During the early adoption phase, most manufacturers have not subjected their electric vehicles to the required homologation (certification) for towing. This is thought to be because EV’s tend to have short ranges compared to petrol and diesel cars, which would be cut drastically shorter when hauling a big trailer or caravan behind them! And most…
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Electric Car VED & BIK EV’s are exempt from the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED), but you still have to pay Benefit-in-Kind (BIK) tax if you plan to use an EV as a company car. This is because whilst the government want to incentivise the use of electric vehicles, they also don’t want to facilitate tax…
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EV Lithium-Ion Batteries Most modern batteries, including the ones you find in the latest smartphones and laptops, are made from Lithium-Ion, and this is the type that is currently found in most EV’s. However, as you’ve most likely experienced from your old smartphone or laptop, the batteries degrade over the course of a few years,…
PiCG In a bid to cut CO2 emissions, the UK government came up with a scheme called the plug-in car grant (PiCG). As of 18th March 2021, this pays up to 35% off the price of your new EV for you, but is limited to a maximum benefit of £2,500 and only for cars costing…
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The short answer is about a quarter of what you would pay at the pump for a petrol or diesel car, but good luck working out the exact cost per charge! That’s because you will now need to consider where you charge, what time of day you charge, whether you have a subscription to use…
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As you’ll see from our section on How much does it cost to charge an electric car? , the cost of ‘filling up’ your EV compared with a petrol or diesel car is just under a quarter of what it would cost to fill up those old polluting contraptions. But what about all the other stuff,…
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