EV Depreciation

Probably was a typo, but interesting that a blow-in to the forum is challenging it.

Destination charging at all @sk8board? You might be within range of a supercharger on this trip?

How was the experience going from the Gti and M3 to a EV. I’ve had a couple of M2’s recently and have just bought a 330e touring to do me for a few months but am very tempted by a Model 3 LR or Performance.

Exactly this yep - no opportunity to destination charge (zero interest in leeching of an OAPs electricity, nor stop for a charge somewhere)

350km round trip, 175km each way.

90% motorway, 5% national, 5% deep rural Ireland - and back.

ive done the trip every month for 25years, 1hr45min each way non-stop, so thats the EV for me.

350km of winter motorway driving is hardly a hard ask for a family car, it’s literally just 3.5hrs at 100kmph from 100-0

Cost to charge at public chargers is a big deterrent

Still cheaper than petrol or diesel unless your fossiler is uber-efficient.

Break-even for me was (is) E1.00 per kwh. Figure would be lower if you were used to a more parsimonious vehicle for sure.

But again, for whom is it solely about cost?

Not over there. There are public AC chargers everywhere and they cost only a few cent more per kWh than night rate at home. Also Tesla Superchargers are only a few cent per kWh more again, so extremely affordable and far cheaper than fossil fuel (and now open to non-Tesla owners too as the first pilot in the world)

Thanks for the the detailed response but you've just proven my point. The M3 has measured roughly 305km range in -10degrees at 110km/h so if you bring that to 5ish degrees and headwind (common enough during winter in Ireland) you will be cutting it quite close. The issue is that compared to ICE/PHEV, an EV is extremely risky to drive around with a depleted battery as especially when rural, charging points can be tens of km away if one is not working or busy.

Obviously we are on a forum where people will be much more informed that your average motorist but wanted to point out the issue for a relatively straight forward journey. I've spoken to many an EV owner that was quite surprised about the huge reduction in range at motorway speeds as its basically the opposite what they've know to be the case with ICEs which can often half their consumption at higher steady speeds when compared to urban driving.

As long as you have your own driveway and can get a chargepoint installed where you live it's true to say it's irrelevant

If however we want to reach the 2030 target of 1m electric cars 950,000 Electric Vehicles 945,000 Electric Vehicles 675,000* Electric cars on our road we have to have a viable solution for apartment dwellers, renters and students. Having the current AC rate offered by our biggest operator almost 3 times higher than the average home rate isn't going to help them to transition

*Current govt figure of 30% of all vehicles as of 03/01/2024. Subject to further change