EV Depreciation

I live in cork. I go to Dublin a bit. Every car. I have ever owed can do the return journey on a tank. When I am finished in Dublin (no offence) I want to get out asap and not stop driving until I am home. Equally if I need to go to Cavan or Sligo, I want to stop when I feel the need to eat etc, not when the car does. I still only do 25k kms pa, but most of it is business related, and being late isn’t an option.

the ev (right now) is a needless compromise for many people. Of course this will change and Bevs are a theoretically superior solution, but it looking like it will be slower than many thought.

Did Mercedes drop the price of the EQE? I see you can pick up a 2024 for 76k. Thought they were about 100k last year.

Just watched Nobbys review from last year again. Wonder how accurate his estimate of 300km when driving it on is, wouldn't be capable of cork Dublin and back.191 listed on done deal that's a lot.

He just put up the EV9 review, range doesn't sound inspiring. Depreciation should be interesting.

https://youtu.be/Ee1l880OzIg?feature=shared

Fair enough you have the mileage requirements but I maintain most people don’t. We do around 15,000 km a year most of the time we charge once a week, what kind of mileage do you think most people do if you say they need to plug in every second night ??

80/100km a day? Not hard if you live outside of Dublin and have job, few children, etc and you are going to want to keep something in the tank, because life has a habit of being unexpected.

Average car in Ireland does about 16k km per year from memory, so a bit over 40km on average a day. If your range is 400km, then charging once a week always leaves a good bit of reserve "in the tank"

Personally I charge either of my EVs every day, as I only have a 3 hour window of 5c / kWh. Last year the main car did well more than average mileage and it's also a gaz guzzler, and I still easily managed that. The second family car only does about 7-8k km per year or thereabouts

Sure, drive 50 mins in the wrong direction to find there is no parking at the station; double the travel time and get a bus transfer at Gabhail luimni. Come back to a clamped car. Been there, done that, never again.

Been reading this with interest. Especially when I saw the 0 km Born at 30k, even though that's not a runner now.

I have a 35k annual commute. Currently in an 182 E220d estate, very comfortable, but clocking up the miles. Also costing me 150 a week in juice, maintenance and tyres excluding tax and insurance.

The Cupra etc wouldn't suit my /outside of work/ lifestyle, but purely as a commuter I can see how it might be advantageous. My Merc could serve me for years as a lifestyle car putting 5k a year on. Weekends I've dogs, gear, stuff I need and comfort required.

I have the money to buy straight, so could it make ''sense'' to buy a 1 year old, heavily discounted EV as my get to work car? Commute is 70% Mway, 25% N road. I am set up for home charging (outlet is in situ, new build), though night rate Kwh is 20 cent (closer to 25 when vat and SC factored in) due to an almighty fcuk up when I stupidly signed to smart meter tariff.

Just thinking, spare the Merc, one service a year, get 15 years out of it no hassle to do my hobbies on time off. Change the EV every 2 years. Also improved driver assist tech could make that commute less painful?

I'll do the lad maths myself, just curious as to others' opinions on this scenario. Can a modern (22/23) EV beat the Merc in comfort and lessening driver fatigue?

This is a very similar use case for me. I drive from Mayo to our office in Dublin, plug into one of the 7kW chargers in the car park (there are plenty of them) while I'm at work.

When I get back in the car at 4pm it's back at 100%, I get in and drive home. No stops needed for DC fast charging, no compromise, no delay.

When I'm travelling elsewhere around the country I simply time the DC fast charge with my lunch or a coffee. More often than not, the car has charged before I finish.

I do 25,000km p.a. where 12.000km is business related. There is a little bit more forward planning needed (I recommend you have a look at the Plugshare app), but being late isn't an option for me either.

Even my base model 3 (now listed for 42k new, whereas it was 54k in sept 22 when I bought it) would do that trip fine.

I'd say you'd be cutting it quite close if at all doing 300km in bad weather especially wind at 125km/h indicated going by various test results. For national roads absolutely fine but once you hit motorway speeds in bad weather, range gets decimated.

Mrs Traco replaced her 2007 ML320Cdi with a Model Y. On a par comfort wise and a big step up in tech with the advanced driver aids so that reduces dirver fatigue as it had no adapyive cruise etc etc only basic on / off. Yours may have more options. It is uch much quieter and would be quieter than your 182 also.

In terms of space the Y is huge with the seats down. I was shocked at the space, so much bigger than the ML and also my Superb Estate. The rear boot lid slopes so you would need to check that if you carry the dogs with rear seats up but unless they are wolfhounds I think you would be OK. Rear boot cover is rubbish though - not a nice retractable one like yours.

Could be worth a look.

Well I've done 45k km since Sept last in it, and the vast majority is on the M11. I know what motorway range I get, and I always drive at the speed limit + VAT. You've got 61kWh gross and 56kWh net in the LFP RWD. To do 300 km you only need to average 187wh/km. My average over the lifetime of my ownership is ~150.

I'm far from an EVangelist or a Musk kool aid fanboy but I like to tell it as it is.

Why would you need 350km winter motorway range if your trip is only half that? Very few EVs can do 350km at 120km/h in bad cold weather. Many first time EV owners overestimate the size of the battery they need. Then they overpay for their EV that has more range than they need and to add insult to injury, they needlessly carry around a few hundred kg more than required, so have higher fuel use for the entirety of their ownership.