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A fully speced Skoda enyak in Ireland comes to over 80K USD and most basic version with just a charging cable is over 50K USD, outside of the environment I don'
by mywacaday 6y ago
A fully speced Skoda enyak in Ireland comes to over 80K USD and most basic version with just a charging cable is over 50K USD, outside of the environment I don't see the motivation for moving to electric, I can have the 2/3 year old car with higher spec for less than half those costs and absorb the running costs and extra tax with money left over, I don't see how all of society is going to move to electric given the enormous cost s.
- alkonaut 6y agoIt’ll go down hopefully. ID4/Enyaq marks the first really mainstream and full size (only range compromised vs ICE, not size etc) from mainstream brands. Leaf, Bolt, Teslas were not that (a Tesla to replace a full size wagon or suv is the still elusive Y or the luxury X) Whether 50k over 80k is worth if depends on incentives and taxes. For me the tax on the 50k one will be $1-2k per year and almost nothing on the electric. Then there is a $3.5k one time subsidy, slightly lower maintenance costs and fuel savings (assuming home charging). It’s still a more expensive car to own but it’s not fair to compare sticker price. To me I calculate around a $10k extra cost over the 3 years I’d own the car. This is why I’m buying the ICE and will go for an electric next time. I also don’t want to be a tester for the first gen cars. Always buy the second gen.