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Electric cars are getting better all the time, with improved ranges and increased affordability. It’s expected they will achieve price-parity with ICE around 2025, but with offerings like the award-winning MG4 EV family crossover costing about the same as a Ford Focus, and further new Chinese entries due in the market, as well as the EV price-war recently ignited by Tesla slashing prices by over 10% on some of its models, this is already happening.
Electric cars are more energy efficient, 85-90% compared to just 17-21% efficiency for ICE vehicles, while they are carbon-intensive to produce, over the longer run, they will be better for the environment. Production costs will come down, as well energy costs, and supply will be cleaner with more renewable energy sources coming online.
EVs are also ideal for those that can charge at home with a smart meter utilising low-cost electricity. Home owners that install solar panels can save even more, plus, as car-to-home charging starts to become available, when electricity is at peak rates, it will be possible to use the EV to send electricity back to your house, essentially turning your car into a domestic energy storage device!
While EVs rapidly use up charge on longer journeys at motorway speeds, drive them in town in heavy traffic and they actually recoup energy astonishingly well, so you can actually achieve much higher ranges in town than you would expect. Plus, they are cheaper and less complex to maintain as well as boasting excellent performance.
While the EV revolution may appear to be stalling, it’s farer to say it’s normalising. EVs remain worthwhile contenders for your shortlist. Just make sure they’re the right choice for you at this time.