If she likes BMW's - i3?
but ID3 has to be the sweet spot here...
(eMini supposed to be good fun - but not a massive range - which might not be an issue here..)
I don't know what the budget is, but if a 1-series is sort of in the ballpark...
It was automatic (I think all electric cars are?) but seemed to have got rid of the old issue that automatics had where they had no power while they changed gear. That said, the last time I drove one was a hire car in the States about 15 years ago, so I’d hope technology has moved on a bit.
Didn't think EVs even had gearboxs.. I think its just linear power output from the motor, 0 to ~20,000 revs.. thus no physical changing of gears....Leasing might well be a good option though, since the 2nd hand value is going to be pants due to the massive acceleration in tech. Who wants to buy a 3 year old EV.
Didn't think EVs even had gearboxs.. I think its just linear power output from the motor, 0 to ~20,000 revs.. thus no physical changing of gears.
BMW lent is an i3s for 24 hours recently, so it is definitely possible to get longer tests. We also test drove an iD3, and then ordered one.
I'm finding it quite difficult to get a grip on whether or not electric cars are actually better for the environment as there's so many differing opinions. It seems like the more we switch over to electric the better it will be as economies of scale and efficiency improvements during production kick in. Does anyone have any solid non biased info on this?
I mean, if budget isn't an issue - get a Model X...