Originally Posted by nick w
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I've just read a serious review that concludes current EVs need to do 50000 miles to "break even" on world damage and cost. So it seems to me that the ideal purchaser is someone who will do lots of miles in shorter journeys. Commuting, for instance. In my situation now, where the family runaround does about 6T a year maximum, usually far less, (and that will include journeys of 300 miles or more) , I think I'm just not the target customer. I wouldn't hesitate to go that way if I was. I've nothing against electric vehicles, in fact they offer intriguing options.

I suspect the ideal purchasor today is one who has invested in solar power so they can be more self-sufficient on energy, and want to apply that principle to their transportation too!
Meanwhile the breakeven point varies eg whether you are paying less tax for a company EV, or congestion charges, etc. And likely too how much you consider the polluting effects of conventional petro-industry discovery, extraction etc (and even if you add in the cost of controversial acts like Iraq War 2 !).

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