No, because we liked it 
Very nice. We can compare notes 
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Ah, but why did you like it ? 
I’d be interested in your views and experience as this is the car I’m thinking of getting myself, unless something more appealing comes along. Got my (hopefully) last CT on the current diesel Peugeot at the end of the month so will be looking for an EV before that one runs out.
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There will always be a problem somewhere (& the press like a disaster story) but my comment was based on my recent trip which was way better than a similar trip taken a year before.
Again, I agree. I even saw some outlets costing 85p/kWh! However, this outrage is only a problem if you do all your charging at hi-cost motorway services. If the vast majority of your charging is done at home then you take the hit.
I know that you know all this already @billybutcher but I like to make things clear in a thread that might be read by EV naysayers.
If you are on one of the EV tariffs like Octopus etc offer, charging overnight could be as low a 4p per kilowatt, you must own an EV to have that tariff though.
Welcome back @Corona
I’ve fixed your statement…
P.S. If you could edit your post to correct my error (authority, should obviously be majority) that would be great.
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Thanks Badger, nice to be back.
That’s quite cheap for the UK it would appear. I’m pretty sure I paid closer to 85p yesterday in Bristol though, admittedly, that was a distress charge and I didn’t have the opportunity to shop around. That wasn’t even motorway rates.
This morning I’m paying a much more reasonable 43p while having breakfast.
Were these oil company owned Stations?
Mine at 85p was outside McDonald’s at Cribbs Causeway shopping centre.
Kinnell
I’ve said before that relatively low “fuel” costs for EVs will be a honeymoon thing.
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Oh yes of course, but with solar panels and batteries being able to even out the grid is profitable. Compared to just about anything we purchase fossil fuels would be costing a fortune per litre if they had risen at the rate of say my groceries or electrical supply costs. Big dreams, probably end up with an electric bike.
It looks like the honeymoon is already over in the UK. In any event, the real advantage is charging at home whether via solar or cheap overnight tariffs which will cover the vast majority of my mileage.
Except I think charging at home rates are still part of the honeymoon - at present penetration into the fleet is still < 5% in the UK, once that starts to go up the energy suppliers could well want premium rates for charging and/or the government will see a significant loss of revenue as income from duty and VAT on fuel goes down which they will want to recoup.
I loved my Celica until I pranged it the office car park and realised it was made of very little more than tinfoil.
I had two - a Gen 5 (pop-up headlights) and a Gen 7. The 5 had an argument with a ford (water, not motor) and lost.
At the time I was not especially fond of the styling of the Gen 6 but these days would probably prefer it - I think Toyota were definitely trying to emulate the style of the Gen 6 when they designed the GT86
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Mine was a Gen 6. Great fun and a gorgeous metallic turquoise colour.
