I SWAPPED MY RANGE ROVER FOR AN EV!

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Whilst you know I may somewhat of an EV sceptic, my accountant is; year on year - pushing me to buy one. Whilst I've got one in stock, I thought I'd try one for a whole 7 days. Here's how it went...

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[juicypea]

Matt, as an EV owner (Nissan Ariya with a 270 mile range) I do agree with you that they are a better fit for the retiree, which I am, (and I love a latte as well). But you compared your 5.0L supercharged V8 with a 9 year old EV with a tiny range. I would love to see you do the same test in a Tesla Model 3 for example. I’m sure you would have a more favourable opinion at the end of it.

[Lamar-egxp]

Matt, this is one of your best videos! I love the blend between talking about business regarding your EV experience and personal, such as you not remembering your night 🤣! Your humour is perfect and thanks for another great video!

[Mike-hxyn]

Hi Matt
No point having all the mod-cons if you can’t switch them on because you can’t risk losing range..!

[DJRyanJamesUK]

The tone in your voice, and the smile on your face says everything you need to know when you was driving that Mercedes.

[paulinecooke]

Hello Matt’s, thanks for another enjoyable video. However you are testing a 9 year old EV with a tiny battery. We have a 4 year old BMW i3 with a usable range of 150 miles. That will do 99 out of 100 journeys we make on a single charge. Charge overnight on a super cheap tariff and it is great VFM. Plus it’s still a BMW!

[CurioByBSpokeDesigns]

LOL he listens to Aqua and has the nerve to tell us a Soul is a pensioner's car! A man of dubious taste! ;-)

[stepjamie]

I agree, a 2 car scenario, I use my EV (2015 i3) for daily work commute, drives to London and back (25 miles each way) going to the gym and tennis etc, but not for any long driving when you can't guarantee where a charging point is or if it's a rapid charge, let alone working or available.

[bigfilsing]

Nice honest video! I'm just very skeptical as to how long EV's will remain Tax exempt once the uptake rate rises!

[fyank]

I did exactly the same as you. I went from a supercharged V8 Range Rover to an EV back in 2014. I’ve never looked back and am now on my 5th EV with a 300 mile range and it does everything I ask of it, in style!

[Adamlllllllllllljjjljljjjjj]

I think you should have picked an Ev that is big and luxurious, similar to your Range Rover. I think you’d like an early Jag i pace, they have depreciated lots, and with bigger wheels (wheels under 20 inch make the car look less appealing). Or maybe you could look at a phev for a few months before switching to an EV. Apparently their putting road tax on ev’s soon aswell

[nick]

This 27kWh Soul is for sale for £9, 295. There’s a 64kWh Soul for sale for £13, 995 on AutoTrader which has more than double the range. Also I would try to charge at home and work with a 32Amp charger rather than a 10Amp one with a 3 pin plug. Much safer and designed to be left charging overnight.

[MidghamSteve]

You said it at the start, the EV for you would be the Tesla Model 3 LR - maybe 3 years old? Has all the range you are looking for with the fun of a boost if you need it. Plus the Tesla Superchargers are second to none.

[TGRacing]

My Outlander PHEV is £0 VED it has a range of 300 miles plus and, although the EV only range is small (25-ish), it's fine for pootling about. It can move a huge amount of gear and cruise the motorways comfortably. Heated leather seats, etc. 🙂

[nigeltant]

I think you are right about them being a good second car - a lot of people have 2 cars in the family and an EV seems perfect as a local every day runabout. We have solar panels, so having one seems a no brainer when I can charge it for free. I have no idea how often they go wrong, but they are simpler than an internal combustion engined car, so maintenance should be cheaper. We forget that ir is early days for these - consider how long it took to get from the Model T to our modern cars.

[dscotia]

There is a simple dynamic with EVs, charge up when you can especially small capacity battery ones. Doesn't matter how long, if you're not using it Charge IT!🤗
We found this out with our second car, we had no budget whatsoever, we could only afford a 24kW Leaf but as a local area runaround we could clock up the miles.
So we took a leaf out of the local taxi firm's book. When ever sitting, charge. Even on a piddling granny charger offers 10 miles in an hour.
A domestic 7kW offers up around 26 miles🤗

ps. our Leaf had a 6.6kW OBC

[noordinaryjoe]

“I don’t like to give in” he says, from the front seat of a Mercedes S class

[hendrikott]

I have been driving a ev for 8 months now a cupra born and im impressed by it and i like it more than my old petrol car and would not change back in due time

[OldSkoolDJFX]

I think doing the test in better EV would have been fairer.

[pokerman]

Try a tesla model 3 long range for a week
Tesla chargers And 340 mile range..but I think you knew your answer before you even started