Is it time to go electric?
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I lost it with my mobile once and went at it with a hammer, the fire that then started was pretty incredible it burt fast and long like a roman candle in that bargain box of fireworks! Given the size of the phone battery compared to what must be in the EV I certainly wouldn't want to be stuck in one after an accident and a coupe would be out of the question....well passengers in the rear would be.
That’s quite worrying but how often does this really happen? Every crash or 1 in a million?You could probably find a similar thing with petrol cars burning out of control after an accident.
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not saying either is better or worse. They are all flawed in some way.
on one hand you are driving about in a petrol car with 50-100 litres of combustible liquid that can ignite with many ignition sources and in the other hand you drive an ev but the batteries have to be damaged in a specific way to short and ignite.
I've just priced up a BMW i4 eDrive 40 M Sport through the salary sacrifice scheme at work. Net cost was around £546 a month which includes insurance, servicing, a home charger and 5000mi of public charging.
Given my A4 costs me £439/mo and on top of that I have servicing, insurance and fuel, it really does look an attractive proposition. Currently spending around £160/ month just on petrol at the minute.
Given my A4 costs me £439/mo and on top of that I have servicing, insurance and fuel, it really does look an attractive proposition. Currently spending around £160/ month just on petrol at the minute.
my wife is getting a model y through salary sacrifice, all in was about £450 per month which includes tyres. I was paying that on pcp for my s3 then insurance and road tax servicing etc on top.
cheap proposition if you can get it through salary sacrifice
