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Electric Propulsion - The Answer to Julian's Question
Greg has updated his figures on how many miles you need to drive before the savings from using electricity over petrol cover the increased cost of buying an EV. The maximum comes from the government's recent energy price guarantee electricity price cap, and the minimum comes from your suggestions to recalculate using the significantly cheaper electricity cost you can get. For every mile you drive in an electric car, you save 10p compared to a petrol equivalent,. You need to drive close to 87,000 miles before you reach that financial break even point - which would take you almost 12 and a half years with the average annual mileage in the UK of 7,000 miles. At that average annual mileage, that would take
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