Why are people buying electric cars?

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ancient_mariner said:
The instead is that we can stop in a beauty spot or we can sit in a supermarket car park. Sure we could do both, but then I would really begrudge the time spent in the car park.
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Again, it's 20 minutes. If 20 minutes is stopping you buying a car then you really didn't want it in the first place.
 
Steep said:
Again, it's 20 minutes. If 20 minutes is stopping you buying a car then you really didn't want it in the first place.
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To be pedantic; it is 20 minutes every time. And on long journeys, 6 hours or more, you really begrudge every unnecessary minute's delay. It would be the same if my diesel car only did 300 miles between refills.
 
Clive K said:
To be pedantic; it is 20 minutes every time. And on long journeys, 6 hours or more, you really begrudge every unnecessary minute's delay. It would be the same if my diesel car only did 300 miles between refills.
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Yes I get that it's an issue for both of you, but it's still you talking yourselves out of it. You have every right to, if the step is too big now it might not be later so it's always good to talk it through.
 
Steep said:
Yes I get that it's an issue for both of you, but it's still you talking yourselves out of it. You have every right to, if the step is too big now it might not be later so it's always good to talk it through.
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The problems for me are that I have too many specific requirements that are all covered by a variety of ICE cars, but are too way off mainstream for the fledgling EV models. They are aimed at a more mainstream market. We have a dog cage in the car so the boot space needs to be over 500 litres on the once a week we go shopping or have the hassle of temporarily removing it. We probably do three or four long trips a year, sometimes with friends. So, a long range is needed for those trips and when we have the dog motorway aires or supermarkets aren't ideal to stop at. I sometimes fish in places that need a higher ground clearance and 4WD. And like many of us in France it will need to have a towbar fitted to it to pull a garden trailer. Plus the normal use is higher than the UK average probably 16k miles a year. Other than the running costs ICE had far more viable options until the recent Middle East situation.

But, next year compromises will have to be made. The dog is going to have to go :p
 
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If, or more likely when the time comes for me to move to EV it will probably be something like the VW ID.7. Ticks a lot of boxes and is a smart looking car as well.

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I'm still keeping my eye on them and they're just creeping below the £30K mark, would really like to have a test drive of one. Like you say it ticks a lot of boxes for me too, it's a decent sized estate with a flat boot area (annoyingly an optional extra on the Arteon/Octavia/Superb), it has a good spec including blind spot monitoring (a must for me)and while less important I think it's a good looking understated car.

I was pleased to get a Toyota Prius self charging hybrid hire car recently which is similar to the Toyota Corolla estate I've been considering to replace my current car although wasn't keen on it which is making me more interested in trying the ID7. I'm hoping my current car will last a while longer and I think by the time it needs replaced there will be more pushes to go electric.
 
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