Electric Vehicles EVs

So I’m pretty set on an electric car next, post summer as I stupidly just bought a new car which I’m not really comfortable with.

I need it to drive down farm tracks more regularly than I’d like and I visit the wilderness of Scotland frequently which means a 4x4 variety will be needed.

I like the e tron range, I sit in them for 200 miles often so comfort and happiness are high priorities.

They have a range of 300 miles which is okay, question is how reliable will 200 miles range be and what’s the charge I will gain off a house socket in 8 hours. Basically if I’m 200 there and 200 back will I have the range boosting it when on site.

Also a shout out to the Kia ev9 that is perking a lot of interest.

The Q4 etron is the worst EV on the market today for value. I’ll fight anyone who disagrees.

Awful cars.

Whole range is a rip off.

While I obviously have no idea whether you actually 'need' a 4wd with raised body height, I certainly do know the vast majority of people that say they need these things absolutely don't.
Which I understand is a bit cunty, but the torque at low speed with an ev is pretty amazing. I've got got down a lot of dodgy gravel and farm tracks on our 2wd Hyundai kona, which has no more clearance than a regular sedan.

The trouble is that these all end up as second cars so it's questionable whether there's any overall reduction in emissions.

I guess it depends what second car it is replacing and often it can be the other way, the second car is an ICE for longer journeys and moving family and these small ones are for day to day journeys (where the valid argument is active travel should be being used)

From the article above, the Baojun Yep?

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I’ll send photos next week, the X5 grounds down some of these regularly!

It’s a need rather than want or id get a coupe and have a traditional midlife crisis.

I’m pretty set on an electric car next

Why?

I'm not massively up on all the EVs in the market, but nothing about what you've said sounds like an EV is a good idea. Imo it sounds like you'd be much better off with a 2nd hand ICE and wait 2-3yrs.

I'd also second the "not wanting to sound cunty but comment". Would a lift and off-road tyres do the job? It sounds not. Tbh it sounds like you should be getting a disco. Or a Freelander maybe? They're cheap and meant to be very capable offroad by Internet geeks. At a guess I'd expect them to have less tech to go wrong than a disco.

I have had a couple from JLR. A couple too many. Freelander my father had was a fucking disaster straight from the factory and the discovery sport might be the worst build quality since Trabant.

Why an EV? I do roughly 15/17k miles a year. I’d just rather not spout that much emissions out any more. I’d rather not do the miles but this seems a reasonable halfway house for the next 2/3 years I do this.

If another plug in hybrid diesel was available other than the Mercedes tank I’d settle there. Petrol ones don’t get enough mpg for the miles I do on top of the 50 odd miles they get electric

BYD claiming to have a £11k hybrid with 1250 mile range
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/byd-shows-off-hybrid-powertrain-125608793.html

Magic carpet ride

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Mega range on them, the excellence gets 0-60 in something silly as well?

Really like the interiors on them, do it better than most electric cars.

Australia gets three models, this is the "Premium". 230kw motor does me just fine, thanks.

Given that we traded up from 2006 corolla wagon with wind up windows, the difference is drastic. I wasn't interested in many other factors than full EV, good range and good passenger comfort, and specifically didn't want a large SUV, which is what selling best in Aussie at the moment. Or a Tesla model 3, because I don't wanna put it in reverse via a touch screen. So somehow I ended up with a rocket fast luxury sedan, which is so not me.

Interior is very neat.

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I believe there's also capital allowances in tax that can be utilities if you go install chargers in the car park.

You don’t need to do 0-60 in that. Well maybe once.

I like them. Interior is great there as well.

I certainly don't. The torque and acceleration in the Premium is already somewhat "uterus displacing" as my wife said. I think they said 0-100kph in 5.6s or something like that. I just whack it in eco mode and it still accelerates effortless. Better than any IC car I have ever driven, and I grew up in Germany, so I know what it feels like to go 240 on the Autobahn.

Anyone got an ID Buzz?

I have an ID Buzz (car rather than van version).

Ah, I didn't know there was a car.

Interested in the seven seater one.

What range do you get out of it? Interested in one to replace the model y next year

That's the LWB one, mine is the SWB.

Ah - how do you get on with it?

We did a trip down to Cornwall a couple of weeks ago. Was mostly motorway / A-roads and it was sitting at 3.0-3.1 miles per kwh, so ~230miles.

Really like it. We have the tow bar for popping a 4 bike rack on the back, and there's loads of room inside for kids/dog/gear etc. It's nice to drive, comfortable, good visibility and more than ample power. The onboard computer stuff is okay, has built-in nav or you can use android auto etc. At home we have an Ohme charger and Intelligent Octopus Go and it all seems to communicate nicely and set appropriate charging times for lowest tariffs.