A MOTORIST who loves driving his EV has revealed the reason why he wouldn’t buy one.
The cars enthusiast confessed he enjoys the new MG4 as it’s cheap and easy to drive.
The EV fan praised the new MG4Auto Express
The motorist leased the Chinese-owned vehicle – which boasts 218 miles of range version thanks to a 51kWh powered-battery.
The MG4 has a rear-wheel drive and a tech-laden interior, with a 10.25-inch widescreen infotainment system with upgraded software.
Praising the EV, the driver told The Telegraph: “It is cheap to run, easy to charge, I don’t get range anxiety and it hasn’t burst into flames yet.
“So far, my experience with electric cars has been seamless and faultless.”
But despite its high performance, the EV fan admitted he wouldn’t buy one.
The motorist said the uncertainty behind its long-term costs put him off.
He added: “Putting aside the fact that I don’t have £30,000 in my back pocket, if I was to invest in a new car I’d want to know how much it was going to cost me year-to-year and that it was going to last.
“We know very little about how much used electric cars will be worth in five, 10 or 20 years – especially as cheap Chinese models flood the market.
“What is particularly concerning now is the surging cost of insurance that thankfully I am protected against.
“Even signing up to a three-year lease seemed like a gamble with the extra red tape and lack of working and available charging points across the country.
The lack of charging points nationwide and the difficulty of installing one at home are also reasons for not buying, he said.
“After making the order, my local council said it would not let me install a charging point at my house because I do not have off-street parking.
“It didn’t matter that there’s no pavement in front of my house and the cable would cross over the boundary and onto the road by only a few inches,” he added.
Instead, the EV owner has to run a cable directly into a normal outdoor household socket – which takes longer to charge the vehicle.
The driver said: “As most electric car drivers know, you still cannot rely on public chargers.
“I’ve lost count of the times I’ve tried to plug in while out and about and the charger doesn’t work or I haven’t got the right app to use it.
“Electric cars are great, clean and are lovely to drive, but the infrastructure we’ve been provided with still does not inspire confidence.”
It comes as Rishi Sunak delayed the petrol and diesel car ban until 2035.
In a major speech delivered from Downing Street, the PM hailed The Sun’s Give Us A Brake campaign as he ripped up expensive net zero policies.
He confirmed in September that the deadline to replace boilers with £10,000 heat pumps will be postponed.
Meanwhile, a tech expert revealed three reasons that EVs could stay more expensive for longer as car brands face a tough decision.
Andrew Orlowski, founder of research network Think of X, suggested that the cheap electric car revolution may still be quite a way off.