The future of insurance on EVs

Cannon_fodder

Starting us off is the following article

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/insurance/car/save-planet-buying-electric-car-pay-45pc-insure/

Any excuse to increase insurance :rolleyes:

KCross

Insurance on EV was much cheaper for me (€350 in Jan 2017) so I'd take that article with a pinch of salt. Most journalism around EV's is just rubbish.

samih

"Great" article. That 10 extra power stations argument again.

I love Sean nos

And the obvious question after reading the article, why, is not addressed.

samih

The right comparison world be insurance premium for an e-golf against some other golf. Or Leaf vs. Pulsar. Or Model S against Mercedes S500.

oppenheimer1

The only reasons I can think of is that as EV gains wider acceptance and a wider selection of society is driving them the risk profile changes or the fear of putting quick accellerating cars into the general motoring population will lead to more accidents. Maybe they are at a slightly higher risk of being stolen (I know a few leafs were taken around Dublin/Kildare recently)?

Its interesting though that the comments below do not reflect the article - the telegraph may has its own agenda?

Atlantic Dawn

I did see some posts online about the repair procedure for Tesla cars, it was far from standard and would cost a fortune, it's pretty much go back to Tesla for parts and repair.

$30k for this....
http://cdn.importantmedia.org/gas2/uploads/2015/01/03175940/tesla-accident.jpg

http://gas2.org/2015/01/06/this-is-what-30000-of-damage-looks-like-on-a-tesla-model-s/

Cannon_fodder

My thinking is that the usual prang that may involve replacing a radiator and bumper on an ICE is not the same on an EV and whatever work will be more expensive.
How resilient are EV cars driving through a flood?

I love Sean nos

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I did see some posts online about the repair procedure for Tesla cars, it was far from standard and would cost a fortune, it's pretty much go back to Tesla for parts and repair.

$30k for this....
http://cdn.importantmedia.org/gas2/uploads/2015/01/03175940/tesla-accident.jpg

http://gas2.org/2015/01/06/this-is-what-30000-of-damage-looks-like-on-a-tesla-model-s/

That should come down as the cars become more popular though. Also competition between places that will service them will increase. Besides, that's just Tesla. There are other EVs with more modest repair requirements.

Water John

When you see an article that puts charging a Leaf at 12/15 hours, the rest of the articles haven't any credibility.