When are you going fully electric?

AndrewNR said:
If I was in that situation, even that solution would have me wondering what I could wake up to on a Sat/Sun morning...

Personally, still not an EV out there that ticks the affordability/desirability for me.
Teslas are quick but look utter ***** inside and out. Polestar 2 is close but a bit too slow for the price. Cheapest Taycan is still too expensive and even slower etc.
A lot of mini SUVs/hatchback EVs seem to be impracticable too in terms of boot space?

Hopefully the faster Ioniq 5, Ford Mach-E, ID-4 or EV6 might offer something (except ridiculous prices with no Government support).
Maybe the BMW i4 M50 (or whatever it is) might shake things up for 'interesting' EVs?

If I wasn't a "car guy", then I'd imagine a regular Ioniq would be ideal but Christ, my neighbours have one, what a absolutely dull thing it is.
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Everyone has their own tastes, but I love the interior of my Model 3. I am a minimalist kinda guy, I hate icons on desktops, or my phone and the fact there is a car with a single touch screen for everything is perfect. It is like driving around an iPhone. I have the 2021 edition with white leather, the quality of the build inside receives top marks from me.
 
do you have the last of the fremont built Model 3 or the China built version?


JBod said:
Everyone has their own tastes, but I love the interior of my Model 3. I am a minimalist kinda guy, I hate icons on desktops, or my phone and the fact there is a car with a single touch screen for everything is perfect. It is like driving around an iPhone. I have the 2021 edition with white leather, the quality of the build inside receives top marks from me.
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fez said:
The vast majority of people simply won't be able to have an electric car until they sort out a nationwide, public system of charging points that people can use when they are at home. I live on a street where I can park outside my house perhaps 2-3 times a month. I would have to run a cable over the pavement to the house as well.

I would love an electric car but its just not practical yet.
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The vast majority of houses in this country have off street parking already. Of the houses without I would imagine that there is a lower percentage of car ownership either for economic reasons or the fact that a lot of housing without parking will be in cities where car ownership isn't essential.
 
You don't live in London where vast majority don't have off-street parking

r22snapper said:
The vast majority of houses in this country have off street parking already. Of the houses without I would imagine that there is a lower percentage of car ownership either for economic reasons or the fact that a lot of housing without parking will be in cities where car ownership isn't essential.
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London - Where the Vast majority of the UK Economy is made supporting the rest of the UK , but were not all millionaire's living in the Borough of Westminster or Kensington and Chelsea

RoboCod said:
That feeling when you realise the world does not actually revolve around you living in London :(
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yes the great North South divide does not exist either, we will see how this plays out post pandemic

back to the topic of owning a electric car


RoboCod said:
Oh no, it turns out your claim is wildly out too. No off street parking AND not the Vast majority of UK Economy :(

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_London

That feeling when you realise the world does not revolve around you living in London :(
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nam said:
do you have the last of the fremont built Model 3 or the China built version?
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There isn’t any material difference between the two now.

I think the only models for the U.K. still built in Fremont is the performance M-3 and the S/X, all the regular M-3s come from China and have done for awhile.
 
r22snapper said:
The vast majority of houses in this country have off street parking already. Of the houses without I would imagine that there is a lower percentage of car ownership either for economic reasons or the fact that a lot of housing without parking will be in cities where car ownership isn't essential.
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I would love to know the figures because as soon as you get to anywhere like a populated area the chances of have a drive wherever I have lived is tiny. You are very lucky if you even get to reserve a spot outside your house.

RoboCod said:
Oh no, it turns out your claim is wildly out too. No off street parking AND not the Vast majority of UK Economy :(

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_London

That feeling when you realise the world does not revolve around you living in London :(
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I mean, in 2018 it was responsible for ~22% of the GDP of the UK and the population was ~13% of the UK so its punching quite a lot. Thing about how much higher it would be if they weren't all avoid tax and doing dodgy things as well :p
 
I thought the chinese tesla buyers were unhappy about build quality ... but maybe not model 3's ->
still in myhistory -https://seekingalpha.com/article/4411931-tesla-is-losing-market-share-in-every-major-car-market

nitially, Tesla enjoyed a warm welcome from Chinese consumers. Not much later, however, the public mood began to shift in a negative direction. A series of price cuts in the first half of 2020 soured many early adopters, while growing concerns about Tesla build quality further dampened consumers’ opinion of Tesla. Even officials from the China Passenger Car Authority have taken Tesla to task over quality issues.
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