Are you ready for an electric car?

If Trump allows it.

I was thinking the exact same thing. Brexit is meant to be the opportunity to do our own thing, but with the whole Huawei thing its as if weve gone from being EU led to Usa led instead

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It’s all talk, they’ll ban Huawei and let ZTE or a plethora of the other companies available in. They have too much IP to ignore now because they spend a ton on R&D to be the best and so that they can’t be easily ignored.

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AnarchistIf there’s the wrong end of a stick, you’ll find me holding it.

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Chinese are already here in the shape of LEVC (London Taxis) and Volvo, both owned by Geely, one of China’s great car makers.

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Read an article about this company leasing EVs on a monthly contract. Pricey but interesting https://on.to/

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Very pricey indeed! £800 a month for a model 3 :flushed:

One thing that it would be very good for is try before you buy. 1 month minimum contracts means you can see what it’s like to live with rather than basing it on a 20 minute test drive.

Yeh that’s a good idea to use it as a try before you buy. The price is expensive but includes all extras as well as charging by the look of it.

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I was wanting to go electric when I pass my test. However it’s not the right time yet, the charging infrastructure around here is not the best. No option to charge at home, so I’d have to be looking for a working charger that’s not in use.

Maybe in another 3-4 years, the outlook will be better, but for more it’ll be a petrol car, until electric is more viable for me.

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That’s the big one. When that changes you’ll be sorted.

We have a 40kW leaf and use public charging stations about once a month or less and most times because it’s convenient rarther than required.

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Yh I’m hoping either they allow cables to be run through a shallow ditch in the pavement which is then encased to prevent trips or better still will be working charge points that just work, nearly there just not quite yet

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Only part I’m interested in is the claims for the battery technology, making it cheaper and getting a greater range. I’m not a fan of Apple but if it ends up been such a breakthrough, hopefully other companies can either license the battery design or just use and improve it.

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Spotted this today

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Very favourable tax regime in Norway to cause such impressive market share.

Tomorrow the SMMT will release December U.K. car registration numbers and it is expected that EV registrations will soon overtake diesels

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They are a long way ahead then, Google tells me the UK is at 5.5%.

Be interesting to know what the main factor was, but I’d guess it’s a mixture of the government having invested in proper charging infrastructure, and Nordic people actually giving an f about the environment.

Edit: already answered! Tax apparently :grinning:

Yep. As the linked story itself says, ā€œNorway exempts fully electric vehicles from taxes imposed on those relying on fossil fuels.ā€

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As predicted EVs have overtook diesel car sales last month in the U.K.

It seems to me that purchasing a new diesel or Petrol car today could prove to be very expensive in the long run.

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I’m more than happy to keep leasing petrols for now. We don’t do enough mileage to need a diesel.

For anyone unsure about electric cars, and would like an extended test period, this might be of interest.

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I’ve seen this before, been keeping my eye on it. I suspect a lot more services like this will appear in the future.

When I’ve passed my driving test, I don’t actually need a car for 12 months of the year. Having to option to have a car on just a monthly basis as and when would be ideal. Also turns out much cheaper than any vehicle rental places in the area.

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If you don’t need a car regularly I’d say your better off with Uber / Zip Car.

This looks seriously expensive to rent a tiny little Zoe.

I’ve started to see some good lease deals on Zoes and Ioniqs lately which look way more tempting than this.