Bollocks. We live in a flat in London, we have an EV. Charging isn’t cheap like if I was charging on my home tariff, but still cheaper than gas and there’s lots of options around me. I get a discount as a local resident too.

Your points on home solar and heat pumps are accurate, but people are working on splitting solar and battery across flats, e.g. Negativity isn’t the answer; especially not when there are actual solutions available.

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ako 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Same here, not a flat but rely on street parking. There's at least 20 public charging points in walking distance of my home.

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gib444 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How much per kWh are you paying and how many miles per kWh does your vehicle do?

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te_chris 3 days ago | parent [-]

0.49p, gets around 4 mi/kWh.

ChatGPT reckons this gives 7.6p/km when petrol would be 9-12.

Obviously it could be cheaper, but it’s still pretty good for us. We’re not using it for commuting or anything though.

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gib444 3 days ago | parent [-]

So just a ~£400/yr saving at 10,000 miles, excluding capital investment (assuming 40mpg, £1.45/L). Though if you just do stop-start in London 30 mpg would be more accurate, so ~£1,000/yr in savings.

How much was your car (or, more usefully, how much is the depreciation per year)?

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te_chris 3 days ago | parent [-]

Honestly the car is a luxury for us and a minor tax dodge. I was a consultant with some retained profits in a ltd co so we decided to take advantage of the lease deductions. Got a great deal on a top end VW - £206pm ex VAT.

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gib444 3 days ago | parent [-]

Ah I see. So the original claim you responded to:

> EVs are great if you're wealthy

Was in fact, not "bollocks" in your case.

	▲	te_chris 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		What are you talking about? £206pm is the low range of the car leasing market, and the price per km is under petrol. Millions of people lease cars in the uk and can get favourable tax deals through their employers. So yes, still bollocks.

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bluescrn 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

There's more to the UK than just London, despite what politicians think.

	▲	te_chris 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		I’m just providing a data point. I don’t see why it would be different in another city, and in a less dense one you can home charge which is dirt cheap.