Did you buy your EV to Save The Planet?

[aardvark5]

Simple question, was it at the top of your list?

I didn't and it comes nowhere on my tick list.

 

[webhiker]

No, not to save the planet, but to not having a responsibility of trashing it

 

[ReintjeWA]

I used to worry about these things, but then I realised I don’t have any kids and I won’t have any kids, and so many people with kids don’t do anything to keep the plant habitable, so why should I try? Now I just drive electric because it is better than ICE cars.

Besides, even with global warming and climate change, the planet will be fine, it’s the people that won’t be.

 

[Archev]

Emphatically YES. I used to go to school in the smog in Edinburgh where I almost couldn’t see my hand in front of my face and my hanky or scarf would be black with the coal dust I was trying to filter out to breath.

 

[Giller]

Oh now that's an interesting question.

To save the planet? Well that would open up a can of worms about what's involved in producing EV batteries etc compared to ICE vehicles, but in a way I made the transition from a PHEV to full EV because of the long term running cost savings as I was heading to retirement ( now done, loving it), also I was installing solar and EV locked with solar win win IMPO.

 

[siteguru]

I needed a car when I was retiring (early) as my company car would be going back. I decided that this may be the last car I buy (I had cash in the bank from the retirement pot and an inheritance, and I plan to keep this car until it drops) so I decided on New, and I also decided on EV because (even at standard home tariff) it would work out cheaper per mile than ICE.

The environment was merely a convenient by-product of the decision.

PS - this thread is better-suited to General Chat than here. @Alb @MG Clive

 

[Bam Bam]

Simple question, was it at the top of your list?

I didn't and it comes nowhere on my tick list.

I think "Save the planet" is a strong way to put it.

I don't think switching from petrol to EV 'saves the planet' but it is part of the switch from a very damaging to a less damaging way of doing things.

Nevertheless, for me the carbon saving and role in the energy transition was probably the main consideration in wanting to get an EV rather than continue with older petrol cars.

It meant we had to spend a lot more money than we previously had, so in that sense it was a case of putting money where the mouth is.

On the other hand, EVs are cheaper to run (if you can charge at home) and better in almost every way, which is a nice bonus!

 

[mg4]

My list was something like:

• cheaper to buy with all possible options (Trophy ER) than a Golf with 30% of the matching options
• incomperable driving experience to any ICE car, smoothness, even to automatic gearboxes.
• crazy acceleration when needed, but can creep at 2kph if needed
• no horrible fumes in the car
• no horrible fumes for the persons around me in or out of a car. At worst, the coal powerplant is surrounded by a ring of trees. Pay it forward in regards of stank at traffic lights, more EVs means i don't have an exhaust in front of my car that my air-conditioning pushes under pressure inside my lungs.
• was gonna charge for free from my solar panels but i learned that's a scam, at least in the Netherlands. I will forever hold a grudge that ALL HOAs block charging your EV in a country that claims green.., venting off
• and the MG4 particularly is just the best car in terms of handling and road posture i ever tried and i tried over 30, maybe even more cars over a short period of hiring cars and car sharing, it's how i learned about it, so it was pretty high on our list
• after we were gonna buy it anyways, MG had a deal to buy the top spec for the price of the entry model, plus 4k discount as end of year stock, extra deal. On top of that, the EV subsidy. So a no brainer.

 

[MG Clive]

Partly to save the planet, and partly to save money.

PS - this thread is better-suited to General Chat than here. @Alb @MG Clive

Thanks, moved.

 

[Gadget Geek]

To reduce air pollution, reduce CO2 emmissions and to reduce the cost of motoring. Maybe a drop in the ocean, but the ocean is made up of drops.

 

[PeterHR2]

An emphatic yes. Although, on an individual level, my (and anyone else's) choice to do so has a negligible impact on annual global GHG emissions, that small effect is measurable and scales with take up and time. We also invested in solar panels to utilise as much renewable energy as possible since we work from home. And we are about to invest in battery storage now the break even period for that investment is more sensible. And our energy tariff is more than it could be because we choose to ensure 100% renewable energy from the grid (and yes, I know some of that 100% renewable is from the use of REGOs, but you have to go that route while the world is in transition to cleaner power).

Yes, I still have a Disco 3. But that is only used in an emergency or when practicalities demand its use. So it's gone from about 10k miles pa to much less than 2k miles pa in normal circumstances.

Another factor in my EV purchases (and renewable generation investment) is a general wish to reduce/eliminate general pollution in addition to reducing my carbon footprint, such as PM levels, low-level ozone, NOx emissions and acid washout (rain).

I can recall the 1960s and 1970s, as ICEs sales growth rapidly compounded and before town-centre pedestrianisation became a 'thing'. They were smelly, dirty places, injurious to health. Thank heavens for the movement away from leaded fuels and the introduction of ultralow-sulphur fuels.

 

[OriginalBigAl]

My wife said . " We are getting an EV " .

 

[Archev]

My wife said . " We are getting an EV " .

Clever girl

 

[aardvark5]

I needed a car when I was retiring (early) as my company car would be going back. I decided that this may be the last car I buy (I had cash in the bank from the retirement pot and an inheritance, and I plan to keep this car until it drops) so I decided on New, and I also decided on EV because (even at standard home tariff) it would work out cheaper per mile than ICE.

That is basically my reason when I was 66 taking my pensions two years ago however I didn't retire until last week I'm now wondering why I went two years over my retirement.

 

[Bam Bam]

Simple question, was it at the top of your list?

I didn't and it comes nowhere on my tick list.

Did we have a poll on this once? Should we have another one?

Happy to set up.

Just don't let T1 Terry set the thing up because it will be a total mess!

 

[salty]

Nope just bought it coz i fancied one.
If by any chance it helps to save the Planet, just a little bit, then good.
Also didn't buy it to save loads of money, either. If it does save me money then, great.
Did my homework and decided yep, that'll do for me.
And not regretted it one bit.

 

[5teep]

I needed a car when I was retiring (early) as my company car would be going back. I decided that this may be the last car I buy (I had cash in the bank from the retirement pot and an inheritance, and I plan to keep this car until it drops) so I decided on New, and I also decided on EV because (even at standard home tariff) it would work out cheaper per mile than ICE.

The environment was merely a convenient by-product of the decision.

PS - this thread is better-suited to General Chat than here. @Alb @MG Clive

Pretty much my position also. Retirement looming and a need for a car, having driven electric for a few years it was a 'no brainer' to stick with it. Oh and save the planet too, um yeah..

 

[5teep]

Simple question, was it at the top of your list?

I didn't and it comes nowhere on my tick list.

Fully 'on board' with the need for us to stop burning fossil fuels though it's more about helping combat health issues than saving the world. Wasn't top of my list though, that was long term cost saving.

 

[Alb]

I came at this from a somewhat unconventional angle.
A large part of my professional engineering career revolved around the introduction of electric propulsion to warships. It seemed a logical progression to do the same with my car.

 

[LenEV2016]

Got one as it was cheaper to run nippy to drive and is convenient.
Now a two car ev family and won't go back