I was sitting with a friend overlooking one of the main arterial routes going from the east to west of Scotland, and we started discussing the fact that in less than nine years, all NEW cars that pass will be electric. I notice recently that there are more and more EV's where I live, and noticing them is made easy by the green rectangle on the left side of the registration plate. I have two friends who have bitten the bullet. One, retired, has a Tesla, the other has a Renault Zoe, for business use. Both are happy. The performance of the Tesla is shattering, the range is excellent, but the cost puts it out of reach for many. The Renault is ordinary, has a "safe range", to quote it's driver, of around 200 miles, and does everything well. It is on a rental agreement of around £400/month all in excluding insurance. I've had a go on a couple of E scooters, and they were fine for nipping about town, but restricted by a range of 20-30 miles. This can be doubled by purchasing an extra battery, but this comes at a price, (an extra £500 for a very basic example), and the scooters I used had a charge time of around 7 hours via a 13 amp plug, so no on street charging facilities.
Anyone else have any experience ?
Anyone else have any experience ?