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Edit: worth saying that 99% of our journeys are short city trips.
Cheap 22kWh Renault Zoe?
Edit: worth saying that 99% of our journeys are short city trips.
Cheap 22kWh Renault Zoe?
The charging infrastructure will grow with the demand, slowly but surely, as did the refuelling infrastructure back in the day.
To be honest I think there are plenty of people who could consider an EV but simply don't want to and will put barriers up for themselves rather than simply saying "I don't like them and I don't one".Undoubtedly it will, but it's wholly inadequate for most to consider an EV at the moment.
For me, being realistic, if they made a Model 3 estate, I'd be sorted and I drive 20,000+ miles per year. I wouldn't need to rely on a charging network at all for my day to day mileage, it would literally only be one off trips of over 300 miles in one hit and I can't remember the last time I did that.
So whilst there is enough of a technical barrier still to 'most people', I don't think it's as big a majority as many assume.
It looks a little on the small side - we use the b class because it's fairly large inside.
From my experience so far doing trips the length of the country, I've learned a couple of things:Stopping to charge is not a big deal, 15 to 30 minutes in a 5 hour journey is nothing, bad traffic has cost me upwards of 2 hours on the same route. At 120kW if I take a leak then go buy some lunch, a coffee & a cake; the car will always be ready to go before I've finished the coffee.
50kW is actually quite fast *if* you are driving an efficient car. In one of my stops I was forced to share a supercharger "pair" and only got 60kW, this made my stop 30 minutes rather than 15, the horror! It's surprising how fast you can accumulate range on even 50kW. More would certainly be better though and I'd value fast charging above battery capacity, in fact a lot of people are saying the old Ioniq (28kWh and 65kW charging) is better for long trips than the new one (38kWh but only 40kW charging).
The Tesla network has plenty of chargers, they're only needed on motorways really and there's enough everywhere I go. If you don't have a Tesla, these are your options for 50kW charging on CHAdeMO:
New cheaper deal on the e-Golf.
48 months, 10k miles per year. 3 months up front + £195 processing fee = £943.50 up front then £249.50 per month for 47 months. Works out to be £263.96 per month on average.
https://www.jetvehiclefinance.co.uk/Search/12243/VOLKSWAGEN/267/GOLF/99kW e-Golf 35kWh 5dr Auto/Vehicle/74573/Business/false/ContractType/Contract Hire
That deal seems to be the best i can find at the moment, just sent a query in to see if they can offer it, and what the lead time is (ideally need it by mid-Dec)
VW dealers still seem to have stock available for delivery, if you want to call a few.
I'd also be wary of taking out a car for 48 months, since they deal above works out at ~£12.6k, but you can get a similar price for 24 months, meaning no added costs like tires, MOTs and extra servicing of required. PCH on 24-36 months usually works out best when there are good deals floating around, and by 2021 they will be a huge shift in available EV's competing with each other.