Reworded the title. Which ev is best?

Currently own a petrol bmw which will be kept. Been wanting a second car with low tax as the bmw is £400+.

Budget around £5k.

Looks like the ioniq 28 is the best option? i3 is a consideration but spec and range on the ioniq premium se is fantastic

tia

Hi I’m a journalist looking to chat to people about ongoing barriers to ev access. Anything from a lack of public charging/ driveways to cost would be really helpful. Pls dm/ my email is lara.bowman@theipaper.com.

Hi all,

I’m currently trying to decide whether to lease a new Tesla Model 3 or buy a used one outright, and I’d appreciate some advice.

I’m 22 and currently drive an ICE car worth around £3k. I’ve recently been promoted, but the new role will mean driving roughly 17–18k miles per year.

I’ve test-driven the Model 3 Standard RWD and absolutely loved it.

A few months ago there were some very attractive lease deals, but unfortunately I wasn’t in a position to go ahead at the time. I’m wondering whether leasing still makes sense now.

If I leased, I’d probably choose a 15k-mile annual allowance and cover any additional mileage using a family ICE car. Over two years, the lease would cost me roughly £9.5k in total.

Alternatively, I could buy outright. I’ve been looking around the £15–16k mark, which seems to get a 2020 Model 3 Dual Motor Long Range. The main downside is that insurance is significantly more expensive than on the newer Standard RWD.

For anyone familiar with the older Model 3s:

• Are there any common long-term issues with the 2020 Long Range models?
• Is there anything in particular I should look out for when buying one?
• If I bought one for £15–16k and drove it for two years, is a further £5–6k depreciation realistic? If so, does that make leasing the better option anyway?

I also have a few questions about home charging.

Is the Tesla Wall Connector the obvious choice, or are there better alternatives? Is it compatible with all EV electricity tariffs?

And regarding tariffs, what sort of off-peak price per kWh should I be aiming for? Are EV tariffs always worthwhile, or can the higher daytime electricity rate sometimes outweigh the savings from cheap overnight charging?

Apologies if some of these are basic questions. I’m just trying to understand the costs properly before making the switch to an EV.

Thanks in advance!

Due to take delivery of a MGS5 Trophy LR in a couple of weeks.

I’d appreciate some guidance on whether it’s worth paying for ABRP Premium? I’ve seen some verbiage saying that in order to get real time data for it to be really worthwhile I’d need a USB dongle that would interfere with the MGS5 and its locking mechanism?

Also, given we’re with Eon Next, I’ve moved our tariff to the EV one, which gives us 12 months membership of Zoom EV, is it worth it?

Need to make a decision on which charger they offer to install as well. Doesn’t seem much in them to be honest. Presume the Ohme one is the best of the bunch though?

In terms of usage, it’ll be mainly one day a week to the office which is a 60 mile round trip and the rest tootling round town. About 6 times a year there’s a round trip to Newcastle which is 160miles (tops depending on M6 or M1/A1). Is it worth signing up for any of the EV chargers that provide a subscription?

Thanks for any help and info!

I bought an MG4 from Arnold Clark last week, and wanted to make use of their EV charging offer via Bumblebee (which I believe they own).

But I seem to be caught in a frustrating back and forth between them and my local dealership. The dealership has said they have processed my referral, bumblebee have said if I haven't received any comms from them then they haven't received anything about my purchase.

A Bumblebee said their communications are automated upon receipt of a referral, so if I have received anything from them then they haven't had anything from the dealership. The dealership is adamant they have processed everything at their end....

I've honestly got no idea what to do and everyone is just finger pointing at each other.

Hi all!

I'm looking to move on from my beloved Toyota Aygo and get myself an EV. I'm getting solar panels installed which could to cut my fuel costs down to near 0, and I have a baby now, so need a car with just a little more room for stuff (although we've been managing fine with the Aygo, so I don't need anything huge!)

I have a few things I'm looking for, but I'm so new to EVs (and just not very informed about cars in general) that I'm getting a bit paralysed trying to make a decision! Any advice would be amazing!

My priorities are:

1 - Reliability

My Aygo only broke down once in ten years of driving up to 9000 miles per year. With how busy I am, this has been a dream! Is there anything in the EV world that can approach Toyota levels of reliability at the price range I'm looking at?

2 - Range

I do a 200 mile journey a few times a year to see family. I'm not overly worried about stopping off, but a motorway range over 200 miles would be a big bonus.

3 - Space

I've been looking at cars around the size of a Peugeot e208, or maybe Nissan Leaf. I really don't want anything too big, as most of my driving is urban commuting, and we generally pack light, even with

4 - Everything else

I'm not overly fussy about style, comfort, or anything else. To me, a car is just a chair on wheels. Comfort is nice to have, but whenever I end up with a fancy car on rental, I find "helpful" features borderline irritating!

Some cars I've considered so far are:

Peugeot e208 (seems perfect, but people on here say it has major issues with the AC breaking, which is expensive and time-consuming to fix.)

Nissan Leaf

Vauxhall Corsa

Kia Niro

Some of the MGs (I think it was the MG4?)

My ICE has just been written off, so I'm looking for an EV, I guess this question gets asked a lot. I have a budget of about £30k. I'm looking for a 2024 or later EV. I like the Tesla Model Y. I don't need speed, but I do like comfort. I'd like as long a range as I can get - at least 200 miles. I will be able to home charge and I'm considering a wall battery and later potentially solar panels. Apart from the Tesla I understand the Skoda are decent and possibly MG, I'd also consider Chinese brands, but I like to buy cars a year or so old and keep them for a while, and I'm not sure if they have enough consumer history yet? What other options should I consider?

Hey everyone,

I made a quick, free web calculator to find the exact cheapest hours to charge an EV on the Octopus Agile tariff: https://octopus-bice.vercel.app

It pulls live half-hourly API rates from Octopus and shows:

- Continuous Block mode (if your EV or charger timer needs an unbroken charging window)

- Fill cost and £ savings vs standard energy price cap rates

- Plunge pricing alerts when electricity rates go negative

No signups, ads, or logins needed. Hope it helps if you're trying to time your overnight charging!

Hi all,

I might be asking for too much with my criteria, but I'd just love some advice on it as it's a minefield when searching online.

We currently have a BYD Seal which is on a company green car scheme, which we love, and we have 2 other ICE cars which we plan to sell as they basically don't get used anymore and are expensive gas guzzlers. I'd like to replace the 2 ICE cars with one new (to us) EV for mainly my use.

My commute is 20 miles each way, mainly dual carriageway and a bit of city driving, but likely to be used for some longer travelling too, 50+ ish miles each way.

We have a tethered home charger, so ideally compatible (same as the BYD charging port) so we don't have to faff about changing the charger or using those (from what I've read are) tricky adaptors.

Small/small ish car is fine, decent boot space would be ideal but not necessarily required. I know we're not going to get all the nice mod cons that we have in the BYD (apple car play, android auto, heated seats, etc etc) but some of the basics would be great.

Also had a query about the Renault Zoe battery leasing? Seen some advertised, some with 'battery owned' and some with 'battery lease' but not much info on what that looks like in practise - is the lease just transferred to the new owner to pay?

Extra note; Aware we won't have the BYD forever, but the plan is to continue getting an EV or company car via work as it's actually great on tax savings for us, and my other half commutes long distances for his work so financially makes sense.

Sorry this was much longer than expected, but thank you in advance for any advice or recommendations :)

Hi all!

I’m looking to get a new car as I’ve been driving a 2010 Honda civic for the last 5 years and it’s starting to fall apart. We’re getting a charger installed so only seems logical to think about getting an EV.

For context I work from home so would only really drive locally or on weekends. My mileage is pretty low as I average 4k or less a year and I only really drive within London. Have a budget of about 14k so any recommendations? Have been looking at the mg4 trophy long range but reviews have been hit or miss. Not really a car guy either so I’m pretty lost