Electric car hire

[mike4scuba]

Originally Posted by YorkshireT

Just got back from my third drive down to London in 2 weeks. From Leeds. In my Tesla MS.

I could have parked cheaper in the National Theatre by Just Park but parked Barnard House behind St Pauls as that was very close to our hotel. Unfortunately the chargers in Barnard House which were free are being upgraded so not working (which I knew).

So we set off from near Leeds Sunday morning. Stopped at our usual place, Newport Pagnell. Put on Tesla Supercharger, went to toilet and Starbucks and left topped up to 90%. That’s quite an expensive charger and cost £17.

Then went to London, parked Sun to today. That was £75.

Then drove back, another quick stop at Rugby’s new super chargers 2 miles off the M1. £11 to go to about 75% in 20 mins (needed toilet and sandwich). Got back home with 40% left.

So total cost for 4 including parking behind St Pauls Sunday to Tuesday was £106 including the 60% charge I ‘lost’ between setting off with a full charge from home and arriving back. I could have shaved £10 off charging costs by spending a bit less time on Superchargers, and shaved £27 off parking if I’d have parked further away.

This trip took no less time than in a petrol car, as the stops we would have done for the same time anyway (no enforced delay at all) and we didn’t have to stop for petrol.

So far in 2 years 8 months I’ve spent £200 on maintenance (second year ‘service’ if you can call it that, checking coolant, new air cabin filter).

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Plus no congestion charges

Liking the look of these new polestar ev

[YorkshireT]

Originally Posted by mike4scuba

Plus no congestion charges

Liking the look of these new polestar ev

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Nice looking cars.

What keeps me on Teslas though is the Superchargers. Although I’m surprised how expensive the Model Y is which is what I fancied next. Not due to replace for 16 months so will wait and see what the situation is.

[mike4scuba]

If you invested $10,000 with founder Elon Musk 10 years ago, your stake would be worth $1.8 million now. That works out to a more than 68% average annual return

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