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Borris
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Unless you live in an inner city area where Electric Vehicles are permitted and the combustion engine are either banned or being heavily discouraged, I still question why the average person would want to buy an electric vehicle at the moment.7 miles a day…?
It’s no wonder the environment is in the state it is. I wish the government would introduce pay per mile charging to help cut congestion, pollution and unnecessary journeys via car usage.
Leaving the Renault Twizzy aside due to it not being a proper four seater car, the cheapest electric vehicle on sale in the UK currently appears to be the Seat Mii Electric + around £20,500. It has a theoretical range of up to 160 miles. Not a bad little car with a usable range to meet most user's dailly needs. However, I'd suggest that even at £20,500 they still aren't cheap enough for the average punter to consider. That's because there are millions of very much cheaper combustion engined cars both new and second hand that do the same job but don't have a restricted range or hastle finding a suitable available working charger.
Yes, I know offerings from the likes of Tesla are apparently brilliant and according to some, are the way forward but they are still very expensive so not likely to be on the average punter's short list.
Of course, my perspective is from the view point of being a cash buyer or someone who has borrowed the money to buy outright. However, I accept that we now live in the age of the PCP where many people think they can afford cars that they wouldn't otherwise be able to consider. So perhaps I'm wrong and there will be a big EV take up.
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