Random EV thoughts.....

So that's an interesting angle alright.

I am assuming it's pretty common that when you upgrade/change your car you may not always want to dispose of the old one for whatever reason. So you move it to someone else's name, keep it taxed, and then use it occasionally using your own 3rd party extension. I can't see anything in any policy documentation that invalidates that - even in the small print.

Secondly, working within the spirit of the "disc in the window" principle, as you're using your 3rd party extension from another main policy would you not just put that in the window to be legit? As the policy number that covers use of the car is surely the important piece of information?

No, as the disc specifies cover with a different registration plate. The disc indicates that that other car is covered, not the one you are driving on your extension. It's a distinction, because the main car is insured but you as a person are insured to drive another car. Personally I think we should move to an Insure the person as opposed to Insure the car MO.

I currently own 4 cars but on paper I own 1. Most are not on the road though as they are projects. Back when I drove regularly my "other cars" I had them insured and in my name under classic insurance but I'm not paying for a policy for a year when it may only be one or two drives a year to keep everything fresh or to go to the NCT or mechanic.

latest news on this.....

I don't know of any figures available, but presume distance travelled would be similar to diesel/petrol. Perhaps higher due to many buying an EV to commute longer distances?

Say 15K kms per year(I think it's a little less) x 170Wh/km = 2550kWh per year.

Just a guess, many will be less than 170Wh per km, but above probably close enough taking in a bit of charging loss.

Was just checking my Tesla app to see rough Kwh used for last 12 months. I did a bit less than my normal mileage.

17K kms. 2271kWh. Total Cost €290. 84% Home, 9% Supercharger, 7% Other.

Listening to this lad complain away about eCVT gearboxes makes me glad I bought a BEV with exactly one gear 😂

It's almost as if those ICE cars have become more fragile because they're constantly higher strung to meet emissions standards....

Ah cheers for this info its helpful, much appreciated.

You could probably check it out with abetterrouteplanner and see what the estimated arrival percentage would be. Easy enough to do.

In other words, don't buy a Leaf lads😏

WTF is a "full hybrid"? Sounds like they're making the marketing material sound as close as possible to a "full electric" EV

I thought initially they had gone do the road of Nissan's e-power system but no it's just a basic hybrid system supported by another bullshit bingo EV term. I see also Renault have also decided if you can't beat em [Toyota & Hyundai] join em

Electric vehicle marketing jargon buster:

Mild hybrid (MHEV) - petrol car with an unnecessarily complicated gearbox

Hybrid (HEV) - petrol car with somewhat more unnecessarily complicated gearbox

Plug in hybrid (PHEV) - A fully electric car with the good bits removed and replaced with a petrol engine, see above

Any other model type with "e" in the same but still has an exhaust - see the 3 entries above

Battery electric vehicle (BEV) - a vehicle powered solely by an electric motor and batteries, charged from an external source. The only thing that comes out the back are sunshine, rainbows and the occasional sound effects to let you know it's coming

Electric vehicle - often used to describe a BEV but can technically describe any vehicle that uses an electric motor for movement. The term has been appropriated recently to describe several hybrids (looking at you Nissan 😉)

Yeah I saw the ad saying 600km+ of 'range' and was telling my missus you don't quote petrol cars in range.

Even though my petrol Golf did say 'range' on the screen nobody says it has "750km range" they'd say it's 750km to a full tank. Cars are never advertised with range either, only L/100km consumption. Really shady marketing from Renault.

Picked up my auction leaf and drove it home yesterday. 2.5k for 9/12 bars, 80k km, taxed and tested (short on both) with all cables included. Can't see a thing wrong with her, glad to be in the leaf family again. Charged on Chademo on the way home too. She's topping up on solar as we speak.

I really don't understand why people would not have one of these as their second car.

Because an old Corolla is just as reliable and your not limited to 50-60km ( very few gonna risk going under 20% battery and charging to 100% is not recommend )

In that old Corolla the low fuel petrol comes up at 80km and that's the max range of the Leaf