When are you going fully electric?

Nikumba · 23 Jan 2022 at 21:26

Well officially in the EV stable now, picked up my Kia e-Niro on Thursday nice car, will do what I need and comfy.

I was getting an Ioniq 5 but they kept messing me about with delivery so decided to get something else in the interim.

Entai · 23 Jan 2022 at 22:07

When am I going fully electric?

Simple

Never.

I will never own a hybrid or electric car.

Jonnycoupe · 23 Jan 2022 at 22:18

mjt · 23 Jan 2022 at 22:20

Entai said:
When am I going fully electric?

Simple

Never.

I will never own a hybrid or electric car.

Shame, you should try it. 'tis the future don't you know!

Entai · 23 Jan 2022 at 22:29

mjt said:
Shame, you should try it. 'tis the future don't you know!

I have tried it, hated everything about it.

There is not one redeeming feature of any electric car.

Janesy B · 23 Jan 2022 at 22:36

Entai said:
When am I going fully electric?

Simple

Never.

I will never own a hybrid or electric car.

Unless you give up driving, you'll have to.

steve5424 · 23 Jan 2022 at 22:44

Entai said:
When am I going fully electric?

Simple

Never.

I will never own a hybrid or electric car.

Well at some point you will have to, unless you give up driving.

Smokey26 · 23 Jan 2022 at 22:50

steve5424 said:
Well at some point you will have to, unless you give up driving.

Why will you?

b0rn2sk8 · 23 Jan 2022 at 22:52

Smokey26 said:
Why will you?

Unless your a certain age and due to give up your licence shortly, nearly all cars in the road will be electric in 25 years or so.

Smokey26 · 23 Jan 2022 at 23:00

b0rn2sk8 said:
Unless your a certain age and due to give up your licence shortly, nearly all cars in the road will be electric in 25 years or so.

Plenty of people keep older cars.

steve5424 · 23 Jan 2022 at 23:08

Smokey26 said:
Why will you?

Yes I plan on getting an EV ordered through Motability in the next few months once I get my licence back off DVLA.

Jonnycoupe · 23 Jan 2022 at 23:17

Entai said:
I have tried it, hated everything about it.

There is not one redeeming feature of any electric car.

Refinement is the easy one… which means you are not being objective enough with your assessments.

b0rn2sk8 · 23 Jan 2022 at 23:39

Smokey26 said:
Plenty of people keep older cars.

They do but short of well kept classics (which will be worth £lol), these will be utter sheds and cost £lol to run. Can’t say I see many 20 year old cars on the roads these days, likewise back then 20 year old cars are relative dinosaurs compared to what’s on the market now. Keeping them on the road is going to be challenging as cars get ever more integrated.

I can’t imagine there will be filling stations every few miles either, they’ll be so few ICE cars around that they will just not be viable.

m4rmite · 24 Jan 2022 at 06:25

Entai said:
I have tried it, hated everything about it.

There is not one redeeming feature of any electric car.

Cheaper fuel per mile, less emissions( Once built) and less noise pollution.

paradigm · 24 Jan 2022 at 06:33

m4rmite said:
Cheaper fuel per mile, less emissions( Once built) and less noise pollution.

Preconditioning, instant torque, the fact that I’ll never have to visit a petrol station again.

I’m ordering. Model 3 Performance just as soon as I’ve got my 440i back from BMW.

Entai · 24 Jan 2022 at 06:53

m4rmite said:
Cheaper fuel per mile, less emissions( Once built) and less noise pollution.

But none of them counteract the sheer immersive enjoyment of driving my Mustang.
No other car I have ever owned puts such a grin on my face even as I just walk up to it, let alone the noise once it starts, the noise is everything, I could never own a car that makes no proper noise.

Jonnycoupe said:
Refinement is the easy one… which means you are not being objective enough with your assessments.

To be fair, as you can probably tell, as I drive a 5.0 lt Mustang as a daily driver, refinement is very low on my list of priorities when getting a car

paradigm · 24 Jan 2022 at 07:16

That’s a pretty short sighted view though. Nothing is (currently) stopping you from dailying an EV, enjoying the benefits that they offer, and keeping something more exotic as a hobby and fair weather form of transport and enjoyment.

I’m still going to own ICE vehicles for the time being, only the ICE usage will end up being for fun only, not for commuting.

No-One · 24 Jan 2022 at 07:49

My dad keeps saying that electric cars are not viable in the long run because he apparently read that there’s only enough lithium/cobalt in the earth to make enough batteries to replace at most 20% of the ICE cars currently on the road. I assume he’s mistaken/been reading rubbish?

Jonnycoupe · 24 Jan 2022 at 07:50

My Dad says there might be enough and it will be worth trying.

b0rn2sk8 · 24 Jan 2022 at 08:00

My cars battery doesn’t contain cobalt, do I win?

On a more serious note, I’d suggest your dad finds more reputable sources for his information