I know this is not really an electrical topic, but more of a financial topic surrounding electrical vehicles;

wow - I'm very temped to get my electrician an electrical van - he can then drive me around half the time and save my Van and fuel costs.....

I've considered it for a long time now, and Nissan seem to do a good electrical vehicle for a good cost???

VW - (My preference of Van historically) etc seem to be retrofitted electrical vehicles on existing chasis; bit of a design in progress maybe? A lot of ignorance in play here. 

Does anyone know of any official financial figures for electrical vehicles? That I can install my own charge point is an additional attraction. 

Do any of us here use an electrical van and what do you think of them? Any makes/models to be recommended? 

Off the top of my head though - I'll make these figures up roughly on my real life needs - 

if - using the above articles stated costs - it costs circa £10 per 200 miles to charge up, it'll cost me £25 per week to get to and from my jobs (500 miles a week).

I filled up the transporter yesterday and I do this sort of weekly, - it cost me £116 and it wasn't even complaining it was empty yet......!!

I'd imagine I'd save - what - £90 a week - £3600 - £4680 a year? 

A nissan electric van

Nissan E-NV200

cost circa £28 000+VAT

I'd add 72 000 miles on the clock over three years - whats a three year old electric vehicle resale value at that age and milage? 

I'd save maybe 12 grand over three years in fuel??? or am I barking up the wrong tree here.....

My current Van costs me £600 in services a year (It gets done twice a year) - how often do electrical vehicles require servicing? 

I change my current Van every three years so there a financial loss that needs to be taken into account there between new and second hand - are electrical vehicles any worse? Could I keep an electrical vehicle - realistically -for the next 10 years and have any hope of a resale value? 

There's small use, I recon in asking a salesman as he's only going to give me the official line, and make it sound like I'm buying a good investment and vehicles for an electrician are never a good investment; just an overhead of varying proportions......

But I'm half way attracted/sold to the electrical vehicle idea. I'd only ever need the home charger as work is seldom more than 100 miles each way (200 miles return)and I could use the Transporter for any longer - further away - projects if necessary. 

I'm also a great skeptic of the climate saving potential of electric cars and their all round awesomeness......so I'm undecided.

My partner looked at getting an electric van but after seeing some reviews where tradies were saying that were getting around 50 miles from one charge in the colder months, he decided it wasn’t a good idea. He’d have to charge the van (more importantly FIND somewhere to charge the van) multiple times a day. It’s not unknown for him to do a few hundred miles in a day going from site to site and general running around for supplies and client meetings etc. 

Given that in the colder/darker months you’re using the heating, seat heaters, windscreen and mirror heaters (if fitted) as well as headlights etc then the advertised range of 200 miles drops considerably! 

My partner looked at getting an electric van but after seeing some reviews where tradies were saying that were getting around 50 miles from one charge in the colder months, he decided it wasn’t a good idea. He’d have to charge the van (more importantly FIND somewhere to charge the van) multiple times a day. It’s not unknown for him to do a few hundred miles in a day going from site to site and general running around for supplies and client meetings etc. 

Given that in the colder/darker months you’re using the heating, seat heaters, windscreen and mirror heaters (if fitted) as well as headlights etc then the advertised range of 200 miles drops considerably!