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this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2023
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The thing to do when looking at one is:
ice_month_payment +((monthly_miles / mpg) * 4.54609 * fuel_price)
vs
ev_month_payment + ((monthly_miles / miles_per_kwh) * kwh_price)
If you can charge at home, kwh_price can be £0.09
Really you just need a range where 80% of it is say 3h drive when you'd take a break anyway. Though ranges are just going up and up.
The vast majority of the time you charge at home and not doing drives long enough you need to worry about public charger. Public charger are just for long drives. And yes, they aren't always great.
If you going to a non-EV house over night, you can always just plug in to a normal socket over night.
The batteries are fine and lasting better than planned. Then can go on to second lives as house batteries or grid storage.