It does not suit everybody. Thankfully.
I would get a Tesla, with s range of upto 300 miles, but at the moment they are a little out of my price range. (4-5 times what I paid for my Leaf)
What's a leaf 16k?
I too, love to see cars running on dammed rivers, coal, natural gas and nuclear energy on the road. It makes me feel clean.It's nice to see people taking up electric cars.
Personally I don't have a need for one as I do a lot of motorway and country roads but I do like the idea of quiet motoring.
The Leaf is much cheaper than I realised - I bet if (like yourself) you do a lot of city driving - particularly London, it's probably a very viable form of transport with electric charging points popping up everywhere. Also these faster chargers (rather than 8 hours) seem to make it much more doable.
Has anyone seen the acceleration on a Tesla Model S?! It's phenomenal!Love that car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndb_4L-6ZP0
I too, love to see cars running on dammed rivers, coal, natural gas and nuclear energy on the road. It makes me feel clean.
A new basic one after subsidies, yes.
I have the mid range one with faster charger fitted.
I have seen them from £9k second hand for a Gen 1. I have the Gen 2 with a few improvements like a heater than only costs me 5 miles out of the theoretical 124 miles. The Gen 1 had a theoretical range of 109 miles and as soon as you use the heater, lose 20 miles range.
In this bad weather I expect 70-75 miles on a full charge, but in good weather would expect over 100 miles.
It really makes you realise how much power is lost in bad weather even with an ice vehicle.
I saw a drag race between a BMW M5 and a Tesla. The Tesla won..... and it was over a good distance.