When are you going fully electric?

bimbleuk said:
Battery expert says 20 year life for the BMW (Samsung SDI) battery pack.
http://translate.google.com/transla...im-bmw-i3-das-ist-ein-gewaltiger-unterschied/

Samsung say 4600 charges to 80% capacity which would equate to 524,000 (theory of course!) miles.
https://insideevs.com/lets-look-at-the-specs-of-the-samsung-sdi-94-ah-battery/

Gives a bit more confidence anyway. I know Tesla batteries have been proven to lose 5-10% over 100,000 miles when looked after.

Down side is the i3 packs are divided into 8 large cell packs that are quite expensive to replace currently. Nissan are starting to offer an exchange service but they also have some bad drop off on certain models. Probably the packs without proper thermal regulation.
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That's best case scenario though. Really we don't know how long they will last on average yet. EVs haven't been around long enough for us to see the full lifecycle.
 
EVH said:
I’d be tempted to get one on PCP. At this stage the technology and cost would make owning one daunting.

I.e. I wouldn’t fancy dealing with a battery that loses most of its capacity after a few years. Whichever way you look at it, you’re paying to replace the pack at ££££ or sell it (for less) with a known issue.

Ps, I should say that we have a 4kWh solar panel installation on the Uber government rate which nets us around £2k a year.
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Hyundai offer 8 years of warranty on the battery and power train for the ioniq, with a guarantee of retaining 70% of original capacity.
 
[TW]Fox said:
Costs a fortune, most options require you to give someone your keys, various dodgy tales of crime, whereas Thrifty let me one way a 3 series for 69 quid, probably can't even park for that.
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I park in Heathrow a lot, never given my keys to anyone. Expensive? Went to Japan for 2 weeks and it was £124? Less than £10 a day which is not really that bad tbh.

Train would be cheaper but the last time I did that it was a nightmare getting back and it was 4 or 5 years ago now, never bother again with train to Heathrow, i rather pay for a taxi.
 
You don't think 124 quid is expensive? If I went for a Golf over a 3 series it'd cost less than that for two one way hires, plus no worries about the car. It's loads more convenient :)
 
bimbleuk said:
The Tesla Model 3 opened my eyes to the possibility of a something out of the ordinary but then I saw it wouldn't be available over here for years. Then spotted the VW "eCamper" thingy and thought this is getting interesting and then Honda showed the two concept cars recently and announced the probability of the Honda Urban EV being a production reality. Love it and I want one!

Still gotta wait though and so my i3 is the first step to running an EV on a daily basis.

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That looks great. :)
 
[TW]Fox said:
You don't think 124 quid is expensive? If I went for a Golf over a 3 series it'd cost less than that for two one way hires, plus no worries about the car. It's loads more convenient :)
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It works out less than £10 a day vs £300 for taxi. It’s not cheap but cheaper option. And train is normally out because my flights is often way early and there are no trains at 3am.

Perhaps you have to hand over your keys is because you pick those cheap places?

Try park in the official Heathrow long stay car park instead of those random Indy ones.
 
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