Anyone on here have an Electric car?

Must have been tempting! I'd love one but could never bring myself to put so much money in, especially with the upfront fees. I'd want the auto-drive as well but it's currently not really fit for purpose in the UK. How could you not get it though with it being a killer feature of the Tesla? I'd hope the software updates will improve the situation to make the roundabout handling reliable.

That was no deposit as well. I was very tempted but I've just had a second kid so we're looking at much more practical but much less fun cars. The Jaguar I-Pace for £350pm was much more tempting but the range means all the long journeys we do to visit family (that don't have chargers at their end) means stopping for half an hour at least on both legs which isn't always what you want to do with the kids.

Also, not 100% sold on all-electric yet. What do you do if you're stuck in a traffic jam for a few hours when you're on low battery? The range doesn't bother me too much, it's the fact that there aren't enough domestic chargers yet. It's perfect for my commute but we do enough long journeys that it's too big an issue.
 
Also, not 100% sold on all-electric yet. What do you do if you're stuck in a traffic jam for a few hours when you're on low battery?

Yes, a great point. There isn't even the option to march down the grass verge with a petrol can, like a wayward Alan Partridge. It would be like being in a goldfish bowl sat on a hard shoulder with a dead Tesla, the amount of attention you'd get.
 
Must have been tempting! I'd love one but could never bring myself to put so much money in, especially with the upfront fees. I'd want the auto-drive as well but it's currently not really fit for purpose in the UK. How could you not get it though with it being a killer feature of the Tesla? I'd hope the software updates will improve the situation to make the roundabout handling reliable.
I did get it with the full self driving. It was a tough decision because it was so expensive but I think the right one, as it's just gone up by £1000 today and it'll just go up and up.

The frustration is with UN/ECE regulations. The car CAN enter a motorway, drive along it, changes lanes when necessary and exit it without driver input. Do to regulations, however in the EU and UK it can only suggest entry/exit and lane changes, you yourself have to indicate and tap the wheel to change lanes. Also, not sure of this is EU as well but certainly UK, in the rest of the world it'll pick a lane change, indicate then sit in it's current lane until the next lan is free. In the UK if it can't change lanes in 5 seconds it just cancels. Also the UN/ECE regulations limit the amount of stirring lock that can be automatically applied, meaning if the bend is too sharp the car can't do it.
ALSO smart summon (where you can get the car to drive towards you on it's own) works over wifi in the rest of the world and in America has a 200 ft range. In the EU and UK it has a maximum range of 20m. Worse than that it only works over Bluetooth and therefore you have to be standing next to the car, making it pointless.

Maybe I should have voted Brexit to get rid of these rules?
 
My brother took delivery of his Tesla a couple of months ago. Took about 18 monthes from ordering and was a different colour than he ordered. I don't remember if anything else about it was different. :ROFLMAO:
 
I had use of a Tesla Roadster for 3 years from 2012 in California. It was a 2011 model. It was a nice car to drive, but the range was only just 200 miles or so. I wanted to drive it to Las Vegas a couple of times, but the logistics of stopping and charging and then carrying on were too great, so it was just used in LA. As a car for commuting up and down I405 it was great. It was reliable, and seemed well built. No problems with it that I can recall. Boot space looked quite good but in practice was ok for just one case. One advantage in CA (doesn't apply here) was that electric cars can use the car pool lane, even with just one person on board.
 
I did get it with the full self driving. It was a tough decision because it was so expensive but I think the right one, as it's just gone up by £1000 today and it'll just go up and up.

The frustration is with UN/ECE regulations. The car CAN enter a motorway, drive along it, changes lanes when necessary and exit it without driver input. Do to regulations, however in the EU and UK it can only suggest entry/exit and lane changes, you yourself have to indicate and tap the wheel to change lanes. Also, not sure of this is EU as well but certainly UK, in the rest of the world it'll pick a lane change, indicate then sit in it's current lane until the next lan is free. In the UK if it can't change lanes in 5 seconds it just cancels. Also the UN/ECE regulations limit the amount of stirring lock that can be automatically applied, meaning if the bend is too sharp the car can't do it.
ALSO smart summon (where you can get the car to drive towards you on it's own) works over wifi in the rest of the world and in America has a 200 ft range. In the EU and UK it has a maximum range of 20m. Worse than that it only works over Bluetooth and therefore you have to be standing next to the car, making it pointless.

Maybe I should have voted Brexit to get rid of these rules?
It sounds hampered by regulation, rather than technology. I think you were right in getting the full self-driving, it had to be done! The remote control driving (when you're outside of the car) is useful for parking spots when someone has parked too close to you. Simply, reverse the car out the space and then get in.
 
It sounds hampered by regulation, rather than technology. I think you were right in getting the full self-driving, it had to be done! The remote control driving (when you're outside of the car) is useful for parking spots when someone has parked too close to you. Simply, reverse the car out the space and then get in.
Yeah, if the regulation ever gets overturned it'll be great. It'll immediately be a significantly better car. It's really frustrating that technological advancements are stifled by regulations! Yeah parking in a tight space is probably the only practical use of summon in Europe. I've seen one youtube of a guy with a really small garage so he gets out the car and parks it with summon.
 
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I had use of a Tesla Roadster for 3 years from 2012 in California. It was a 2011 model. It was a nice car to drive, but the range was only just 200 miles or so. I wanted to drive it to Las Vegas a couple of times, but the logistics of stopping and charging and then carrying on were too great, so it was just used in LA. As a car for commuting up and down I405 it was great. It was reliable, and seemed well built. No problems with it that I can recall. Boot space looked quite good but in practice was ok for just one case. One advantage in CA (doesn't apply here) was that electric cars can use the car pool lane, even with just one person on board.
The bit about reliability surpises me. I always thought the original roadster was pretty much a "beta" version than a full car? Crazy that a brand new car company, can build a car on a lotus platform, and for it to work at all!

The new roadster should address the range concerns. It will have a range of 620 miles. It will also have optional spacex rocket boosters to improve the already insane acceleration (0-60 in 1.9 seconds)

I imagine it'll be pricey though...
 
My brother took delivery of his Tesla a couple of months ago. Took about 18 monthes from ordering and was a different colour than he ordered. I don't remember if anything else about it was different. :ROFLMAO:
Was it a model 3? I've heard horror stories. My mate picked his up on Monday and there was another bloke in there who had waited 2 years just because he wanted larger wheels on his standard range plus. I think I'm never actually going to see my car.
 
Was it a model 3? I've heard horror stories. My mate picked his up on Monday and there was another bloke in there who had waited 2 years just because he wanted larger wheels on his standard range plus. I think I'm never actually going to see my car.
It was and now you mention it, I think he didn't get the wheels he'd ordered.
 
Had the Mitsi PHEV for almost three years now - a total and utter crock of shiit
Useless range on a full charge and a small petrol tank means around 350 miles before I fill up.
One of the problems of an early adopter
 
Had the Mitsi PHEV for almost three years now - a total and utter crock of shiit
Useless range on a full charge and a small petrol tank means around 350 miles before I fill up.
One of the problems of an early adopter
Chris Harris' was wonderfully dismissive of that. When someone in the top gear audience said she had one, he says to here "When did you realise you've given up on life?"

It's one of the most popular hybrids round here though. Only the ubiquitous Uber drivers prius and the Hyundai ionic seems more popular than the mitsi.

As for full EVs, the most popular is the Tesla Model X, which probably says more about the people round here than it does about electric vehicles!
 
I’ve got another year or so before my next one - expect their to be huge advances in electric capability by then.
 
I’ve got another year or so before my next one - expect their to be huge advances in electric capability by then.
Yeah, this year and last has seen quite a few of the big guns release EVs. Plus things like the new Leaf and the new Zoe have been huge leaps forwards on their original versions. It'\s certainly an exciting time for the market.
 
You don't care about the environment it's all about how much dosh you can spend, me me me!
So I acknowledge they don’t save the environment. That doesn’t mean I don’t care about it. I need a car for work so whatever I get won’t be friendly to the polar bears. As for spending money, you clearly haven’t read the thread, at all.
It’s sad you should feel the need to troll without actually reading the conversation. Reflects badly on you.
 
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