EV owners: how do you choose an electric vehicle? Where do you look, what do you seek?

@Jess_OVO

Would suggest grouping the money parts together (cost/savings/incentives) as usually people just see the high price and are put off without understanding the other parts together.

V2g/v2h is really limited at the moment so most won't have this apart from the new Nissan leaf 

Might want to add in other forums/owner groups such as Tesla motor club https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/forums/the-uk-and-ireland.114/

People usually ask questions here before/after buying which is a good support network

Glad to hear it, @NinjaGeek, and we’d love a review of the new MG ZS now you’ve had the chance to really get to know it!

Sorry I missed your comment earlier, @rajan ..

This is an excellent point and one that I think we should incorporate into the template we build.

And this is interesting to consider as well. Would there be value in creating a directory of useful forums/owner groups, much like the useful EV App’s blog, @NinjaGeek wrote?

@Tim_OVO @Jess_OVO 

Was rereading through this and couldn't see any comments from OVO

https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/electric-vehicle-charging-market-study#contact

Worth a read if you have time and you may see some similar comments taken from my Tesla review in the published feedback

Thanks for sharing, @tesla_model_3 - is your review within that Tesla Owners Club document?

@Tim_OVO 

Tesla owners club is an online forum similar to this

That government market study about charging has lots of opinions from different people and organisations. I submitted an individual response in there taking some points from my review

With BEV cars you need to know is Mile per Kwh my one does 5 miles on kwh of electricity.

The rapid charge speed , the faster the less time at chargers.

Rain and cold weather cut your range mine does 5.5 miles kwh summer 4 miles kwh winter.

Some cars with small batteries have more range than cars with large batteries.

Don’t buy EV with large battery if 95% of your journey’s are local this can save you around £6k on price.

Some great advice in deciding on the size of battery that might be needed to fit your driving requirements, @k1ms.

Was this a big deciding factor when you chose the Ioniq?

And excuse what might be a very obvious question this one - can you get the same EV model with different sized batteries fitted?

Sure I’ve seen some Leaf owners here comparing battery sizes, am I right on that one @PeterR1947, @ArundaleP, @PurpleV8?

There are definitely BEV vehicles with different battery sizes of the same mode available. 
Cost, weight (and efficiency) can depend on the battery size so it should be considered carefully before just going for the biggest capacity available. 

My first Leaf had a 40kWh battery, my current one is 62kWh and I got good deals on both through Carwow.com. 

The reason I changed to a bigger battery was to get greater range and although @k1ms said don’t go for a bigger battery if 95% of your journeys are local, I make regular trips to a daughter in Sheffield and also to Grandkids in Birmingham and Plymouth.

With the 62kWh I get to and fro Birmingham and Sheffield without a charge en route, the 40kWh required a charge on the Sheffield Journey.  To Plymouth the 62kWh needs a charge on the way, no problem as we always stop halfway for a break; the 40kWh required two charges and that was a pain!

I went for a Leaf second time round although others have better range (Kia) as the leaf is a very comfortable and functionable car and  I particularly like the e-pedal function which allows you to drive 90% of the time using only one pedal!