Discussion
Not an owner but been looking myself.
"Go Green Autos" on youtube is a dealer in them and has some great videos on common Zoe issues (and how to fix them) - charge flap issues, broken headlight mountings, drop links, resetting the R-Link system, etc.
SpeakEV or the owners club ( https://www.rzoc.club/ ) are full of info too.
"Go Green Autos" on youtube is a dealer in them and has some great videos on common Zoe issues (and how to fix them) - charge flap issues, broken headlight mountings, drop links, resetting the R-Link system, etc.
SpeakEV or the owners club ( https://www.rzoc.club/ ) are full of info too.
They're great. Love mine.
It's not a drivers car and if you do big mileage you'll always be doing mental arithmetic to work out how far you can go.
But, for my commute into the city and a home charge point (hence not relying on a network), nothing fits the bill better. Nice and relaxing, very quiet, instant torque and quite a bit of kit as standard. Plus pre-conditioning never gets old. Haven't had to de-ice a car in years!! :-)
As mentioned, have a look at SpeakEV. If you can live with the range, can charge easily and accept the fact that most will come with battery rental costs as well, it's definitely worth a look.
It's not a drivers car and if you do big mileage you'll always be doing mental arithmetic to work out how far you can go.
But, for my commute into the city and a home charge point (hence not relying on a network), nothing fits the bill better. Nice and relaxing, very quiet, instant torque and quite a bit of kit as standard. Plus pre-conditioning never gets old. Haven't had to de-ice a car in years!! :-)
As mentioned, have a look at SpeakEV. If you can live with the range, can charge easily and accept the fact that most will come with battery rental costs as well, it's definitely worth a look.
I had a first gen one for several years, and it was broadly excellent, very good at doing what it was meant to do.
Aside from the usual EV stuff (does your usage criteria suit the range etc), I did encounter a few occasions of it refusing to accept a charge, which was frustrating, but the good old "to have you tried turning it off and on again?" approach "fixed" that - drove it a bit further and tried again, and it was happy.
Quality of the build was good, you can feel it's been cheapened/lightened on interior plastics, but it rode smoothly and quietly. Not a performance car, but drove/handled perfectly nicely.
They're not for everyone, but anyone who's vaguely interested should probably at least give one a go, if it fits your needs, it's a nice little car.
Aside from the usual EV stuff (does your usage criteria suit the range etc), I did encounter a few occasions of it refusing to accept a charge, which was frustrating, but the good old "to have you tried turning it off and on again?" approach "fixed" that - drove it a bit further and tried again, and it was happy.
Quality of the build was good, you can feel it's been cheapened/lightened on interior plastics, but it rode smoothly and quietly. Not a performance car, but drove/handled perfectly nicely.
They're not for everyone, but anyone who's vaguely interested should probably at least give one a go, if it fits your needs, it's a nice little car.
They've been around that for a while (certainly the RZOC / DSG deal) but Renault is pushing a new offer through their dealers that bring a lot of them closer to that. Or battery owned under £20k if you think that's a better option (you can make the case for both).
Been back and forth on this - lease ends January and was pretty set on picking up a used 22kwh Zoe but used prices are a bit silly and that's not a big uplift to a brand new 41kwh one. More range than we need most of the time but would mean more of the occasional long trips are viable without charging. Just wondering how late I can leave it before everything switches over to the new ZE50 Zoe.
Been back and forth on this - lease ends January and was pretty set on picking up a used 22kwh Zoe but used prices are a bit silly and that's not a big uplift to a brand new 41kwh one. More range than we need most of the time but would mean more of the occasional long trips are viable without charging. Just wondering how late I can leave it before everything switches over to the new ZE50 Zoe.
I had one for a couple of years on a lease and it was excellent. Range was 100 miles in the summer, bit less in the winter. Only niggle in the time that I had it was it's funky charging system used to trip out the chargers at work regularly.
Nice thing to commute in though.. I'd have another one but much higher lease prices put me off a new one and the battery rental puts me off second hand
Nice thing to commute in though.. I'd have another one but much higher lease prices put me off a new one and the battery rental puts me off second hand
Sambucket said:
Looks like a bit of a sale on new Zoes in advance of the refresh. Prices around 14k. Lease is expensive if you do more than 6k miles but that’s probably not happening in a Zoe runaround?
Very affordable
I have done 43k miles in 17 months in mine, it is perfectly capable on A roads, B roads and motorways and it is certainly much more than a runaround.Very affordable
I suppose our Zoe's insurance was a little expensive, but as was cheaper than the Audi S1 it replaced, didn't mind too much.
LV do an EV policy which includes recovery is you run out of range.
Seems a great little car so far, good range, fine on the motorway for longer trips, and she loves it for her daily commute, with the compact size makes parking a doddle (the Model 3 is still too big for her).
LV do an EV policy which includes recovery is you run out of range.
Seems a great little car so far, good range, fine on the motorway for longer trips, and she loves it for her daily commute, with the compact size makes parking a doddle (the Model 3 is still too big for her).
We've had a Zoe for a year now and have done just shy of 9k miles in it.
The range is more than enough for nearly anything we do. Even in winter it gets about 120 miles which is still a 2-hour drive, realistically. It's rare you'd drive for that long and not want to stop for a quick break. The pre-heat function (or pre-cool in summer) is really helpful as well - Especially when the car is still plugged in so you're not using any journey power to condition the cabin.
We have a home charge-point and plug in overnight when required. I think we charge it about once a fortnight unless we do a longer trip - My partner's commute is about 10 miles return and we use the car at weekends around town mostly. When he visits his family he'll take it up to Sheffield (230 miles or so) and stops once on the way for lunch and charge and sometimes again for a coffee and top-up charge later. When we did the journey in an ICE car we still make the same stops, so there's no time lost. He then charges up on a 3-pin plug at his parent's place while he's there for two days and can come back on the same route. Without the 3-pin charge he'd just need to stop sooner in the return journey for a rapid-charge at a service station.
We've only once ever had issues charging and that was when another car was using the post - we drove on to the next services and charged there. It's surprising how many non-service stations have charging facilities. Places we charge regularly just off the top of my head;
- Castlepoint shopping centre (Bournemouth)
- Richmond Hill car park (Bournemouth)
- Westgate shopping centre (Oxford)
- Gunwharf Quays (Portsmouth)
- Harvester in Didcot (a good option on longer journeys instead of generic services)
- Loads of hotels; Holiday Inn and Ibis often have charge-points. Easy to pop in for a coffee while it charges.
Happy to answer questions about ownership
The range is more than enough for nearly anything we do. Even in winter it gets about 120 miles which is still a 2-hour drive, realistically. It's rare you'd drive for that long and not want to stop for a quick break. The pre-heat function (or pre-cool in summer) is really helpful as well - Especially when the car is still plugged in so you're not using any journey power to condition the cabin.
We have a home charge-point and plug in overnight when required. I think we charge it about once a fortnight unless we do a longer trip - My partner's commute is about 10 miles return and we use the car at weekends around town mostly. When he visits his family he'll take it up to Sheffield (230 miles or so) and stops once on the way for lunch and charge and sometimes again for a coffee and top-up charge later. When we did the journey in an ICE car we still make the same stops, so there's no time lost. He then charges up on a 3-pin plug at his parent's place while he's there for two days and can come back on the same route. Without the 3-pin charge he'd just need to stop sooner in the return journey for a rapid-charge at a service station.
We've only once ever had issues charging and that was when another car was using the post - we drove on to the next services and charged there. It's surprising how many non-service stations have charging facilities. Places we charge regularly just off the top of my head;
- Castlepoint shopping centre (Bournemouth)
- Richmond Hill car park (Bournemouth)
- Westgate shopping centre (Oxford)
- Gunwharf Quays (Portsmouth)
- Harvester in Didcot (a good option on longer journeys instead of generic services)
- Loads of hotels; Holiday Inn and Ibis often have charge-points. Easy to pop in for a coffee while it charges.
Happy to answer questions about ownership
Gassing Station | EV and Alternative Fuels | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff