Currently 2 out of 3 daughters have changed to EV since Mrs P and I became fully electric.

I have a work colleague who has always had Jaguars (mainly XF and XE) and after 2 years of gentle persuasion and some back of the envelope fuel saving calculations is now waiting for an EVSE to be fitted at home. He is looking to buy used and his want was an iPace but I think he has finally decided that warranty wise it may not be best for his first EV. So he will be supply fitted but no car yet 😀

 

The in-laws just got an Ariya. They rarely go more than 20 miles, and they can charge at ours [150 miles] when they do. Total no-brainer as Motability are paying for the charger install. And then we can charge when we go to theirs too. AFAICT the only losers in this one are the petro-states!

 

I was able to convert one person as far as I know, a coworker. He liked the idea of an EV but didn't find anything that met his preferences... Until he did.

He ended up with a Hummer EV.

This is America so what did you expect? lol

 

He ended up with a Hummer EV.

This is America so what did you expect? lol

0.5 miles/kWh.....on a sunny day downhill? 🤣🤣

 

I don't think I've convinced anyone to buy an EV yet - at least not that I know of.... maybe I convinced one of the 20 or so people that randomly came up to me when they saw me charging it. Or maybe one of the 100s of people that read my comments on this forum or my blogs or social media/Linked In was convinced.

Here in Chile, you are quite early days so most people are just having a first think about it, currently EVs are at around 2% of new cars sold. So a lot of the time you are just getting people to take this seriously and make them more open to it for later on.

 

I've been blown away by it all and have basically told anyone who would listen about it all.

Congratulations, you are now a climate activist, because this will do just as much good as throwing paint on a painting or telling people that all the coral reefs are dying.

For all I know you don't ever mention climate change and don't care, it doesn't matter, the end result is the same.

At the current cultural moment, telling people that EVs are nicer to drive and cheaper is arguably more useful than marching in the streets.

 

Like solar panels even though they have been available for a few decades , isnt yet for everyone and for many, may never be . Same goes for Evs . ESPECIALLY THE ONES WHICH HAVE A SHORT RANGE ( would you buy astandard ice engine car with a 4 gallon tank ) EXACTLY . Cant see petrol and diesals going away any time soon or at least till the 2050s .I could be wrong but i doubt it .

 

Most people just seem to tell me that they’ll never consider an EV and are waiting for hydrogen.

One guy did ask me about my daughter’s Explorer the other week, they were camping with some friends with a GLB250 and wanted to know the range.

He mentioned that the GLB only had 80 miles of range left and they lived 85 miles away so they’d have to stop for an hour to charge up. I told them they didn’t need to do that, just put enough in to get home, 5 minutes max which seemed to surprise him. He did say that he was thinking of buying one though.

Another woman I know with an e208 was upset tgst she couldn’t budging her daughter in London in it because she couldn’t get there and back on a charge and public charging is so expensive. Again, I mentioned that she didn’t need to fully charge it at the public charger and also that, whilst that portion of electric was expensive, the total electric cost of the journey was still a fair bit less than taking her husband’s ICE.

Sometimes people see problems where they don’t really exist (we all do it from time to time) and just need the obvious pointing out to them.

 

Most people just seem to tell me that they’ll never consider an EV and are waiting for hydrogen.

One guy did ask me about my daughter’s Explorer the other week, they were camping with some friends with a GLB250 and wanted to know the range.

He mentioned that the GLB only had 80 miles of range left and they lived 85 miles away so they’d have to stop for an hour to charge up. I told them they didn’t need to do that, just put enough in to get home, 5 minutes max which seemed to surprise him. He did say that he was thinking of buying one though.

Another woman I know with an e208 was upset tgst she couldn’t budging her daughter in London in it because she couldn’t get there and back on a charge and public charging is so expensive. Again, I mentioned that she didn’t need to fully charge it at the public charger and also that, whilst that portion of electric was expensive, the total electric cost of the journey was still a fair bit less than taking her husband’s ICE.

Sometimes people see problems where they don’t really exist (we all do it from time to time) and just need the obvious pointing out to them.

Convenience v cost ?. Be honest i wouldnt by a standard ice engine with a limited 4 gallon fuel tank so why do peeps buy a ev with a limited short range ?

 

After 5 years of driving an EV, without directly 'convincing' him, but more just by him reflecting on my positive experiences, my step son decided to replace his ageing car with an EV. I helped him in the search and he ended up with a 21 eNiro which he loves. So I am claiming that as one convert in 5 years.

2 days after getting his car, he gave his father in law a spin in it and he was so impressed he had swapped his own car for a Kona within the week. So my step son got his first win within the week when it took me 5 years.

I went to a football friendly over the summer with one of my football mates and he told me they were looking at an EV, after years of giving me the tired old jokes about me having one. We saw virtually none of the game as he spent the whole time quizzing me, and me imparting my advice. 2 weeks ago, he told me they had swapped their car for a bloody second hand Range Rover. Silly boy.

 

A few weeks ago our next door neighbours wanted advice about buying a petrol XC40. Manged to convince them an electric version was the answer. Actually didn't need much convincing. They bought a 2023 XC40 EV with 2,000 miles on the clock for less than half the new price.
More recently another friend who had long been considering an XC40 finally decided to take the plunge. I found her a few suitable examples and as a wild card suggested an EX30. She loved this idea and ended up with a 4,000 mile ex demo for £16,000 less than a new one.
Both think their EVs are amazing. Good results so far. Think I should get commission from Volvo

 

A few weeks ago our next door neighbours wanted advice about buying a petrol XC40. Manged to convince them an electric version was the answer. Actually didn't need much convincing. They bought a 2023 XC40 EV with 2,000 miles on the clock for less than half the new price.
More recently another friend who had long been considering an XC40 finally decided to take the plunge. I found her a few suitable examples and as a wild card suggested an EX30. She loved this idea and ended up with a 4,000 mile ex demo for £16,000 less than a new one.
Both think their EVs are amazing. Good results so far. Think I should get commission from Volvo

ALL WELL AND GOOD , but the price was the deal maker , say it had a historically standard depreciation of a relatively new low to mid miles, garaged owned Volvo and would have been 4 or 5 grand cheaper than new unregisterd . WOULD YOU HAVE BOUGHT IT ? , probably not , own up

 

I persuaded/influenced my mum into getting solar panels and then an EV. One of her friends has also since bought one, which may be influenced by her. I've talked about EVs with several people at work but not sure if I have made a crucial difference to anyone. My neighbours were interested in our ID3 a couple of years back but unfortunately I think I put them off They were coming from a Merc and although I told them I loved the ID3, I also felt I should warn them about occasional software glitches and a plainer interior than they were used to...next thing I saw was a new ICE Merc on their drive. Never mind!

I would love to persuade more people to make the switch but I don't really like to bring it up unless asked.

 

Not as if merc did not have a range to offer!

 

Ironically the first time I convinced someone to get an EV was before we even had one, back in 2016 when those crazy cheap 30kWh Leaf deals were on, IIRC it was £129 per month for the Tekna model. It was work colleague trying to save up to buy a house, he was spending £70 a week on fuel commuting and another chunk per year in repair on a knackered MX5. He got a free charger installed, but used to charge it at work of the 3-pin in the stores parking area where there was an outdoor socket.

The best other one was reverse psychology/piss take on a EV denier that was convinced they were terrible, they used to drone on about them and all the crap they read in the tabloids. So I used to take the piss out of my own car, saying how awful it was having to only pay 1p per mile for fuel, and the frustration I faced when the car didn't auto defrost and pre-heat one morning which was annoying and I had to use a can of de-icer which cost me like £2 and freeze my nuts off. The irritation at paying £59 for a main dealer service when I could have done it myself for free on the drive. Used to complain I never got to buy crap from the petrol station any more after standing out in the freezing cold filling up at some ungodly hour of the morning, and how unplugging the cable from the car and coiling it back up took 30 seconds once a week and the annoyance was beyond belief.
It used to really wind him up, but he couldn't say anything as I was agreeing with him in a stupid way. After about 9 months he came to work one morning in a Mini-E, and I saw him get out of it but he didn't see me, later in the day when we were in the communal kitchen and he was there, I made a flippant comment about which tosser has bought one of those crap Mini EV's, they'll regret that! He said nothing. I burst out laughing. I though it was very humorous, but I have the attitude of a teenager.

 

We got quite a few die hards at work. Don't bother saying anything about EVs anymore. Funny thing is that where I work we check over brand new vehicles which are now including a larger share of EV cars vans than 2 years ago. They have no choice but drive about in them.
Only time I mention EVs is when I show off my elec bill for the Kona.

 

My company has just issued the 5,000th EV in our fleet of approximately 25,000 vans. The proportion is higher in my department, 35%, as we mostly drive medium vans which have been available for years - my electric Vivaro is approaching its 4th birthday. We’ve started using Transit Customs now too. There are also a few large electric vans, but as those usually do more miles, it’s harder to replace diesels.

 

3 have bought EVs based on my recommendation I reckon. 1st in 2020 changed to VW iD.3 from Audi version of the Golf electric Gti - may have been eTron plugin. Has kept it until a few weeks ago, but couldn't stand the appalling dealer experience, not helped by the rubbish software problems. Has now got a Merc EQA - he always liked his Mercs & Audis in the past, and his wife in particular loves the Merc comfort & quality.

A brave friend of mine wanted a campervan & was looking at one based on Vauxhall diesel van. I persuaded her to go full electric instead - made far more sense as able to use the car's heating at any time with zero pollution & noise, and she does travel around in winter! And the 4 kWh Li-ion leisure battery fitted can act as emergency car-charger if the Traction battery gets drained!

3rdly my son recently bought a Kona - he's used my Ioniq 38 in the past, and being in London an EV made perfect sense. Family commitments means his Mazda MX3 was getting too small and had to go! And when he visits he usually collects 40 kWh at the same time for free !

 

You would think that the number of EV vans from Tesco's delivering the groceries might convince them to look at an EV

 

There aren’t any around here (Aberdeen). There have been plenty of Openreach and British Gas EVs for a few years, and a sudden influx of post office EVs in the last couple of months. Parcel delivery vans are still mostly diesel.

 

I’m guessing that you don’t own an EV?
Have you tried driving one?

 

Quite a few people driving cars with a 10+ gallon tank pop into the garage and pop £10 of fuel in.

 

THEIR CHOICE , of top up or finances are tight , BUT they have ( although ungreen ) the option to fuel to full in a standard 1.2 to 1.8 ltr FROM VIRTUALLY empty in less than 4/5 minutes putting maybe 350/400 RW miles on the clock

 

For a thread entitled 'Have you convinced anyone to try/buy an EV?' for one contributor at least, the answer is 'no'. Great.

I'm baffled why they feel the need to share this fact repeatedly, peddling opinion as logical fact.

(Me personally, I always stay at 5* hotels: ergo lesser star hotels shouldn't exist...)

 

5 stars , few and far between unless you staying in central london , good place to use a ev if needed

 

Load of trolls have taken over this thread

 

A colleague bought a PHEV on the back of my advice and positive review (a Golf GTE PHEV; I had one at the same time and quite liked it.)