Recent content by Capetown

I 'd love an electric car but it just doesn't add up for me. I usually run the same ICE for 10-15 years in which time I carry out all the routine servicing, Big jobs like cam belt replacement is farmed out to a competent technician. I'm just not confident that any BEV would last the 250k plus...

So you are really saying there is no guarantee on the battery capacity!

I just wondered what percentage of battery capacity would be guaranteed to be left after 8 years? :)

Please could someone explain the 8 year unlimited mileage warranty to me? I can't find it on the Tesla website! Many thanks in advance. :?:

From a UK perspective why pay £53k for a car when the owners of the hydrogen stations say they will fix the price at the same cost as diesel per mile? :roll:

I have PV, solar thermal, biomass heating, LED lights, 3200lt water butt and a lot of insulation! and I looked long and hard into electric cars. My last car was a diesel golf which covered 283,000 miles before I let it go. I had a leaf for a week and test drove the i3. I now drive the latest...

i just trawled through the Leaf and i3 brochures. The i3 comes out tops with regard to consumption per 100 kms. It's 12.9 kWhs as opposed to the Rex 13.5 kWhs, the Leaf is 15kWhs. Comparing the unladen weights, i3 1270, Rex 1390 and Leaf 1550. The i3 figures are better, but not earth...

I just found out that here in UK the battery warranty is for 8 years /100,000 miles to be above 70% max charge level.So that could bring the everyday range down to 50 miles!