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Have any of you got all electric cars? Pros and cons please.

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Sago Thu 18-Jan-24 20:41:14

I have an electric car whilst mine is being serviced, I’m not sure what I think, the drive is great but the range could stress me out, today with heated seats etc it ate through the power!

My husband was also given an EV last time his car was in, it was a more sophisticated vehicle with super fast charging and we loved it.

However we would only have one EV and it would be more likely it would be mine that we would use for short local journeys and my husband’s for longer journeys.

I would love to hear your experiences.

NotSpaghetti Sun 28-Apr-24 13:13:15

Surely the The moral superiority comment was tongue in cheek!

Let's not get too exercised by a bit of humour.

And apparently nearly 60% of all child labourers work in agriculture - in tea, coffee, cocoa, sugar, cotton production industries.

So why does it happen -
A complex mixture of social attitudes, rampant poverty, household dependency, alternative constructions of childhood, production cycles and poor labour law enforcement
(https://www.york.ac.uk/igdc/news/news/2022/agricultural-child-labour/)

Let's not become too morally superior here.

maddyone Mon 29-Apr-24 11:34:55

Grammaretto

Maddone

Petrol and diesel cars can also burst into flames
DH had a dreadful experience on the M8 with an office car, years ago.

I genuinely think you are too scared to try something new.

Slow down a bit. Why all the rush?

It's for the good of everyone surely. Its not just about your urgent trip to the supermarket or whatever you use your 2 cars for.

What an unpleasant post.

Katie59 Mon 29-Apr-24 16:41:53

EVs are not compulsory until 2035 even then petrol cars will be on the roads for at least 20 yrs, we can all choose what we want.

EVs have caught fire and are headline news despite in the same period probably 100 others have caught fire without a mention.
However you wait until a hydrogen car catches fire, that will be spectacular.

Grammaretto Tue 30-Apr-24 08:33:29

Sorry Maddyone for my rude post. I asked GN to remove it but I see they haven't.

maddyone Tue 30-Apr-24 08:41:32

Apology accepted, don’t worry about it. It’s already forgotten flowers

Grammaretto Tue 30-Apr-24 08:55:18

Thankyou flowers

Lydie45 Mon 06-May-24 14:29:31

I have an electric Zoe and it is lovely. I have a charging point at home. I don’t drive long journeys so it’s ideal for me. It was 18 months old when I bought and the price of the car was comparable to a petrol one. I drive most days with the heater on if it’s cold or the air conditioning on if it hot. A full charge lasts me over two weeks.