Are fuel prices pushing you towards an EV?

“I'd love to know what % of EV owning households only own an EV (whether one or more) versus an EV + a car with an ICE. In other words, what percentage of folks have gone "all in". Most I know have one of both, but I also know of a few households that have gone exclusive EV (him and her).”

We nearly went all in with both cars EV- but quickly came to our senses - but not because we were reluctant to lose the ICE-it was much simpler than that -it would have been a complete waste of money given our combined annual milage didn’t justify a second nearly new EV and because vast majority of milage now done is using the one EV between us.
We still have the ICE but it will probably do less than 8000 kms in 2026, with a combined household milage of about 30k kms.

Would we sell the ICE and buy another EV? In the future if it starts to give expensive trouble yes. But having recently spent a few bob on it- tyres and some mechanical work- we’d prefer to get the value back from that and also, better secondhand EVs will be available to us the longer we wait.

But I wouldn’t be afraid to have an all EV household - depreciation whilst sitting in the driveway doing feic all miles is probably the biggest depreciation mistake people can make - you lose far more than you save on fuel /servicing - fine if you’re using the car- hence many are better off keeping older ICE cars which may be worth very little, on the road and serviced as their second car - rather than spending even 10k on a second hand EV that’s doing feic all milage .

It depends what you want outside your door and what you want to drive around in unkel. And I know you’re a dab hand too- didnt you fit a battery or something yourself? Which would be beyond most folk.

There’s “needs” and then there’s “wants”- I’d say majority of people driving big expensive SUVs don’t “need” them- they want them. In fact most car purchases are probably based on wants vs needs- otherwise we’d all be driving 10yo Dacia’s or the like
So I was only speaking personally- the quality, range and features of EVs under 10k will only increase year on year- but what’s out there right now for say 5-6k, I probably wouldn’t be interested in owning /driving.

For many, a 10 year old Zoe or leaf would meet daily driving “needs”- but not many want to own them - but in a few years time, a 10 year old Cupra or ID would be a cracking sub 5-10k car to own as a second car.

There's 32c of duty and 2.5c carbon due to go back on a liter of Diesel when the war ends, bear that in mind before making any rash decisions

We're EV exclusive, we were about a year and a half EV+ICE - but quickly came to our senses. Right now we're looking at paying about €10-€12 a week for both cars for 500 to 600km.

We’ve one EV and ICE.

Replaced a 2012 ICE with a new EV. Now both work from home and the EV became the primary car for both of us. The ICE serves one purpose only nowadays, bringing the dog to the beach as the new EV is still too precious to get a golden retriever that swam and rolled around in sand into the backseat (have seat covers but I don’t think they work well with that combination, dog gets a spin when being taken to be groomed etc.). The ICE is a 2015 and will be used for this until it dies when it will be replaced by a second EV (ideally another 3-4 years to have a better choice of a second hand one)

Is your wife Carwoman Patricia Firstly?

What's your range? If once a week would work for you, you could get the weekender plan with E.I. (free Saturday or Sunday, 8 am to 11 pm) and use your solar to offset the higher rate during the week.

And I know as soon as i post this, someone will jump in with all the perceived problems, but if you were saving €50 a week…… worth considering. (Btw, I have no connection to E.I. apart from using this plan).

We've gone all in - two EVs.

Kept the i.C.E. (Golf) for a while for wife, but it started giving trouble that cost quite a bit to sort out (and realised I never had to use it as backup to the E.V.), so sold it and bought an E-Up as second car. Brilliant little car and works out even better having the two. Can always have one or both charged up (for free on Sat.), use the E-up around the city during the week, and use the main EV for work and long trips….

One you drive an EV for a while, you completely lose interest in ever buying I.C.E. again…

I test drove an E Up a few years ago when they dropped new prices to 18k- a great little go cart so it is- was just too small for my needs but anyone who’s just doing short city driving should really consider it

Another hand in the air for a 100% EV household. I work from home, and my wife does so part of the time now - she was commuting full-time when we got the EV though. We've had nothing but the one EV for over a year now and it has met all our needs.

Just completed another long trip today - might post details elsewhere, but they're not relevant to this thread. Suffice to say that all our regular journeys can be completed either with zero charging stops or one, at any time of year. Range is not a limiting factor.

A poor choice of words but the sentiment implies you’ve never driven an ICE with a big lump under the bonnet with a classic soundtrack ? A classic Flat 6 Porsche 911, 5 cylinder Audi Quattro, A creamy V6,V8 etc. Maybe even a V10 or W12 if you can still find one.

To be fair a genuine classic car would be worth buying as a hobby.

But if anybody is buying a new car buying an ice is daft.

Unless you have no driveway or do a lot of long distance commutes where you rely on public charging.