Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

[Harry Bloomfield]

Short range, meaning 300 miles between charges.

Yup, short ranges!

 

[JohnD]

it can take 24 hours to fully charge

But not if you have a charging socket.

It would take quite a long time to fill a car with petrol if you insisted on using a teacup.

 

[Mottie]

The only people that are guaranteed to be able to access a charging socket at home are those with off street parking. Everyone can access a fuel pump and fill up their fuel tank in 5 minutes no matter where they live in the country.

 

[ETAF]

whats the cost to fix all the issues on your current car, 2nd hand prices are staying high , my daughter is currently looking , maybe better the devil you know , than buying some unknown car and bills
We have a 62plate citreon and parts are already a big issue to get , even from what breakers still exist - so i know we will need to replace that soon and looking at 3 yeard old seat type 7 seater the money is just ridiculous now and increasing each year when i look ......

 

[flameport]

In 5 years I bet we'll see a lot of abandoned EV's on the streets as people can't afford new batteries.

What is going to happen in the next 5 years that would suddenly require all of these new batteries?

for everything else,

Presumably meaning those 600 mile non-stop journeys that always involve towing a caravan across the desert where there are zero charging facilities.
Or the 300 mile version where someone drives for hours to a place, refuels their diesel banger in 60 seconds and then must inexplicably make the return 300 mile journey immediately with no stops for any reason.

Plug an EV in, especially in a domestic set up and it can take 24 hours to fully charge and give a reasonable ( nothing like an ICE though) mileage.

Perhaps it might take that long in the totally unrealistic scenario of someone returning home with zero range left and then they decide to charge as slowly as possible by plugging into a 13A outlet until it was at 100%.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Presumably meaning those 600 mile non-stop journeys that always involve towing a caravan across the desert where there are zero charging facilities.

Think of just towing to a field, in the UK - where, how do you recharge?