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We have a 24kw leaf and its great for the majority of our trips. We live in a terrace so charge a few times a week locally and that does us fine.
However we have been caught out on a longer trip recently when Sandbach Services ecotricity was out of action.. We ran out and had to get a tow to Keele.
So for the next long trip we are renting an ICE ( astra for 70 quid over 2 days plus petrol) if there was a long range EV available we would hire that.. But there isnt yet.
This got me thinking.. >200 mile range cars are coming but most of the time people are doing shorter journeys and would get by with smaller capacity.
Is there not a market for EV car lease/hire club? So you pay a monthly fee/lease and the majority of the time drive a smaller battery car for commuting/ school run etc. Then for longer trips you could hire a >200 miler.. Or even swap cars along the route as part of your package.
Along with the larger capacity cars..
You could get points/money off for driving smaller capacity ones and even add smart car EVs, Twizzys, electric scooters and bikes to the mix.
What do you think?
However we have been caught out on a longer trip recently when Sandbach Services ecotricity was out of action.. We ran out and had to get a tow to Keele.
So for the next long trip we are renting an ICE ( astra for 70 quid over 2 days plus petrol) if there was a long range EV available we would hire that.. But there isnt yet.
This got me thinking.. >200 mile range cars are coming but most of the time people are doing shorter journeys and would get by with smaller capacity.
Is there not a market for EV car lease/hire club? So you pay a monthly fee/lease and the majority of the time drive a smaller battery car for commuting/ school run etc. Then for longer trips you could hire a >200 miler.. Or even swap cars along the route as part of your package.
Along with the larger capacity cars..
You could get points/money off for driving smaller capacity ones and even add smart car EVs, Twizzys, electric scooters and bikes to the mix.
What do you think?