Each to their own but EV’s are not for me. I sold a plug in hybrid last month that was just shy of three years old, we fitted a new 12V battery to it prior to handover, however my customer rang me a week ago today to tell me that he’d gone to the car last Friday morning, after it had been in charge all night, only to find that there wasn’t even enough power in the thing to unlock the doors with the remote key. It’s been back at our place for a week now and our diag can’t find any faults, so we’re currently in the hands of the manufacturer giving us various tips to try to resolve the issue, in the meantime my customer is without the car that he paid in excess of £20k for.
We also currently have a Mustang Mach-e in our workshop with the half a ton of battery completely removed from the car due to a failed cell needing to be replaced. Fortunately it’s still under manufacturer warranty, however I dread to think what cost to the owner would be incurred if it wasn’t.
Give me an ICE car every day of the week, and twice on a Sunday!
Yeah I know I’m gonna get the response that ICE cars fail as well, which is true but usually a relatively cheap, or cheaper, and quick solution is found for those issues.