Random EV thoughts.....

I agree. Look where we are now already. The shift happens with new car sales first, which are not the majority on the roads so there will still likely be a majority or large minority of cars on the road in 2029 or 2035 powered by ICE. Just that their replacements, will be EV. It has already happened in places like Norway, where fossil fuel is above €2 per liter already.

I'm not talking about M5s or porsche etc, necessarily, but the likes of the dacia duster and ford focus and those kind of cars will be powered by EV going forward. Where it's not an ultimate driving machine but merely a mode of conveyance. It's already perfectly doable. I'm between jobs at the moment and I've already got most of my daily errands done in my leaf24 - powered by the sun from yesterday and she's already charging up again from the same source. I just dont get why anyone would buy a new 1.5 petrol or diesel family car these days. It makes no sense. Model 3 are so so cheap for a new car. MG4 and MG5 are great cheap options.

Very reassuring for one of the most unreliable brands in history 😂

And also for those legacy OEM that dont sell EVs in 2030, the price of ICE will rise dramatically as they will need to buy more and more ZEV credits from the likes of Tesla.

E fuel is almost as bad as hydrogen.

So... Lewis motors have an F150 EV for sale. It's POA but I sent them a message already. This has me written all over it. Wonder what the rrp is on one of those here!

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alan-lewis-ba475b40_ford-fordf150-cars-activity-7110703516381257728-xiRC?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Yes I'd imagine similar to the prices quoted for the Plaid X/S. But infinitely cooler in every way.

The US price is $92k for the platinum trim (which this is) with the extended range 130kwh pack (which I think this has, as the SR is only 220 miles range and this one seems to be 300). $92k moved over here with taxes etc would put you at 130-150k. Back of a napkin maths.

Above 120-140k that would render it unaffordable for me. Hence why I messaged to ask about the price. I'll be on the phone to them tomorrow!

It's out of my price range unfortunately. Been pricing up used ones to import myself and that may be more feasible as they start at only $50k for the pro models in the US. Add taxes/duty/shipping and that's probably 80-90k landed. VRT would be low - either 7% as a private EV or 200euro as a commercial N1, depending.

Yup, type1 AC and CCS1. There's adapters for everything (I'm already using a 32a type2 to type1 adapter at the house to charge the leaf). For CCS1, there are adapters on the likes of alibaba/express. CCS2 and CCS1 are pretty much the same standard as far as I understand from the protocol. The AC ports are used only for signalling and comms, so, while the shape and location are different, a dumb adapter would be able to make it work. It's not like CCS to chademo or vice versa. All you'd need is something to move the comms etc on the plug/cable side into the correct position to have the car accept it.

Anyway, I don't really fast charge that much anymore (and if it were an issue, we have herself's Ora anyway which is more than capable of road trips).

I think when I'm a bit further into model 3 ownership or if I get a good offer for it, I'll revisit this idea. An F150 EV is a lot more interesting to me than the S/X plaid I was considering importing.

298 euro for 15,000km annual mileage. I know EVs are cheap to run but that's rediculous. If I put in ICE reg U get this

So they seem to have zero fuel cost for EV and zero service cost. Very off in my man maths.

Well if I add in the electricity costs for my ID.4 on the Flogas community plan night rate, that's an extra €438 roughly

On the Pinergy tariff it's €150

Service was €170 every 2 years, so €85 per year

So let's say €825 per year for the EV?

It's a bit silly not including the service costs and electricity. I assume it's partly down to electricity prices being a lot more varied than fuel