Afternoon Posters My son is doing a final year dissertation on the development of the Electric Car industry, and part of it is a survey on attitudes to pricing etc. https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GW6K8ML If any of you could spare 10 mins or so to complete the survey (all data is completely anonymous), all help would be greatly appreciated.
I've done it, but it doesn't really let you explain reasons for not buying an electric car, the assumption seems to be that price is the main factor.
Thanks chaps - I get your point OLM, to be honest I'm not entirely sure how wide-ranging the dissertation is. Of course the survey is only one part of it and to stop it getting too complicated (in which case nobody would complete the survey) he has chosen to focus on whether different price-points plus more marketing around the cost benefits of electric cars would encourage people to switch (or not). It's an Economics degree, so price structures will I guess be where he is targeting the research, even if price is only one of many factors.
a family member has a Tesla and I must say I am impressed with it (especially the take off power) if I had the money I would happily buy one.
I know and I am keeping my eye out for any press releases, Think they shipped a load to China a couple of weeks ago. I am just worried they wont be as good as the current model.
Tesla may have pre-empted this survey. Closing all showrooms, the cars being available only on line. The expected price reduction is 6 per cent. Do the AA or other roadside assistance providers agree to recover you to the nearest charging station to invigorate your flat battery? How much does it cost for replacement batteries or motors?
The gadget and speed are okay, but what did you make of the build quality? It's quite telling that most of the working bits are other people's technology, Siemens, panasonic etc, so build is really the only bit tesla do*. A lot of their claims are sometimes worth looking into more deeply. The rapid charge truck's a good one to look at,particularly how realistic it is to have charging stations that size...oh, and the truck payload. *edit apart from sales and marketing, they're good at that, just don't try and verify their claims.
A Tesla battery only loses 10% of its power after 160,000 miles, so I suspect a new battery isn't something that most people will have to worry about and the motor will allegedly work for over 1,000,000 miles..
On maintenance alone perhaps, but that's Siemens more than Tesla, but it's still far from clear cut for total running costs.
£550 for an annual check and whatever you spend on tyres, that's it isn't it? (ignoring the actual electricity it runs on)
It depends, but that ignores the other elements I mentioned when running and owning a car, including down time charging on a journey if you can find a suitable socket. They're okay for what they are, but there are other electric vehicles out there well worth consideration, but anyone buying one needs to look at the full picture, not just the marketing blurb. Using one for a while is an interesting process.
I have tried to find out how much it costs to charge up at a motorway service area, and also how long it would take. And I'm still confused. As to overall running costs, factoring in the tax breaks, congestion charge exemption, energy sell back and the like, were to begin with a comparison?
