I think the issue of breaking even is as Tim suggests. But it wasn't really referring to Tesla v big BMW. I think it was more about trying to get ordinary folk to buy one (ev).
At the lower end a VW up starts at 12T but the electric one is 28T although the gov give a few grand to the purchaser. It's a huge difference in initial cost...or alot of petrol etc. So I was saying that, for me to be interested I would need to do a much higher mileage than I actually do. But as these cheaper EVs don't have much of a range, that high mileage would have to be in shortish trips...like, for instance, going to and from a place of work , say, 35 miles away, daily.., which I don't do.

On the maintenance front...I now have quite a few clients with EVs. They aren't maintenance free and they aren't that reliable. Two of my clients, one a Tesla owner, for instance, have had them fail and sit in specialist garages for months, yes months, waiting to be attended to as there are so few experts. I looked it up and Tesla don't even make it into the reliability tables, let alone come high in them.
I'm not knoocking them, I love the look of those big Teslas, but the reality doesn't exactly live up to the hype (as always...)
Still, one of my Mogs went back for three months when it was 10 weeks old, so that matches Tesla no problem smile
Nick

Last edited by nick w; 02/08/21 08:58 PM.