EVs Can’t… be affordable!

EVs aren't inexpensive! Let's take on that a person shall we?
Fortunately we've teamed up with @ ŠkodaUK to resolve this and a host of other EV myths.
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A ₤ 6 charge is based upon Octopus Intelligent and filling a 77kWh battery

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45 responses to “EVs Can’t… be affordable!”

  1. @nisadave Avatar
    @nisadave

    Rapid depreciation needs to be taken into account

    1. @CuriousGuyHobbies Avatar
      @CuriousGuyHobbies

      Also insurance and tires. Plus be prepared to wait for parts on any repair.

    2. @mikadavies660 Avatar
      @mikadavies660

      Rapid depreciation happens with all new cars. 40% or 50% in 3 years is and always has been, the norm. Buy something that is 3 or 4 years old, regardless of it’s fuel type.
      Then ownership is pretty much, fuel, service and insurance. A simple set of maths that we can all calculate.

    3. @goonmerchant Avatar
      @goonmerchant

      @@mikadavies660 Yes thats true but here in the UK depreciation is significantly higher on EV’s .. 50% within 2 years is typical and higher for some models. Favourable tax laws for business means the owners are buying EVs and these are now flooding the used market outstripping demand hence the rapid depreciation.

    4. @spannerbracket Avatar
      @spannerbracket

      ​@@goonmerchantisn’t the best way to save money on your car to not change it every few years but run it for as long as possible? In this scenario depreciation doesn’t really matter

    5. @spannerbracket Avatar
      @spannerbracket

      ​​​@@CuriousGuyHobbiesagreed on the parts, we had a recall on the ICCU in our ioniq 5 that took about a month to get parts, however Hyundai gave us a BMW iX while we waited so wasn’t a problem. Insurance is more expensive, but not excessive, saving on fuel costs easily out weighs this. We haven’t found tyre wear any worse than previous cars, got 60k miles on the first set of tyres on the ioniq

  2.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Thank you Nicola for this excellent and clear explanation 👍

  3. @gbatty4691 Avatar
    @gbatty4691

    I calculated my MPG in my Kona EV, and was absolutely dumbfounded, if I charged my car for the cost of a gallon of petrol, based on my average miles per kWh 4.5 miles, my car would do 378 miles per gallon.
    That’s based on petrol at £5.86 a gallon and my charging rate on Octopus intelligent go at 7p per kWh, 1 gallon would buy me 84kWh

    1. @blackbelt2000 Avatar
      @blackbelt2000

      sshhhhh….big oil will be get mad at grounded logic.

  4. @fredrikbarre5308 Avatar
    @fredrikbarre5308

    ev’s are getting more and more complex service cost more and more 🙁

    1. @mikadavies660 Avatar
      @mikadavies660

      Doubt that… My service contract for my EQC Mercedes is £27/mth. This is my 7th Merc and my diesel and petrol Mercs were between £50 and £70 per month. Strangely, my insurance also dropped when I got the EQC…? But that is just weird. Monthly fuel has dropped from £200/mth to £35 but I am lucky enough to charge at home.

    2. @Neojhun Avatar
      @Neojhun

      That is some baseless nonsense. Due to going down market and reducing cost. BEVs are getting SIMPLER than their luxury versions.

    3. @philipjewer5275 Avatar
      @philipjewer5275

      In the 3 years I’ve had my EV it has cost the grand total of £270 in servicing costs (that was main dealer too)

  5. @mihirchitnis905 Avatar
    @mihirchitnis905

    Extremely misleading, if there is an issue with the battery pack then the car owner is royally screwed with the repair cost as it can take almost half the cost of the car in some cases.

    1. @karlwest437 Avatar
      @karlwest437

      And how often is there an issue with battery packs, given that they have guarantees something like 8 years or 100k miles?

    2. @nicolacubeddu6897 Avatar
      @nicolacubeddu6897

      What if there’s an issue with the petrol engine faulted?

    3. @mihirchitnis905 Avatar
      @mihirchitnis905

      ​@@nicolacubeddu6897 First of all on an ICE car they would just change the part which failed in the engine which is way less costly.

    4. @mihirchitnis905 Avatar
      @mihirchitnis905

      ​@@karlwest437 While it is not often, it does happen from time to time and the car owners are not happy when it does , due to the astronomical costs of replacing the battery. Also EV manufacturers will find every loop hole in the warranty to avoid paying for a replacement.

    5. @karlwest437 Avatar
      @karlwest437

      ​@@mihirchitnis905just spreading fud, might as well worry about getting struck by lightning, do you ever comment about how often petrol engines break? That’s just as likely

  6. @nicholasmurrell7904 Avatar
    @nicholasmurrell7904

    ‘Fewer moving parts!’ You bad girl!

    1. @melcragg7814 Avatar
      @melcragg7814

      A common mistake

  7. @bikeman123 Avatar
    @bikeman123

    Repairable? Expensive, if you cam find anyone to repair it. Insurance is higher too. Resale as it approaches end of its warranty, doubtful.

    1. @jamesdaw131 Avatar
      @jamesdaw131

      My insurance on an ID7 was about £30 a year more to insure than a comparable Passat.

      Oh and I got it repaired just fine. Most things are the same as a petrol cR

    2. @spannerbracket Avatar
      @spannerbracket

      We’ve had an Ioniq 5 for 4 years and a second hand Peugeot e208 for the last 2 years, we’ve used a couple of garages, none have turned us away or said they can’t service either car.

    3. @Neojhun Avatar
      @Neojhun

      That is just baseless assertions with zero proof. bikeman123 is an alien from Pluto.

  8. @NigelRudyard Avatar
    @NigelRudyard

    I used to buy cars for commercial fleets, and very often the higher priced car would work out as the cheapest to own over its operational life — the Total Cost of Acquisition is a real thing.

  9. @malcolmclark7917 Avatar
    @malcolmclark7917

    10 years on needs a new battery, makes the car scrap, as we know the battery isn’t recyclable

    1. @jamesdaw131 Avatar
      @jamesdaw131

      Yeah none of that is true.

    2. @OletrosBCN Avatar
      @OletrosBCN

      Two sentences, two things wrong

    3. @richardosei2204 Avatar
      @richardosei2204

      Rage baiting. Ignorance is always louder than learned

    4. @Neojhun Avatar
      @Neojhun

      Stop with the BS nonsense. Rav4 EV on average survived 17 years with a NiMH battery with not active thermal control. Cooled and HEATED lithium ion EV batteries are not much better. Fact is decade old Tesla Model S are showing surprisingly good battery health. Your fear mongering defies reality.

  10. @Barbarapape Avatar
    @Barbarapape

    What about when charging at home is not an option. How much more do public charging cost ?

    1. @jamesdaw131 Avatar
      @jamesdaw131

      I charge publicly on lamp post charges and similar. It’s about half the price of petrol that way. It’s a 10th if you can charge at home.

    2. @Neojhun Avatar
      @Neojhun

      Level 3 DC Fast Chargers are expensive, they are not supposed to be the primary method for charging.

  11. @RitikGamester Avatar
    @RitikGamester

    Battery Degradation Is the Top Loss Which is Not in engine 😅

    1. @likelikelikelikelikelike3971 Avatar
      @likelikelikelikelikelike3971

      Not really a thing any more

  12. @Rexbilly9819 Avatar
    @Rexbilly9819

    My EV costs around one and a half pence per mile to fuel. 1000 miles for fifteen quid.

  13. @tomsalmon5634 Avatar
    @tomsalmon5634

    In France on holiday, came off the ferry at Cherbourg and charged at a 360kw charger for just 25¢ a KW doesn’t get any cheaper! Dogs were glad of a walk too.

  14. @chrisdavies3394 Avatar
    @chrisdavies3394

    That’s no an acronym

  15. @Holidayideas4u Avatar
    @Holidayideas4u

    Why are they so expensive if less moving parts? All the savings list are, you could, could, could?? The ev joke!

    1. @davidcottrell570 Avatar
      @davidcottrell570

      Batteries, and they are now cheaper than they were. The new BMW iX3 is less than the outgoing model, yet has a 108kWh battery and more powerful computer. TCO means paying less for running the car. You want to be owned by Big Oil, by all means pretend kicking the habit is a joke. It’s on you.

  16. @Holidayideas4u Avatar
    @Holidayideas4u

    Why are they so expensive if less moving parts? All the savings list are, you could, could, could?? The ev joke!

  17. @adlvilar Avatar
    @adlvilar

    Owner and user for 6years now. The number of owners like me being able to charge (and invest 40k on solar) at home, pay 60k on 2 electric cars, and stop each 160km to refill, with no company car, and to pay 30c at home but 60c on road. Sorry still only for few. Most my friends are in an downtown appart and no charging. Or means to invest. Hardly and slowly, like petrol cars in the beggining.

  18. @nathanstevful Avatar
    @nathanstevful

    Insurance is the biggest sticking point, most insurers are scared of EV and the prices are much higher against equivalent ICE.

  19. @IdaiMakayaPublications Avatar
    @IdaiMakayaPublications

    Massive insurance costs and depreciation. It’s hard to make the sums add up when comparing equivalent EV and ICE cars. I’ve tried, but EV costs never add up when you try to just buy it as a car that suits you, rather than being an EVangelist.

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