Thoughts on Vauxhall Mokka Electric 2021?

[SkyTerran]

I'm looking to purchase my first EV with a £13K budget and need advice on the 2021 Vauxhall Mokka Electric. My typical usage is:

• Daily 40-mile round trip commute on congested highways
• Usually drive alone or with one passenger
• No home charging available, but access to new Shell public chargers nearby
• Safety is my priority, especially automatic emergency braking for pedestrians
• Fun driving dynamics aren't important to me

Would the Mokka Electric suit these requirements?

 

[SkyTerran]

The thing is I live in Manchester and the only Tesla charge location anywhere close to me is Trafford Park. Which is very busy, anytime I've been there there's a queue of DPD electric vans, Teslas and other EVs.

 

[SkyTerran]

Thanks for your help guys. I've given up on the Mokka. I'm a long time Vauxhall customer, but it seems the Stellantis EVs are quite average.

I'm now considering Hyundai Kona 1st gen facelift and 2ng gen and Polestar 2. Will have to increase my budget unfortunately.

 

[SkyTerran]

In the end decided to buy a Hyundai Ioniq 5 73kWh RWD Premium trim from 2021. Looks like a lot of them are being sold right now under or around 20K (maybe after 3 year finance). Did some research and it looks like this is the cheapest used car on a modern 800V architecture. BYD has a lot of 800V models, but I guess they didn't sell many cars 3 years ago, for them to be available on the used market now.

What worries me is it's one of the most stolen EVs in UK (there are Game Boy size devices on the black market that break the key fob code in seconds) and I park on a street at night. Another problem is insurance. I run an insurance quote for a 2021 204hp Hyundai Kona Ultimate (insurance group 24) and it came at 160 quid. Same details for 2021 214hp Ioniq 5 (insurance group 34) - almost 1500...

Unfortunately for the 2021 model Huyndai didn't include a heat pump as standard on any trim level, but one has to make compromises when on a limited budget.