Electric Vehicles
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@antipodean Very nicely produced video. Car looks the goods.
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Either a really good idea or a con? Not released yet, and 100 Kms of range isn't great. However, if I were honest we could probably have this and it would fulfill 95% of our driving needs. We could substitute taxi plus train/plane or rental car for the rest....
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@gt12 said in Electric Vehicles:
Either a really good idea or a con? Not released yet, and 100 Kms of range isn't great. However, if I were honest we could probably have this and it would fulfill 95% of our driving needs. We could substitute taxi plus train/plane or rental car for the rest....
Not sure about the idea, but we got a second hand Japan leaf, does the commute from the coast to Whangarei and back. Saved us a bomb, and the environmental benefits. Range is shit, but it's all we need
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https://www.subaru.com.au/solterra
New Subie SUV. Looks like that is the best candidate for replacing my X-Trail given the price difference between that and the Volvo XC40.
Yes I know one is a luxury vehicle, but I'm hardly a luxury guy
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@nta said in Electric Vehicles:
https://www.subaru.com.au/solterra
New Subie SUV. Looks like that is the best candidate for replacing my X-Trail given the price difference between that and the Volvo XC40.
Yes I know one is a luxury vehicle, but I'm hardly a luxury guy
I like the look of that 👍
Expected price range?
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@nta said in Electric Vehicles:
https://www.subaru.com.au/solterra
New Subie SUV. Looks like that is the best candidate for replacing my X-Trail given the price difference between that and the Volvo XC40.
Yes I know one is a luxury vehicle, but I'm hardly a luxury guy
Funnily enough, we’ve been having the ‘is Volvo a real luxury brand’ conversation in our house as the XC60 PHV is more expensive than the BMW X3 PHV (here at least, for demos).
I don’t think they’ve got their pricing quite right as I’m looking for a slight discount on taking on the Volvo sticker in comparison to the Germans.
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@gt12 said in Electric Vehicles:
Funnily enough, we’ve been having the ‘is Volvo a real luxury brand’ conversation in our house as the XC60 PHV is more expensive than the BMW X3 PHV (here at least, for demos).
I don’t think they’ve got their pricing quite right as I’m looking for a slight discount on taking on the Volvo sticker in comparison to the Germans.
The XC60 is a little bigger than the X3 I thought?
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@nta said in Electric Vehicles:
@gt12 said in Electric Vehicles:
Funnily enough, we’ve been having the ‘is Volvo a real luxury brand’ conversation in our house as the XC60 PHV is more expensive than the BMW X3 PHV (here at least, for demos).
I don’t think they’ve got their pricing quite right as I’m looking for a slight discount on taking on the Volvo sticker in comparison to the Germans.
The XC60 is a little bigger than the X3 I thought?
The Volvo's kind of cross over - the XC40 is midway between the X1 and X3 I think, but the X3 and XC60 are both five seaters and to get 7 you need to go to the XC90 or X5 (no 7 seats in the X5 PHV though).
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@gt12 ah right - I seem to remember that when comparing the XC40 EV to my X-Trail as a replacement option. A mate of mine was convinced I should wait for the XC60.
However, my kids are almost-18 and 14, and while they need the room now, in a few years we're not going to have them around as much. Seems like overreach.
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@nta said in Electric Vehicles:
@gt12 ah right - I seem to remember that when comparing the XC40 EV to my X-Trail as a replacement option. A mate of mine was convinced I should wait for the XC60.
However, my kids are almost-18 and 14, and while they need the room now, in a few years we're not going to have them around as much. Seems like overreach.
I'm waiting to see if we get e-power X-trail.
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@nta said in Electric Vehicles:
@gt12 I'm keen to jump straight to full electric TBH. Hybrid makes sense in some areas but you're dragging around two drive trains and barely using one depending on conditions.
Pros and cons.
Yeah, we won't go that far yet.
We were/are looking at the BMW PhV but the set-up here is harder than I realised as we would need to re-wire in 200V power for the charger and would need approval from the entire building to do that (which is really fucking annoying). I quite like the e-power setup too.
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OK, we are definitely in car change mode now.
Have 3 kids (8,3 and 1) so need a 7 seater as anything extra (I.e. Nana wants a lift) and I have to ride my bike to meet them in our current 5 seater.
Looked at a Volvo XC90 today and it was huge and just intimidated my wife. Also do not love the idea of still having to worry about a petrol engine and actually servicing it plus electric.
Then went to Mercedes and checked out the EQB which honestly felt much better. Fully electric and the wife felt instantly more assured she could use it.
Stock is low and the price is just under 60k but would mean we are sorted for the shift to electric.
Not even considering any pure petrol or diesel options to be honest.
Limited choices for 7 seaters but we think EQB is the way forward.
If any experts have a view would be keen to hear.
Still need to test drive but hopefuly it will be a good drive which obviously needs confirming but seems solid option. (Couldn't find time today as we still had the one year old with us unfortunately)
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@davesofthunder have you checked the big Tesla? A mate had one, I think seats 6. Pricy though I understand
