[Parkwood]

I still can't understand how an EV costs more than an ICE? Well of course it is the battery stupid.. but it is also the specification of batteries that are bigger than they need to be. Everything else in the car is either simpler or the same as an ICE?
I was reflecting yesterday after a day out to the NT property Nyman's near Crawley. We set off with about 80% battery because of a cock up on setting the clock on my charger but the round trip was to be about 130 miles so there was adequate range in the battery. And it really would never be an issue now that there are so many chargers including a bank of 7 kW chargers at Nyman's itself. The massive increase in the public charging has removed the need for ranges over 200 miles unless you are really doing 250 miles a day every day. Does anyone still do that sort of mileage? It was possibly the last day of summer and I returned home via the A272 to avoid traffic jams on the M25 with the car doing about 5 miles per kWh at the steady speed of about 50 mph.

Maybe in the UK 130 miles is ok but the UK is not the world it is one small island in the world😉 here distances are much greater so 130 miles may not be sufficient for someone living in the centre . living in the Ile de France and only doing small trips then a small battery car is just as well suited as in the UK but different people in different countries really do have different needs
Australia and American distances are of a magnitude greater than any in Europe of course!

 

[Parkwood]

Well if costs have come down can I expect to pay less for a new GLC EQ over the EQE given the GLC is also a class below in the Mercedes pecking order……shall we say I am not holding my breath😆