My neighbor was telling me she paid 65p per kw at a motorway services recently. That makes it about the same as petrol/diesel.
I do wonder, there are plenty of subsidies on EVs, the big one is the amount of tax saved if you have an EV as a company car in the UK. Depending on the country, no road tax, no road tolls, free city centre parking, government cashback on purchase.
Plenty of other knock on impacts too. Fewer fuel stations, petrol/diesel becoming more expensive, fewer mechanics and garages, reduced demand for steel, higher electricity prices. If you drive through most towns have the outskirts proliferated with car dealers, exhaust centres, mot centres, what will happen to the loss of jobs and taxes when they go?
I suspect that within the next 5 to 10 years the subsidies/incentives will go and we will see EV running costs not dissimilar to current ICE vehicles.
I do wonder, there are plenty of subsidies on EVs, the big one is the amount of tax saved if you have an EV as a company car in the UK. Depending on the country, no road tax, no road tolls, free city centre parking, government cashback on purchase.
Plenty of other knock on impacts too. Fewer fuel stations, petrol/diesel becoming more expensive, fewer mechanics and garages, reduced demand for steel, higher electricity prices. If you drive through most towns have the outskirts proliferated with car dealers, exhaust centres, mot centres, what will happen to the loss of jobs and taxes when they go?
I suspect that within the next 5 to 10 years the subsidies/incentives will go and we will see EV running costs not dissimilar to current ICE vehicles.