Electric Cars and Motorhomes.

rayjsj replied on 29/05/2019 16:13

Posted on 29/05/2019 16:13

Time is coming up for me to think about replacing my Car and in a couple of years, my Motorhome.

But the choices are limited, my cars road tax is £30

can that be bettered ?  it uses very little petrol and has at least 400 miles range.Local charging infrastructure is surprisingly  good for a rural area, but concerned when travelling out of the area.

Motorhome is another story, none on the market at all yet, mine is euro5 what ever that means.

What do others plan to do? for new towcars for instance. Club needs to help and advise us.

brue replied on 30/05/2019 09:39

Posted on 30/05/2019 09:39

I should add that the overnight charge costs I posted would be at the maximum end. Sometimes a charge isn't needed, sometimes it's a partial charge, so this costs pence rather than pounds. However hybrids, with a smaller battery capacity would need more frequent charging. 

Hope this helps in any decision making Rayjsj, there probably aren't enough incentives to go down the EV route at present and infrastructure is one of them. smile

 

ocsid replied on 30/05/2019 15:07

Posted on 30/05/2019 15:07

 

I am resisting changing our £20 VED Euro 5 Golf as I am sure the EV market with present vehicles is very much in a state of flux. 

Our Golf journeys tend to include some significant distance runs, rather than simply being a shopping trolley vehicle.

EV vehicles presently involve such a fast changing technology. It needs to be to meet many user's expectation, as well as new technology has an inherent tendency to improve, think computers and smart phones.

So what is "state of the art" today is not going to be such tomorrow.  I suspect, that can and probably is already reflecting in depreciation being higher than the vehicle market has come used to until the whole issue was turned on its head recently.

Therefore, my view is until I see the impact of any new legislation looming to hurt me I will hang in with what I have, every year its value decreasing so with it the financial hurt we will take. Hopefully by then more market acceptable EVs will be here.

If we lived in a city rather than the sticks, a city where "taxing" Euro 5 hurt already, then the balance would be different.

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