That’s still more than the premium I pay for a petrol jap import. By around £125? In fact my insurance has stayed reasonably static for the last 3 years. (I was expecting some renewal shockers over Covid.)
You dont think its got anything to do with the 346 bhp the car has do you? or perhaps it was the long range version with 506 bhp, poor David maybe part ex it for a Renault Zoe.Driving an electric car should be a win-win, saving money and the planet. So David was shocked when the insurance on his Tesla Model Y came up for renewal, and Aviva refused to cover him again, while several other brands turned him away.
When David did secure a new deal, the annual cost rocketed from £1,200 to more than £5,000.
‘The quotes were £5,000 or more’: electric vehicle owners face soaring insurance costs
Drivers who ditched petrol and diesel to help save the planet face huge price rises in premiumswww.theguardian.com
www.telegraph.co.uk
You could argue that they are not adequate for all cars. The destruction of the Luton Airport Car Park was not due to an electric car.Car parking spaces will have to be bigger because of electric car fires
1960s-era fire safety laws could be inadequate to tackle risks from EV batteries, says report
Unless the fire spread to a nearby electric car or cars. There was speculation that this was why it spread so quickly.
When we extended our drive to take two cars we were told that it had to be 4.8 metres wide, so 2.4 metres per car. I'm not sure that parking bays in general are 2.4 metres wide, although the ones at our Waitrose do seem to be particularly generous.
Side impact safety, window motors & door card speakers? I saw a BMW mini alongside a MK1 Escort a few months back in a supermarket car park. The Ford looked tiny.
Take a look at the new Volvo EX30 (coming soon). Interesting design ‘blue sky’ thinking in many areas. Doors being one of them. Speakers, across full width of dash. Mirror & window switching in centre console. So less cabling etc into doors. Good questioning of the ‘norm’.
Hello, just taken a look. My guess is just 2 less wires in the door loom. (The speakers.) Nice though, a “sound bar” just where there should be a windscreen vent?
I've always thought the standard parking bays to be inadequate. Most cars are between 1.5m and 1.8m wide, some wider. This gives just 300mm either side to the white line. But, the adjacent parked car has also 300mm to that same whiteline, giving a total gap of 600mm (between cars) for opening doors. 600 doesn't sound too bad, but how often do people park centrally. The most generous bays are still only 2.5m wide.
Yes, and no matter how far away one parks their car from the other cars, you can rest assured someone will go and park next to it. 🙄
I thought the same until my mobility was reduced due to replacement joints. I rarely am alone but often hubby holds the door so I can get to a decent sitting position to stand. I guess it all depends on height and how long one's legs are but often hubby has to park away from the kerb for me to get my feet down and out which in turn would be the same distance away from another car. So I now feel I want more room and would rather walk than park in a multistorey. In fact, I wish we lived near a town where I could walk or have things delivered.
Perhaps the unintended consequence of having an electric car might have some benefit (extra wide spaces) in the future as they try to prevent a domino effect from ev vehicle fires. With the disabled parking bays, if you qualify for one, which as you say isn't always easy to get, we get an extra three foot (1200mm width). This will likely be the size of the proposed electric vehicle bays. However, it would be an expensive way to get some room to open your door at around £40K plus.
