Are fuel prices pushing you towards an EV?

Panic buying anything is not the right thing to do and that is also true for EVs. The war in the middle east will likely end in the next few weeks or months and fuel prices will similarly drop again. This will leave a load of new EV drivers thinking they should return to ICE

EVs need more government subsidies and assistance than they are currently getting, no doubt, but they should be targeted at people who are thinking of upgrading their car anyway, not run in such a way that people start thinking EV even when they can't afford an upgrade

A gentle smooth increase in petrol and diesel over time is what is needed to achieve this, not a shock overnight increase

For an average mileage driver with a modern EV you'd only need to park there once for a charge every week to 10 days.

Oh agreed, it will be no trouble. But for me, perhaps not the best idea to go buy an EV and then immediately embark on this trip without some practical experience. Even with apps, good/bad chargers, just general stuff. Especially when I've got others relying on me.

Get that out of the way on an ICE, then get an EV, then the equivalent 2027 road trip will be easy.

Is it the newest Crown model, fan looking car if so. Had an 80s Crown in Oz, total lux barge.

That's a lovely car. You would have to buy a Model S if you wanted something similar

Do you live near me? I see a gorgeous Crown near Navan every now and again

There are a couple of misconceptions further up the thread. First, there's absolutely nothing wrong with charging your battery to 100%, especially if you're heading off on a trip. It's there to be used! Some types of battery will degrade a bit faster if you constantly charge to 100% and then let the car sit like that for days on end without being driven, but not all. So you aren't limited to using 80% of the battery, not at all. Second, lots of EVs are perfectly suitable for long-distance driving. If you have one with e.g. 400km of range, there's no problem driving say 350km and then charging to 80% so you can drive another 300+km. I dunno about anyone else, but 6 or 7 hours behind the wheel is more than I would ever want to do in a day …

Yes completely, we turn down the output from windfarms etc when they could be charging EV's, batteries, etc for this to be used during the morning peak say - even give the electricity away on the cheap if it increases demand during the night while reducing it during the day.

I know there's night rates etc and there's a financial aspect and market forces etc but its a sin to not maximise the energy created when we have gone to the effort of creating these windfarms, etc only for loads of it to go to waste when it could be charging EV's, etc.

Nice, and what a serious upgrade too, for very little.

Yes I probably didn't elaborate my point to the extent of the massive infrastructure backup required to provide this infrastructure, but this is why we pay these organisations the big bucks - to deliver big infrastructure projects.

But on the plus side, I think we are finally realising that you can't have proper infrastructure and keep every single person in the country or city undisturbed. Its just part of the social contract - the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.

If I had

1. Off-street parking
2. Solar panels (need planning for them as property listed)
3. A commute

I'd be all over an EV. Since I have none of the 3, I probably find it hard to justify.

(Forgot to post comment this earlier!)

Ah yes good point. I was thinking of the car charging during the day (since I don't use it for commute) and it being charged by solar panels. Forgot about the export price being greater than the night rate.

how much are you spending weekly on fuel and maintenance

you need to look at the cost of ownership. As once you buy the car you’ll make savings

And it’s now much easier to look at cost of ownership since the EV prices have come much closer to ICE prices.
The biggest challenge and anxiety of EVs is probably going to be long distance travel - as EV ownership increases, we need to see more fast charging ports added in petrol stations. Was on a motorway trip recently- a large plaza type petrol station (wasn’t OBama, can’t remember which one)- but it was packed (Easter weekend) and every charging station occupied - wouldn’t have liked to be waiting for one to come free.