Ioniq 5 Ultimate 73kWh RWD

5000 miles over two years? I’d be looking hard at the excess mileage charges on that deal!

ID7 looks decent on paper, the least disappointing of the iD designs. But VW has so comprehensively failed the EV test that I’d want a good long drive in one before deciding.

It’s already 66p a mile before you put fuel in it or insure/tax it.

You need to set that aside as you will never experience that again. Going from a turbo diesel to electric then electric to electric will not have the same impact.

Probably easier if you have a list of must haves, nice to have and absolutely nots for your next car.

Funnily enough I stumbled across the iD7 last night online. Car called it 'the best VW EV so far'.

Certainly has the presence and space I want and the range. Also the interior is a bit more logical than other VAG EV offerings, although the I5 is in my opinion, spot on in that regard. Not stupidly expensive either although the level of standard kit will determine if it becomes sensible or not after adding in any options packs. I think a heat pump is an option whereas it is standard on the I5 now and the Scenic. Anyway I will add it to the cars to inspect; a list that is not that long.

Still thinking about the Alfa Junior. It comes back to the comment I made to Al about buying the car for 95% of the time you will use it, not the other 5%. The Junior is too small for some trips, but they are probably once or twice a year and actually not so far that using a taxi wouldn't be a sensible alternative. The Kia EV3 is yet to be looked over.

Zero VED at the moment but that will become £190 like petrol and diesel cars soon enough. And if it cost more than £40k when new and it less than 5 years old there's the 'expensive car' tax to add to that. So from next April you'll be paying £600 for your VED because it will be classed as an 'expensive car' thus an extra £410. Assuming that the £190 rate and the £410 rate do not go up next April.

And I suppose if the i3 is less than 5 years old and cost over £40k when new, that's going to be another £600pa for VED. 

The £40k for 'expensive cars' really needs to go up a lot.

Okay you'll only pay £190 x 2 then. But you said about zero tax which isn't quite the case going forward. You'll be paying the same as my 2.5l petrol car. Seems fair enough to me though because it's a tax to pay for the roads. I already pay fuel duty to cover the use of a polluting car. And heavy EVs should perhaps pay a bit more because they cause more damage to road surfaces??