Hi All,
I have been a regular browser on this site for several weeks now, and have decided now to join up and contribute where I can because I now have my first EV on order.
Currently I drive a Peugeot 3008 GTI, diesel. Must admit, I have enjoyed this car - my missus thinks it is the best car I have ever had. I have never considered myself to be a green freak, but it has to be said that lockdown, and the improvement it brought to the local environment, has taught me to appreciate that we need to do things differently. So I have already had solar installed and having now spent literally hours! researching, to the complete distraction of my long suffering wife, I am convinced that this is the most exciting change of car I am anticipating since I bought my first one, ooh, many years ago. Honestly, I can't stress just how much research I have done - I reckon I have watched nearly every EV related video on YT.
It has to be said that, in normal non covid times, I don't fit the profile of the driver for which an EV is ideal as I do work around the country, although not as much as I used to do in years past. I used to be a 30k miles a year guy - now its more like 18k. Nevertheless, I will sometimes need to get up close and personal with the vagaries of the public charging network. The bad rep on the state of it can be a bit off putting, but I am pushing it to the back of my mind and am willing to accept that sometimes I will be more inconvenienced that if I had an ICE, but that it is a price worth paying. I have already downloaded and registered for 5 charging apps and have already had 3 RFID cards delivered!
So, the diesel has to go. Kia E-Niro 4+, 2021 model on order, hoping to have it by the end of the year. Can't wait.
I have been a regular browser on this site for several weeks now, and have decided now to join up and contribute where I can because I now have my first EV on order.
Currently I drive a Peugeot 3008 GTI, diesel. Must admit, I have enjoyed this car - my missus thinks it is the best car I have ever had. I have never considered myself to be a green freak, but it has to be said that lockdown, and the improvement it brought to the local environment, has taught me to appreciate that we need to do things differently. So I have already had solar installed and having now spent literally hours! researching, to the complete distraction of my long suffering wife, I am convinced that this is the most exciting change of car I am anticipating since I bought my first one, ooh, many years ago. Honestly, I can't stress just how much research I have done - I reckon I have watched nearly every EV related video on YT.
It has to be said that, in normal non covid times, I don't fit the profile of the driver for which an EV is ideal as I do work around the country, although not as much as I used to do in years past. I used to be a 30k miles a year guy - now its more like 18k. Nevertheless, I will sometimes need to get up close and personal with the vagaries of the public charging network. The bad rep on the state of it can be a bit off putting, but I am pushing it to the back of my mind and am willing to accept that sometimes I will be more inconvenienced that if I had an ICE, but that it is a price worth paying. I have already downloaded and registered for 5 charging apps and have already had 3 RFID cards delivered!
So, the diesel has to go. Kia E-Niro 4+, 2021 model on order, hoping to have it by the end of the year. Can't wait.