Quote Originally Posted by BCram View Post
Interesting that you think break even is about 20k miles a year. Most finance deals I have seen make the payments based on about 10k per year. Does the 20k payback mileage include the extra cost of mileage over 10k.
Genuinely interested. Will be replacing a petrol car in next few months and think it might be worthwhile delaying any decision to buy an EV for another 3 years. Any comments?
The 20k would be buying the car. You could probably reduce the cost buying second hand in a normal second hand market, and there are a few places where you can charge for free. With petrol prices rising like they are,that 20k might come down a bit. The free chargers tend to be much slower like 6 hours+ to charge. Better to go with a car with more range,so you charge less often. With a home charger,and the right tariff,I would say electric is probably around 70% cheaper,and of course,no road tax and less maintenance.

20k miles would probably pay for itself in around 5 years at current cost, but again that depends on driving style,if you Nigel Mansel it,it is not so efficient.

I would probably go petrol and look to change if your mileage is less than 20k,more than 30k,I would go electric. Between the two would be a toss up.

Performance wise,I would go electric, although possibly second hand. A lot of people buy them,then change their minds for some reason,so you can make real savings on nearly new.

And you do get pretty high spec on electric cars. I would not recommend a Tesla though....