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Does anyone on the forum have a full electric vehicle (not hybrid) I'm thinking about purchasing a Hyundai ioniq and would be interested in hearing how your all getting on.

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A mate of mine has a leased Leaf. Loves it, but the range is no where near that stated. Knock a 1/3rd off, and you are close.
 
I think my next car will be a hybrid, but I still do long trips, so a vehicle that only has a range of 175 miles is no good to me.

If the technology improves, ranges and more charging points appear, then there is a reasonable chance of the car afterwards being electric.

They need to bring the price down too
 
Just saw this review about the Ioniq--

My family has a Nissan Leaf, and I can say that it is a solid EV. Limited range is not a big deal since we only use it for short drives. The interior is quite roomy which is good. The stock bridgestone tyres that came on the car went bad in less than 35k miles, so we replaced them with Continental Eco Contacts. These continental tires are smooth and quiet.
 
One of our cars is an Outlander PHEV, had it for 4+years. Went hybrid as we do trips of 70+ miles and didn't want recharging delays/issues.

Easily charged in the drive we can go weeks without needing any fuel. Its not flash but we occasionally tow and load the thing up,

A very cheap means of transport; early depreciation isn't good so if you change cars frequently (<3years) you need to take that into account.

Guarantee on battery is 8 years and 5yrs on the car. We'd buy another but there's no point as it would just be a newer version of the same so we'll probably keep running it and, if the battery should die, a new battery pack is only about £4.5k and there are more and more places that will just replace the dud cells.
 
I usually get 40k+ out of rear tyres, but low 30's out of the fronts. Expecting about the same off the hybrid but it being an automatic I'm expecting the brake pads won't last as long.
 
Hobbit said:
I usually get 40k+ out of rear tyres, but low 30's out of the fronts. Expecting about the same off the hybrid but it being an automatic I'm expecting the brake pads won't last as long.
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Most EVs and PHEVs have regenerative braking to give the equivalent of 'engine braking' when you back off on the throttle. On ours you can select (0 to 5 max) how much 'engine braking' to use which means much less use of brakes. Brake pad life might well be improved.
 
Bar a handful of long trips every year I would be probably charging an electric car once a week.

I’m desperate to own one but the price is too high. Will be a while for us.

I also want a house battery to go with our solar panels, be almost off the grid!
 
ScienceBoy said:
Bar a handful of long trips every year I would be probably charging an electric car once a week.

I’m desperate to own one but the price is too high. Will be a while for us.

I also want a house battery to go with our solar panels, be almost off the grid!
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They really need to be pushing this kind of technology.. batteries and panels

Would really help cut carbon emissions
 
pauljames87 said:
They really need to be pushing this kind of technology.. batteries and panels

Would really help cut carbon emissions
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I agree but we need to think it through.

A number of householders who went for the early schemes were stitched up by suppliers who took leaseholds on the roof causing complications (cost) when the owner wanted to sell-up and move house.
 
pauljames87 said:
They really need to be pushing this kind of technology.. batteries and panels

Would really help cut carbon emissions
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For household usage? I am not so sure. Generally, you get efficiency from scale, that's one of the points of electric cars, you generate the electricity in a centralised location, which would be more efficient than lots of small generators.

However distributed generation does have better resilience to handle local outages and peaks and troughs better, so my gut feeling is we will see somewhat distributed electricity generation and supply networks in the future, but not so micro as to be on a household level, maybe at a town or district level.
 
Dibby said:
For household usage? I am not so sure. Generally, you get efficiency from scale, that's one of the points of electric cars, you generate the electricity in a centralised location, which would be more efficient than lots of small generators.

However distributed generation does have better resilience to handle local outages and peaks and troughs better, so my gut feeling is we will see somewhat distributed electricity generation and supply networks in the future, but not so micro as to be on a household level, maybe at a town or district level.
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Shame electric boilers are so much to run right now, I’m replacing my boiler when the loft gets done this summer and I’d of loved an electric one but seems stupid to pay £500 or whatever it was more to have the same usage.. would be great to have an electric boiler topped up by solar panel with usage stored in batteries 🔋
 
pauljames87 said:
They really need to be pushing this kind of technology.. batteries and panels

Would really help cut carbon emissions
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What about the energy and carbon emissions used in creating the batteries, new cars and electricity used to power them ?

I think more needs to be done in sourcing energy from the sea, i.e waves, surely more sustainable and reliable than wind farms ?
 
woofers said:
What about the energy and carbon emissions used in creating the batteries, new cars and electricity used to power them ?

I think more needs to be done in sourcing energy from the sea, i.e waves, surely more sustainable and reliable than wind farms ?
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Does the uk not use more wind power than any other source?
It’s a small step

Toyotas latest plug in hybrid has solar panels in the roof i heard to help charge it as it goes along
 
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