I just got myself a Peugeot iOn and fetched it from the dealers yesterday. It was a 70 mile journey and I did seriously consider driving the iOn but as it's second hand and most folk are saying 60 mile real world range I decided to trailer the car home. (range anxiety before I even got the car!)
It does look like the newer EVs are getting into the much more acceptable range for the regular motorist as opposed to us motoring oddities. I bought the iOn to save me money as 11,500 of my 15,000 annual miles are a regular 20 mile to and 20 mile back commute, I reckon I should save myself about £1500 a year in fuel and being that the car was just under £8000 with 3000 miles on the clock I figured the time was right to take the plunge. I'm still keeping my regular car for the long journeys and to haul heavy stuff about with but given that it's got 115,000 on the clock it isn't really worth trading in against much.
Effectively I've bought myself a cheap hybrid. Consider it as an Outlander but £20k cheaper!
I intend to gradually push the range on my iOn to find out how far I can really go in it, though I'll do the finding out within a reasonable radius of home like you Steve. Currently the car's telling me it's got 45mile range on a full battery but that will be based on all the test drives and hacks around by the service department while it's been up for sale at the dealers. It's good to read how people are getting good realistic ranges from their cars.
EVs make ideal runarounds at the moment and as most households these days have more that one car it really does make sense that one of them is an EV. I figured I could not really afford to not save on my fuel bill by not buying an EV despite the fact that what I needed was a car to replace my diesel which I haul various cars around on a trailer and also use as a van with all the seats removed to lug heavy engines about. But I only do this for 3,500 miles in a year.
