well over 100 miles which is 2 week's use.
Any thoughts?
For its intended use an EV theoretically makes sense. 2k or less per year, all urban journeys, the vast majority of which are 1-3 miles. And we've got a drive with a couple of slow sockets. And space for a fast charger.
£8k gets you into a 5 year old Zoe on 10k miles. If I got this rather than a cheap petrol runabout I'd have to finance some of it (against my instincts....) but I get the difference back in reduced running costs (petrol, RFL & maintenance).
But the big unknown is batteries. If I had a cheap petrol it would potentially go on and on and on. The Clio, for example, is nearly 20 and still bombs around the city as its makers intended.
With an £8k Zoe if the batteries are toast at 10 years then it's scrap.
Anyone else gone down this route? And do the batteries actually fail or just become less efficient? If so, does it actually matter? If the range dropped 20% I wouldn't car as it would still do well over 100 miles which is 2 week's use.
Any thoughts?