r/ElectricVehiclesUK

Posted earlier in the week re replacing my much loved old family car with a Skoda Enyaq. Signed the paperwork on the Enyaq today. It’s seems very nice, very sensible…. However, I still feel rather luke warm about it though. So (bearing in mind this is a very basic Enyaq so no fancy bells and whistles) what do you love about having an electric car (save the obvious saving money on fuel!) ? What joys can I expect that might not have occurred to me yet?

Looking to buy my first EV, anybody else seem to think that the used prices have shot up recently?

Reckon it's only a short term response to the prices at the pump or are their used values now catching up to ICE?

Hi all

As title describes, I'm currently looking for opinions on choosing between the 2 above. My options currently are a 2023 LRSM Polestar 2 with ~30k miles on the clock vs a 2023 EV6 with 18k miles on the clock.

Currently driving a very beat up A3 which has done 120k miles and is starting to show signs of expensive repairs being due.

I very much like the look of both of them for different reasons. Price wise they're both equivocal. So I'm looking for real world experiences. I drive ~55 miles per day for a commute to work on a mix of country and dual carriageway A roads. There are intermittent 180-200mile each way road trips that may occur every couple of months to visit family.

I am due a test drive on both of them in the coming week.

The projected range on the Polestar 2 is 409 miles and the EV6 is 328 miles. Obviously these will not be true ranges but I'm wondering how people have fared with the 2? I've looked up similar posts on the subreddit and it seems to be a mix of opinions preferring one or the other with no clear cut answer.

I also have a labrador which will be expected to be in the boot of the car intermittently (he currently squishes into the back of an A3).

From what I've read, Polestar 2's seem to be a bit polarising in their reviews, with some people saying they are amazing and wonderful, to others saying they couldn't wait to give theirs back at the earliest point possible.

Going to be taking an unsecured loan to finance most of the cost of these as I'm getting 6.9% APR from the bank as opposed to 8.9-12.9 % with a PCP/HP scheme so I'd like to get it right first time!.

As always, any thoughts or feedback on either of them would be appreciated.

Got my company car options through work and I've narrowed it to four EVs. It's a 4-year lease with maintenance and insurance included. It's my first company car and EV and I just can't decide.

About my use: mostly local driving, under 100 miles on a busy day, and we don't do a lot of long journeys, so massive range isn't a big deal. I have two young kids (a 5yo and a 5mo). I plan to get a charger installed before the car arrives also.

1. Hyundai Kona Electric 65kWh N Line S: £86/mo

2. BMW iX1 eDrive20 M Sport: £140/mo

3. Tesla Model 3 RWD: £146/mo

4. BYD Atto 3 Evo AWD 75kWh: £144/mo

I guess the stand out for me is the Kona, as it just seems so well equipped for the price, but then I've also never had the opportunity to go for the more expensive brands and experience them, so a part of me wants to go all out as such.

Any advice or just sharing your experience with these cars would be much appreciated. Thanks!

I was assuming we where going to get a 2nd hand Vauxhall Corsa Electric to replace our 20 year old Polo in 3 weeks time.

But I just seen what prereq BYD Dolphin Surf are going for! What is going on? What are the downsides?

(We keeping our Passet Estate for holiday etc.)

Not sure what to make of this article. Up until now I’d always heard people generally felt less sick in EVs. Reading between the lines it seems at least some of the cause of the sickness being experienced in the article may be due to how the EVs are being driven, rather than them just being an EV alone.

Bit of a weird one, but advice / experience would be appreciated.

We bought a used 2021 VW ID3 in March 2025 from a large non-VW dealer with an extended warranty (let's call them dealer 'A'). 16 months later (warranty having elapsed), the HUD and infotainment system was delivering messages saying 'warnings and information unavailable' and, basically, most info was missing and some functions inaccessible although car was drivable.

I booked it into a VW dealer (call them dealer 'B') and they told me it was subject to two recalls from VW from BEFORE we owned it - a software update and something relating to a battery cell. Long story short, dealer B still has the car 6 weeks later because the software won't update and they can't work out what's wrong with the car. They have been back and forwards talking to VW in Germany. We have a loan car in the meantime from dealer B (who have been lovely). We are being warned it may be an expensive repair in the end.

So: Should dealer A have known there were recall notices on the car they sold me? They are non-VW and it may originally have been a trade-in to them. And, if the answer is 'yes', are they liable for the costs for this repair? The car is out of warranty. Finally, is this something the motoring ombudsman could potentially help with? Thanks for your time.

I am currently driving a diesel from Huddersfield to Bradford every day for work. My job offers the Octopus Electric Car Scheme and I'm definitely going to do it but have no idea which car to go for. Can anyone help? I don't want to spend more than £400 a month and so far my choices are : Jaecoo E5 Luxury, Toyota C-HR+ Design, Omada E5 and the MG Mg4 Urban.

Gemini is saying Toyota by a mile (it also comes out most expensive at £408 a month). Any advice would be greatly appreciated. There are loads of other cars to choose from that aren't too expensive but they seem to have low mileage range.

I’m very keen on getting a Polestar 2. Test driven and absolutely loved it. I’ve been wary of mileage when buying an ICE car, but what milage would you feel happy to buy on an EV?

I know battery health is more important than mileage, but would you feel comfortable buying an EV with 60k miles if it had 90% + batteries health?

Thank you for any advice or guidance.

Always had a 1 series and feel the BMW range currently are all too boxy/large.

Will 1 series electric only be here soon??

I’ll keep it short. I’ve started a new role which involves fairly long trips to France and back, and the location I’m going to means that driving (I live in Essex) is pretty much the only option that makes sense. The client is covering my costs.

My current car is very old, and not really equipped for long motorway runs in comfort and safety and has no modern driving aids.

I’ll need to lease, with my own money. In my price range and available quickly I’ve found

- VW ID7 Pro Match Plus
- Škoda Elroq 85 Sportline
- Volvo EX30 Plus P5 Extended Range

Assuming the lease terms for these are similar, what would you go for and why?

Anything else I should be looking at? My needs are

- WLTP (I know real life is different) range of 300+ miles
- Adaptive Cruise + Lane Assist so it’ll guide itself down the motorway with supervision from me
- At least 175hp. Don’t need a rocket but don’t want a slug.
- Lease for 24 or 36 months at <£500/month with 3 months upfront

I really don’t care about size or shape or even make. It’ll almost always be just me in the car with minimal luggage. Comfort and driver assistance are important.

Thanks all for your input.

EDIT: ffs misspelled Kia Niro in the title but can't edit it now

Hello, we are looking for our second EV. My partner uses the Hyundai Ioniq 5 to commute to work, I work from home so the second car would mostly be for shop runs but also 50-60 miles driving on the weekend (mostly motorway) and occasionally a farther out road trip on my own so I'd like to have 250+ miles WLTP range.

We were initially looking at Renault 4 (thought the Renault 5 felt too small) but popped in to the Kia dealership and just found out the Kia EV2 Air is cheaper with the electric car grant.

Could either go PCP over 3 years: £8k deposit and roughly £140 monthly and balloon payment of £13k. Or loan: £8k deposit and roughly £360 monthly to own outright. The APR from Kia is actually pretty good and would be cheaper than taking a loan from Tesco Bank, and if I've done the maths correctly, if we could sell it for £12k after 3 years it'd be a better deal over PCP?

But why would we sell it after 3 years? I'm not really the kind of person who would change cars every 3-4 years. Think we'd keep it until it's dead really.

Where I'm thrown off is we could buy another Hyundai Ioniq 5 for £13.5k (used, high mileage but it doesn't matter to us as we bought ours the same and the battery health was really good, and have had no issues). It wouldn't be my first choice because it's a big car hence a pain in multi-storey car parks (for me, YMMV).

But we could also get a Kia Niro 2022 or Hyundai Kona 2022 for £11-12k?? They've already gone through the new EV depreciation and would probably still last me 5+ years?

I never understood why anyone would buy or lease brand new but a lot of good EVs only came out this year. But would it make more sense to buy an older EV? How much difference is there in the tech and driving experience etc and is it worth the price?

What would you do if you were in this situation? TIA!

Preparing to change my current EV, this will be my second EV so not new to electrification.
So many choices now it all makes it difficult 😂
The ioniq 5 ticks all the requirements, but still so confused 😅

Just received app update on build completion. Could be a new owner of the VW ID Polo Style launch edition by the middle of November. Very excited.