Redwurzel
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My Ibiza is worth £2800 not £9000.
So it would be £2800 against £9000 Renault Zoe (I assume a 8 year old 85k model to match the Seat)
Without research I would guess the Renault running costs are £800/year cheaper (lower energy cost and no tax), but that would take 7.75 years to recover higher finance and both cars would unlikely last that long if already 8 years old (85k plus miles).
That assumes the Renault can do around 160k miles without a new electric battery.
Looking at new against new - a VW Polo Petrol is £17k and VW electric equivalent 30k - source Carwow website and VW website. At £800/year running cost saving on the electric its about 15 years for an owner to get their money back. Possibly Andy is correct in that is more top end that the manufacturers are really interested in at present. However there are a lot of drivers who just want a basic super mini class vehicle. Andy quotes people paying £300/£1000 to finance an electric vehicle. On Teesside a family home can be rented for those figures. Many people don't want to spend say £500/month to use a vehicle.
My Ibiza is worth £2800 not £9000.
So it would be £2800 against £9000 Renault Zoe (I assume a 8 year old 85k model to match the Seat)
Without research I would guess the Renault running costs are £800/year cheaper (lower energy cost and no tax), but that would take 7.75 years to recover higher finance and both cars would unlikely last that long if already 8 years old (85k plus miles).
That assumes the Renault can do around 160k miles without a new electric battery.
Looking at new against new - a VW Polo Petrol is £17k and VW electric equivalent 30k - source Carwow website and VW website. At £800/year running cost saving on the electric its about 15 years for an owner to get their money back. Possibly Andy is correct in that is more top end that the manufacturers are really interested in at present. However there are a lot of drivers who just want a basic super mini class vehicle. Andy quotes people paying £300/£1000 to finance an electric vehicle. On Teesside a family home can be rented for those figures. Many people don't want to spend say £500/month to use a vehicle.
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