Hi I'm looking to buy an EV to replace a 10yr old VW golf estate (265k miles) that is going to die in the next 6 months. My previous car was, unsurprisingly, a Golf estate that I sold when it had 300k miles on the clock. Given I clock up 25K + miles a year for work I was thinking I should buy an EV through my Ltd company. No brainer really. But, and here's the but - lockdown! I have filled up my VW 5 times since July as I now am more or less 99.9% based at home and appear to have no life so now seem to have no need to upgrade, and I wouldn't be travelling enough to balance out the initial EV cost. But, if life returned to anywhere near normal next year I'd be back to doing 25k miles again. I cannot predict this part at all.
My commute is a 70 mile round trip, BUT, when at work I may need to drive another 30-50 miles unfortunately it would be unplanned. I can charge the car for free at partners work and home, as we have solar panels. Buying through the business would be fine as no real BiK to speak of. My dilemma, bearing in mind I'm a Scot born in Yokrshire and have spent £9k (total) on the two VW's in the past 15 years, is that I am struggling to justify spending the big bucks on a full EV. I seem to have come up with a few different paths and wonder if you guys with your EV experience may be able to help guide me.
Bite the bullet and buy an e-Niro as cheap as possible (my local dealer has 'sourced' one for £32k brand new but I'd be equally happy with a year old one but they are as rare as hen's teeth it would seem).
Buy a cheap Leaf (£5/6k) as a run around to see if I even like the electric and whether it may be viable.
Buy a lovely top of the range nearly new VW for half the price of an e-Niro.
I have driven the new Zoe but didn't really like how small it was. I think I'd be happy with the VW ID3 but do like the size of the Niro.
Any ideas chaps?
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My commute is a 70 mile round trip, BUT, when at work I may need to drive another 30-50 miles unfortunately it would be unplanned. I can charge the car for free at partners work and home, as we have solar panels. Buying through the business would be fine as no real BiK to speak of. My dilemma, bearing in mind I'm a Scot born in Yokrshire and have spent £9k (total) on the two VW's in the past 15 years, is that I am struggling to justify spending the big bucks on a full EV. I seem to have come up with a few different paths and wonder if you guys with your EV experience may be able to help guide me.
Bite the bullet and buy an e-Niro as cheap as possible (my local dealer has 'sourced' one for £32k brand new but I'd be equally happy with a year old one but they are as rare as hen's teeth it would seem).
Buy a cheap Leaf (£5/6k) as a run around to see if I even like the electric and whether it may be viable.
Buy a lovely top of the range nearly new VW for half the price of an e-Niro.
I have driven the new Zoe but didn't really like how small it was. I think I'd be happy with the VW ID3 but do like the size of the Niro.
Any ideas chaps?
D