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After having a long think about it over the last few months I've made the decision to ditch my 2L Honda CRV and go down the EV road and have spent hours and hours on the interweb learning about the EV world. My better half a an hybrid Lexus so we use that if we go any distance.
I've decided to intially lease a car, probably a Leaf to see if it works for me before buying. I've found a deal that I think is good but I am going to a dealer on Wednesday for a test drive and see if they can match it.
The deal is on an N-Connecta, 2 years, 8k miles per year and 1 month deposit for £245.40 a month or £258 with a maintenance package which is currently the best I can find but if anyone knows of a better deal then please point me in the direction of it.
The other decision's I have to make are around which charger and which electric tarrif to go with.
I've narrowed the charger down to either a Podpoint or EO Mini again any advice more that welcome and then I have to decide on tethered or untethered but I am leaning towards untethered as SWMBO thinks it will look neater on the wall. If I go down the untethered route where is teh best place to buy a charger cable and are all the type 2's the same?
Finally do I need to spend and extra £13 a month on the maintenance package or wil it be cheaper to pay for servicing as required and does the car have to go to a main dealer for the work?
Lots of and lots of questions and thank you in advance for any help/advice that I receive.
After having a long think about it over the last few months I've made the decision to ditch my 2L Honda CRV and go down the EV road and have spent hours and hours on the interweb learning about the EV world. My better half a an hybrid Lexus so we use that if we go any distance.
I've decided to intially lease a car, probably a Leaf to see if it works for me before buying. I've found a deal that I think is good but I am going to a dealer on Wednesday for a test drive and see if they can match it.
The deal is on an N-Connecta, 2 years, 8k miles per year and 1 month deposit for £245.40 a month or £258 with a maintenance package which is currently the best I can find but if anyone knows of a better deal then please point me in the direction of it.
The other decision's I have to make are around which charger and which electric tarrif to go with.
I've narrowed the charger down to either a Podpoint or EO Mini again any advice more that welcome and then I have to decide on tethered or untethered but I am leaning towards untethered as SWMBO thinks it will look neater on the wall. If I go down the untethered route where is teh best place to buy a charger cable and are all the type 2's the same?
Finally do I need to spend and extra £13 a month on the maintenance package or wil it be cheaper to pay for servicing as required and does the car have to go to a main dealer for the work?
Lots of and lots of questions and thank you in advance for any help/advice that I receive.