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[Viral_Jim]

I believe he has a bmw ix3.

Close, we went full on fugly and had the iX

Externally its identical to this one, but it doesn't have the daft interior (we had brown leather in ours). Oh and the facelift version has a round steering wheel, which is... better. All joking aside, I don't *mind* the looks, and by the standards of BMWs that have been released since, shes a real looker! 
https://www.motors.co.uk/car-73432884/?i=2&m=sp

That must have cost a pretty penny.

AFAIK with the (very few) options we put on it, it would have been roughly £79k list price; doubtless you could get one for much less in the real world. I pay £526pcm on salary sacrifice for a  4yr 22,000 mile per year lease, this includes insurance, maintenance, tyres, the lot. We just have to add electrons. We justified it by going from 3 cars to 2: the evoque and chrysler we had before both did about 36-37mpg the way we used them, so we were spending roughly £300 per month on diesel, £100 on insurance and £45 on VED. So overall it really doesn't cost us much more than running those two did, the £100pcm extra we pay would soon have been eaten up by tyres, servicing and any planned/unplanned maintenance. Although at the rate the mileage is going up I may need to extend the lease mileage limit, so that might add a bit  .

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Fugly...

It's true it's looks are more Nora Batty than Hollywood starlet.....but it does have presence.

Great colour, too.

What sort of mileage do you get in the real world before the PP9 needs recharging?

[Viral_Jim]

Roughly 225 in the warm months, dropping to around 205 at the moment, although yesterday as the M6 was unkind, I did my 75 mile commute and got out with an indicated 150 remaining.

That's driving at typical UK daytime motorway speeds 65-75.

Range drops off fast above 80mph, or so I've read. I've heard that driving back from (say) a late night meeting, one could empty the battery in 135-145 miles doing roughly 99mph.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Roughly 225 in the warm months, dropping to around 205 at the moment, although yesterday as the M6 was unkind, I did my 75 mile commute and got out with an indicated 150 remaining.

That's driving at typical UK daytime motorway speeds 65-75.

Range drops off fast above 80mph, or so I've read. I've heard that driving back from (say) a late night meeting, one could empty the battery in 135-145 miles doing roughly 99mph.

EV milk floats appears to be exactly the opposite of petrol cars.

Great in stop start city traffic, but poor on a long high speed cruise......say 100MPH.

[STEMO]

Roughly 225 in the warm months, dropping to around 205 at the moment, although yesterday as the M6 was unkind, I did my 75 mile commute and got out with an indicated 150 remaining.

That's driving at typical UK daytime motorway speeds 65-75.

Range drops off fast above 80mph, or so I've read. I've heard that driving back from (say) a late night meeting, one could empty the battery in 135-145 miles doing roughly 99mph.

EV milk floats appears to be exactly the opposite of petrol cars.

Great in stop start city traffic, but poor on a long high speed cruise......say 100MPH.

That's a good thing, surely? We all know speed kills. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Roughly 225 in the warm months, dropping to around 205 at the moment, although yesterday as the M6 was unkind, I did my 75 mile commute and got out with an indicated 150 remaining.

That's driving at typical UK daytime motorway speeds 65-75.

Range drops off fast above 80mph, or so I've read. I've heard that driving back from (say) a late night meeting, one could empty the battery in 135-145 miles doing roughly 99mph.

EV milk floats appears to be exactly the opposite of petrol cars.

Great in stop start city traffic, but poor on a long high speed cruise......say 100MPH.

That's a good thing, surely? We all know speed kills. 

Could you be tempted by a 'leccy car'?

 7.4 KW home charger is about £1000.

[STEMO]

Roughly 225 in the warm months, dropping to around 205 at the moment, although yesterday as the M6 was unkind, I did my 75 mile commute and got out with an indicated 150 remaining.

That's driving at typical UK daytime motorway speeds 65-75.

Range drops off fast above 80mph, or so I've read. I've heard that driving back from (say) a late night meeting, one could empty the battery in 135-145 miles doing roughly 99mph.

EV milk floats appears to be exactly the opposite of petrol cars.

Great in stop start city traffic, but poor on a long high speed cruise......say 100MPH.

That's a good thing, surely? We all know speed kills. 

Could you be tempted by a 'leccy car'?

 7.4 KW home charger is about £1000.

Diesel till I die. Shouldn't think I'll have much trouble fulfilling that 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Roughly 225 in the warm months, dropping to around 205 at the moment, although yesterday as the M6 was unkind, I did my 75 mile commute and got out with an indicated 150 remaining.

That's driving at typical UK daytime motorway speeds 65-75.

Range drops off fast above 80mph, or so I've read. I've heard that driving back from (say) a late night meeting, one could empty the battery in 135-145 miles doing roughly 99mph.

EV milk floats appears to be exactly the opposite of petrol cars.

Great in stop start city traffic, but poor on a long high speed cruise......say 100MPH.

That's a good thing, surely? We all know speed kills. 

Could you be tempted by a 'leccy car'?

 7.4 KW home charger is about £1000.

Diesel till I die. Shouldn't think I'll have much trouble fulfilling that 

I really can't get into milk float cars they leave me cold.....but Mrs Opti says it's the future and she wants one.

A Gee Whizz is electric (0r is it G-wiz?) perhaps she'll be happy with one of those.

[Rangie]

SWMBO is happy with the hybrid neither of us wants a fully electric car if when I change the RR it will be either a Petrol Subaru either a Forester or Outback or a Diesel Toyota Landcruiser but it will have to be one without the Adblue nonsense. Several neighbours of ours have electric vehicles but all are company cars.

[STEMO]

If I can convince wifey to convince her CEO that chargers in the school car park would be a good idea...

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

If I can convince wifey to convince her CEO that chargers in the school car park would be a good idea...

EV chargers at school for staff is a good idea.

EV chargers for staff that are free to use is even better.

[Rangie]

 

Roughly 225 in the warm months, dropping to around 205 at the moment, although yesterday as the M6 was unkind, I did my 75 mile commute and got out with an indicated 150 remaining.

That's driving at typical UK daytime motorway speeds 65-75.

Range drops off fast above 80mph, or so I've read. I've heard that driving back from (say) a late night meeting, one could empty the battery in 135-145 miles doing roughly 99mph.

EV milk floats appears to be exactly the opposite of petrol cars.

Great in stop start city traffic, but poor on a long high speed cruise......say 100MPH.

That's a good thing, surely? We all know speed kills. 

Could you be tempted by a 'leccy car'?

 7.4 KW home charger is about £1000.

Diesel till I die. Shouldn't think I'll have much trouble fulfilling that 

I really can't get into milk float cars they leave me cold.....but Mrs Opti says it's the future and she wants one.

A Gee Whizz is electric (0r is it G-wiz?) perhaps she'll be happy with one of those.

.

I think that the G Wiz is the Indian micro electric car , I've seen a couple around London & cheap & nasty springs to mind immediately.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Roughly 225 in the warm months, dropping to around 205 at the moment, although yesterday as the M6 was unkind, I did my 75 mile commute and got out with an indicated 150 remaining.

That's driving at typical UK daytime motorway speeds 65-75.

Range drops off fast above 80mph, or so I've read. I've heard that driving back from (say) a late night meeting, one could empty the battery in 135-145 miles doing roughly 99mph.

EV milk floats appears to be exactly the opposite of petrol cars.

Great in stop start city traffic, but poor on a long high speed cruise......say 100MPH.

That's a good thing, surely? We all know speed kills. 

Could you be tempted by a 'leccy car'?

 7.4 KW home charger is about £1000.

Diesel till I die. Shouldn't think I'll have much trouble fulfilling that 

I really can't get into milk float cars they leave me cold.....but Mrs Opti says it's the future and she wants one.

A Gee Whizz is electric (0r is it G-wiz?) perhaps she'll be happy with one of those.

.

I think that the G Wiz is the Indian micro electric car , I've seen a couple around London & cheap & nasty springs to mind immediately.

It is.

A proper pile of shit. I'm hoping the threat of one may cure her electric car insanity.

[Rangie]

Roughly 225 in the warm months, dropping to around 205 at the moment, although yesterday as the M6 was unkind, I did my 75 mile commute and got out with an indicated 150 remaining.

That's driving at typical UK daytime motorway speeds 65-75.

Range drops off fast above 80mph, or so I've read. I've heard that driving back from (say) a late night meeting, one could empty the battery in 135-145 miles doing roughly 99mph.

EV milk floats appears to be exactly the opposite of petrol cars.

Great in stop start city traffic, but poor on a long high speed cruise......say 100MPH.

That's a good thing, surely? We all know speed kills. 

Could you be tempted by a 'leccy car'?

 7.4 KW home charger is about £1000.

Diesel till I die. Shouldn't think I'll have much trouble fulfilling that 

I really can't get into milk float cars they leave me cold.....but Mrs Opti says it's the future and she wants one.

A Gee Whizz is electric (0r is it G-wiz?) perhaps she'll be happy with one of those.

.

I think that the G Wiz is the Indian micro electric car , I've seen a couple around London & cheap & nasty springs to mind immediately.

It is.

A proper pile of shit. I'm hoping the threat of one may cure her electric car insanity.

.

They look like a death trap to me.

[Marks DTM Calib]

They are known to have a very low walk away percentage when crashed