Leigh drives a Volkswagen ID.3 Family Pro Performance 2022 electric car.

This is Leigh’s first electric car, he’s owned the ID.3 for less than 1 year and drives between 5,000-10,000 miles annually. The current mileage of the car is between 0-500 miles and he achieves 225 miles range from a full charge.

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Why did you choose the Volkswagen ID.3?

Partly environmental reasons but mainly because the driving experience is simply better – smoother, quieter, more relaxing and above all, easier.

Positives – List 3 or more reasons why you love this electric car.

• Smooth ride
• quiet
• relaxing
• stress-free and convenient – no more queuing at petrol stations.

Negatives – List 3 or more things that you really don’t like about this electric car.

The current state of the public charging infrastructure is not keeping up with the uptake of electric vehicles. Apart from that, there’s nothing I don’t like.

Have you experienced any faults with the car? If so, what have they been?

None.

What are the standout tech features of your car?

Regen braking and the fact that our car will slow down automatically when approaching a junction based on radar/sat nav data, saving you even more energy.

Surprise us! Tell us something people wouldn’t readily know about this car.

It helps you to see around corners at night!

What electric car are you interested in next and why?

None as yet, still too early in our EV journey.

What home charging unit do you use? Would you recommend it to others and why?

Andersen A2 – we chose it partly for its automated features and its app but also because of its aesthetics. It hides the cable and doesn’t look like a hose reel on the front of your house.

Rate your Andersen home charging unit out of 5.

What home electricity supplier & tariff do you use? Would you recommend it to others and why?

Octopus Go – highly recommended thanks to the cheap-rate overnight tariff.

Rate Octopus Go out of 5.

What public charging networks would you recommend to others and why?

• Gridserve
• IONITY
• Osprey

Due to their reliability, I just wish there were more of them.

List your top 3 favourite public charging networks (in order of preference).

• Gridserve
• IONITY
• Osprey
• with InstaVolt up there too.

Who do you insure your electric car with? Would you recommend them to others and why?

LV – highly recommended due to their dedicated EV policies.

Rate LV out of 5.

Estimate how much money you save per month owning and running an electric car compared to a petrol/diesel car.

£80.

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