FAQ - Electric cars

Going electric is a revolution. Beev is a team of professionals at your side for the duration of your electric mobility project. Switching from thermal energy to electricity can be complex and time-consuming. Beev's aim is to help you make the transition to electric power quickly and easily.

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Electric cars are the future! Yes, there are many advantages to switching to an electric car these days, including its environmental credentials, its cost-effectiveness, its lifespan and its subsidies. What's more, the sale of combustion-powered cars will be banned in France from 2040, so the future looks bright for electric cars worldwide.

At Beev, we're experts in electric mobility. We can provide you with turnkey solutions. So, if you go through us, you'll be able to get offers on every possible type of finance, and on every electric vehicle on the market. Something a single dealer can't do.

What's more, we work with a large network of dealers throughout France, giving us access to a very large stock of vehicles available immediately.

Beev has chosen to specialise in 100 % electric vehicles because we don't want to sell vehicles that use fossil fuels.

The biggest difference between these two types of vehicle is the engine. The internal combustion engine of a combustion engine vehicle burns petrol or diesel to produce energy. Electric vehicles, on the other hand, use an electric motor that runs on electricity stored in a battery.
A combustion vehicle emits polluting exhaust gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx), while an electric vehicle produces no direct emissions, although the carbon footprint depends on how the electricity is generated.
Finally, internal combustion vehicles tend to cost more in fuel and maintenance. Electric vehicles generally have lower running costs, thanks to lower electricity tariffs and fewer moving parts requiring maintenance.

Are electric cars more environmentally friendly than combustion-powered cars? Is that the question? The obvious answer is "yes"! Electric cars do not directly emit carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the main greenhouse gases responsible for global warming. Nor do electric vehicles emit any other polluting gases or fine particles, which cause pollution peaks in major cities.

The first electric car appeared... in 1830! However, the models on sale today have little in common with their ancestors. So how does an electric car work? The principle behind electric cars is quite simple. Instead of a combustion engine (petrol or diesel), it has an electric motor powered by a battery built into the vehicle! There's no clutch: just press the accelerator pedal and the battery releases direct current. A converter then transforms this direct current into alternating current and generates an electromagnetic field that passes through the motor's moving copper coil.

Our site allows you to simulate how much you will save by choosing to go electric. These estimates are based on the following criteria:
the average price of petrol and diesel ;
kWh/100 km consumption: this corresponds to the average amount of energy consumed by an electric car to travel 100 kilometres;
the average price per kWh of electricity in France.

With no clutch, no oil change and no exhaust system, electric vehicles require less maintenance and less frequent visits than traditional petrol or diesel vehicles.

Electric cars accelerate faster than internal combustion cars and have more than enough speed for regular use. Electric motors convert more than 85 % of electrical energy into mechanical energy, or motion, compared with less than 40 % for a gas combustion engine.

New electric vehicles benefit from an ecological bonus that can be added to the conversion premium. Together, the bonus and premium can amount to up to €13,000 for a new electric passenger car.
This can be supplemented by various regional grants.

The additional costs of an electric car are not numerous: maintenance and recharging are the main additional costs for an electric car.

Electric car battery warranties average 8 years or 160,000 kilometres, although this varies from manufacturer to manufacturer.

Of course! Electric car batteries can be recycled. Nearly 20,000 tonnes are recycled every year in France, a figure likely to rise to 700,000 tonnes by 2035.

At the end of their life, electric car batteries go through a crucial final stage: recycling. The aim is to recover as many reusable resources as possible while consuming as little energy as possible. Recycling an electric vehicle battery meets a dual challenge: reducing the amount of waste generated when a battery reaches the end of its life, and encouraging the reuse of as many of the components and resources involved in its manufacture as possible.

There are several types of financing for electric vehicles:

- Cash purchase
- Long-term rental
- Hire with Purchase Option

To find out which type of finance is right for you, we invite you to contact one of our experts.

Under a leasing agreement, you will be invoiced when you receive your vehicle.

Yes, you can test drive the vehicle before you order it. In fact, we strongly advise you to take the vehicle for a test drive to get a good idea of the specific features of an electric vehicle. Don't hesitate to speak to one of our sales representatives about scheduling a test drive to suit your schedule and your geographical area. You can write to us at the following address [email protected].

Our teams will deal with your request as quickly as possible. When you contact our after-sales service, you'll get a response within a day.
We pay particular attention to each request. However, the processing time may vary depending on the type of problem you are experiencing.

Our primary objective is to help you solve the problem you are experiencing.