EV ownership aspirations over the longer term and how the way you own one and experiences with them impact your thoughts
Before you answer, this isn't an anti-EV post despite my views on them. I am legitimately curious about some things to do with longer term ownership aspirations and how experience with EV's plays into them whether or not you currently own (or at least drive) an EV in normal day to day activities.
If you currently have an EV do you own it fully outright (either with or without a normal car loan), or have you bought it through a lease agreement (novated) where you have a three-party salary packaging agreement via your work?
If you fully own yours, how long do you intend to keep it before disposing of it (presumably on-selling as a used car), and will you replace it with another EV or go back to a normal ICE vehicle (or perhaps a hybrid)?
If you own yours via a lease, how long is the lease term, and at the end of the term do you intend to pay out the lease and take full ownership, or 'dispose' of it through the leasing agreeement and get another vehicle. Will that other vehicle be another EV or a normal ICE vehicle (or perhaps a hybrid)?
If you don't currently have an EV (for clarity, I don't) would you consider one to replace an existing ICE vehicle and would you want to buy outright (either full up-front payment or through a normal car loan) or get one via a lease?
I have not driven an EV but have driven some hybrids that that my work had on hire for a short time.
I'm really curious about the prospective aspirations at play here, and note like I said this is not an anti-EV post so I'm being supportive of all options. Pretty much all the people I talk to that lease EV's use novated leases via salary packaging providers that their work contracts with and the lease term seems to be normally 5 years. I've only spoken to 1 person who owns an EV outright (not leased) but I'm sure over time that more people will own them outright instead of leasing (or pay out the lease and keep the car).
In either case (owned outright [maybe with normal loan]) or leased) what aspects of your experience with your current EV are making you keen to stick with it and/or go with another EV down the track, or are making you want to go back to a normal ICE vehicle?
At my worksite there are two staff out of about 60 that own an EV - one has a Volvo XC-40 full electric (made by Geely) but rarely brings it to work and the other person has a BYD Atto. We don't have any EV charging facilities at the workplace. The person who owns the XC-40 also has a Chinese made great wall diesel ute, while the person who has the Atto used to have a normal Commodore station wagon but I think sold that and just uses the Atto.
Please in your responses remember this is not an anti-EV post.
If you currently have an EV do you own it fully outright (either with or without a normal car loan), or have you bought it through a lease agreement (novated) where you have a three-party salary packaging agreement via your work?
If you fully own yours, how long do you intend to keep it before disposing of it (presumably on-selling as a used car), and will you replace it with another EV or go back to a normal ICE vehicle (or perhaps a hybrid)?
If you own yours via a lease, how long is the lease term, and at the end of the term do you intend to pay out the lease and take full ownership, or 'dispose' of it through the leasing agreeement and get another vehicle. Will that other vehicle be another EV or a normal ICE vehicle (or perhaps a hybrid)?
If you don't currently have an EV (for clarity, I don't) would you consider one to replace an existing ICE vehicle and would you want to buy outright (either full up-front payment or through a normal car loan) or get one via a lease?
I have not driven an EV but have driven some hybrids that that my work had on hire for a short time.
I'm really curious about the prospective aspirations at play here, and note like I said this is not an anti-EV post so I'm being supportive of all options. Pretty much all the people I talk to that lease EV's use novated leases via salary packaging providers that their work contracts with and the lease term seems to be normally 5 years. I've only spoken to 1 person who owns an EV outright (not leased) but I'm sure over time that more people will own them outright instead of leasing (or pay out the lease and keep the car).
In either case (owned outright [maybe with normal loan]) or leased) what aspects of your experience with your current EV are making you keen to stick with it and/or go with another EV down the track, or are making you want to go back to a normal ICE vehicle?
At my worksite there are two staff out of about 60 that own an EV - one has a Volvo XC-40 full electric (made by Geely) but rarely brings it to work and the other person has a BYD Atto. We don't have any EV charging facilities at the workplace. The person who owns the XC-40 also has a Chinese made great wall diesel ute, while the person who has the Atto used to have a normal Commodore station wagon but I think sold that and just uses the Atto.
Please in your responses remember this is not an anti-EV post.
