Buying a car, what fuel bearing in mind new legislation?

[Kayemm]

DH and I need a new car, we've always bought with either 0% finance or a bank loan. We usually keep them for around 10 years if we possibly can.

We have an Audi Diesel and have been advised by the garage to get it through it's MOT and get rid as soon as possible, the choice of diesel was a mistake. We'll get around 5k for it.

We were looking at a non plug in hybrid or a petrol but now think that the second hand market for these is going to start to plummet along with the cost of petrol going up as more and more stations convert to chargers.

I'm not keen on going wholly electric yet as we tend to drive in this country for holidays and do around 12k miles a year, it's a lot of time that we would have to spend charging.

Anyone in a similar situation or have any advice to give?

There has been some horror stories in the press about the the extortionate cost of insurance for EVs. It would be interesting to know what the reality is.

@Kayemm Just a thought, I know you said you don’t want one…BUT…
We have an electric car, it charges very cheaply overnight so it is no time at all out of our lives because we are sleeping.
When travelling further afield, we stop at the services(as we would have to do anyway with a petrol car, because someone always needs the loo!) plug it in, and by the time everyone has been to the loo, got a coffee etc it is charged. It’s not an inconvenience at all if your long distance driving is for holidays.
If it’s for work that may be a different story I guess?? But still it’s a good idea to take regular breaks if driving long distances, and when you’re doing that, you can be charging. To me, it is no more inconvenient than queuing at a petrol station, filling up, then queuing up to pay.
We have saved so much money on fuel that our car repayments are 2/3 cancelled out.

Because when I looked into changing cars, this is what research told me. Willing to accept the research has changed but Google says 10-20 years. If it lasts 20 then great but 10 isn’t particularly great. I’m sure they’ll improve. My bigger issue is I’d need to charge after driving to my parents and there’s no where near them to conveniently fully charge. I don’t see them often so don’t want to plan in an hour or more somewhere to charge rather than visiting them and I’m not asking them to charge my car because I think that’s extremely rude. In a few years I’d definitely reconsider if battery life and infrastructure improved.

When travelling further afield, we stop at the services(as we would have to do anyway with a petrol car, because someone always needs the loo!) plug it in, and by the time everyone has been to the loo, got a coffee etc it is charged. It’s not an inconvenience at all if your long distance driving is for holidays.

I hear people say similar quite often. However, our car can do 500 miles between fill ups and there are only two of us. Even on a long journey a stop for fuel and the loo takes five minutes.

I suppose it needs a change in mindset and an acceptance that long journeys are going to be even longer than they used to be.

About the same as other cars IME

Ours is high, almost £2000 a year and we are in our 50's with great NCD.
Car was quite expensive though

Why do people insist on saying rubbish about EVs? Especially when they don't even have one....

No, you don't need a new battery after 8 years. Research shows it's more like 20 now. Maybe the original EVs a decade ago but not anymore.

Insurance the same as ICE for me.