A refreshingly open-minded review, with some great tips on how to work best with an EV in your business. Thanks Mark.

I’m 14 years old and my dad let me use his van the same one as this and I have to admit it’s the fastest van I’ve ever drove I

@electrician247

Ай бұрын

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Good honest review Mark.

@electrician247

11 ай бұрын

Thanks mate. Tried to just share my experience and will come back with the winter use!

@sergiofernandez3725

11 ай бұрын

@@electrician247 look forward to it

Great review just a real world chat. I’ve got an ev car and in winter you will see a difference but I wouldn’t say it’s as bad as you can read but especially on really cold days it will drop which would be interesting to see how it affects a vans charge then.

@electrician247

11 ай бұрын

Thanks, yes I am curious about winter. Sadly I won't have to wait long to find out now lol.

@videoting1

11 ай бұрын

@@electrician247 😂 yep not too long now

How is it 7 months on from making this video? I'm just about to take the plunge on the same van but I need to get 70 miles per day. Charging at home on Octopus Intelligent so hoping to spend 4p per mile????

@electrician247

3 ай бұрын

70 miles a day you will be fine. I get around 140 miles consistently. Sometimes less in the really cold weather. My issue with it is the rapid charging due to more mileage than I had hoped for

You missed the absolute best bit of EV. They're just so much better to drive in local areas, the instant go, no gears and smoothness just take away lots of the fatigue you get with big ICE vehicles. Sure you know what i mean!

@electrician247

11 ай бұрын

Not so much tbh as we have automatic diesels which are the same. Don't notice any difference I'm terms of the drive. Outside the initial pickup in power when in power mode. Otherwise much of a muchness. Its a van/car.

As its a company van how do you claim for the electric used. Does it work the same aa a fuel van

@electrician247

10 ай бұрын

Pretty much. Fuel cards for public chargers, charged up at the unit on company electricity. Home charging more tricky. We use monta on the home charger and just pay with the work fuel card on that. Seems to work fine

when the guys you have working for you take the van home at the end of the day, do they have to pay for the elec to charge it over night. they will never work as a company vehicle

@electrician247

11 ай бұрын

Incorrect they will work fine as company vehicles. Can either use a OCPP charger and pay via normal expenses, charge at work, charge on public infrastructure. Loads of options. Atm we use OCPP wallbox chargers we see exactly what energy has gone into a vehicle same as any fuel expense when charged from home. The company then follows appropriate HMRC guidance in recompensing that cost to the user of the vehicle alongside the direct expense of the energy used. These things are all in place already. The difficulty is for those people who don't have off street parking for charging at home. This will have to be factored in by any employers. Personally we will just use public charging and charging at our workspace. Simples.

Just a shame it doesn’t have a frunk also the range will drop in winter and yet again maté charging infrastructure 🤔😎

@electrician247

11 ай бұрын

I'm looking forward to seeing how it does in winter. Sadly that is sooner than I would like tbh. Summer has gone so quick.

No road tax…., yet 🤔

@electrician247

11 ай бұрын

For sure. Only taxes and death are every certain.

TL;DR; No, unless you have time to spare on long journeys.

@electrician247

11 ай бұрын

Doesn't impact long journeys for me. Use both ice an ev.

If people can live with the true means for sourcing their battery minerals then they’re none the wiser and ignorant to current affairs.

@electrician247

11 ай бұрын

Who mentioned anything about the environment? I use ICE and electric both are not good. Consume less if you care. Watch less yt as data centres also don't help the worlds mineral use

@David-bl1bt

11 ай бұрын

Presumably a battery operated device will be used to watch this video, post the comment and communicate with others,and has been the case for years, no?...hypocrisy at its finest

@electrician247

11 ай бұрын

@David-bl1bt all the environmental arguments are so boring. Nothing is without faults.