My Polo is 11 years old and at 57 k miles still a good car but with only 2 doors it is getting harder to get in & out due to my old knees and fatter newer cars filling car parking spots.
My wife is also having a thumb joint replacement on her left hand so needs an auto car for a while, probably 3 months.
I did a bit of research on EVs and found MG heavily discounting their ZS EV cars so have bought a new one for a third off list and comparible with buying a 3 year old id3. I collect it on Thursday from a dealer far far away in Leamington Spa. I would recommend Car Wow to get a great deal.
Now whilst the Morgan & our other ICE will be used for longer trips & the EV locally I did look at the economics of long distance EV travel. Which is fascinating if the UK Govt really wants us all in EVs after 2030.
My Polo does 40 mpg consistently so costs in fuel 15p or so per mile. Ditto the Morgan.
Charging at home on an Octopus EV tarriff (which is 7p per kW with Intelligent Octopus Go) and with the MG doing 3 miles per kWh, this cost per mile 2p
On the long trips though the public chargers cost around 80p per kW. Thus it costs 27p per mile or roughly double an ICE car.
There are plenty of charging stations and the excellent Octopus Electroverse app can route plan them in. The trick it seems is to only charge publically the minimum whenever possible. This so called splash & dash means typically a 10 -15 min stop after 3 hrs. So not so bad.
But you will say you pay no road tax. Wrong from April it will be £190 thanks to that nice man Mr Hunt. I'm happy to pay in the delusional view that the roads will improve. My Polo was and remains £20 pa , go figure.
The MG service plan including AA cover costs less for 3 years than an annual ICE service.
Despite horror stories on insurance and the MG being group 28A the increase is only c £70 pa
Mixed messages all round then.
I'll post more as I learn the joy of zero emmission (powered by Drax) motoring
