Blimey. I’d heard that car insurance was going up across the board, but it seems as though EV drivers may be being hit hardest. I read something about repair costs being very high on EVs due to the low placement of the batteries, meaning that they could be far more easily damaged in accidents such as hitting a kerb.
Is there any added fire risk with them? When I was watching the news yesterday they showed that dreadful crash in Venice where a number of people were killed when a bus went off an elevated section of road and the chief fire officer said “because it was an electrically powered bus it burst into flames immediately”. Tragic.
Either way, for those wishing to get an EV, Motability is clearly the best route, alleviating most of the cost concerns.