[andrew*debbie]

Audi A3 e-Tron plug-in hybrid should be out soon. I'm sure those will sell.

The eGolf goes on sale soon and the Mercedes comes to the UK early next year.

Were all the outlanders you spotted PHEVs??? Mitsubishi has been selling the non-ev version for years. There are a few on Anglesey.

 

[andrew*debbie]

VW Audi too expencive when compaired with their ICE brothers.

Hmmm. The Outlander PHEV is £28,250 to about £35,000 after the PICG. I need to drive one, but I have sat in one. Looked as overpriced as any EV to me.


Maybe it is the same price as the diesel but the price range is well above Zoe, Leaf, eNV200, and Kangoo Z.E. The Outlander is more expensive than an eGolf. About the only EV out there that matches it for price is the i3.

I haven't heard anything about pricing on the A3 e-tron. Do you have source?

 

[andrew*debbie]

BMW gave us the best dealer experience by far. Nevertheless we are driving a LEAF . . .

We had an invitation to an Audi hosted A3 e-tron launch event but it was far away.

Have you tried the VWs? Our local dealer won't have the EVs for a few more months, but I'd think there would be some in Milton Keynes.

When the B Class E-Cell shows up, I'd think the Mercedes dealers will stop treating EVs like a gimmick.


Tipping point? I predict EVs and PHEVs will account for over 1% of new car sales by the end of 2015.

 

[andrew*debbie]

How can it be overpriced when as I understood it the price of the Mitsibushi PHEV was very much the same as a diesel

~ £30,000 is far too much money for an Outlander diesel. 30 grand is well in to BMW X3 territory.

I've sat in both and I've driven the BMW. The X3 is a much better car.

 

[andrew*debbie]

Sorry, maybe my post wasn't clear. I think the Outlander diesel is overpriced.

I was comparing an Outlander diesel to a BMW X3 diesel. They are about the same size and price. In my opinion the BMW is a much better car.

 

[andrew*debbie]

Four years after the introduction of the Leaf, six years after the Tesla Roadster eighteen years after the EV1 and one hundred years since the Detroit Electric, we are still early adopters.

I think the tipping point to mainstream is just around the corner. If not 2014, then 2015. EVs are here to stay this time.

I'd argue that in some parts of the US it has already happened.