Do you really save money with electric cars? They seem so expensive that in order to save money you would need to do an insane amount of miles over 3 years to see the benefits surely? Which kinda defeats the purpose as electric cars currently cannot go very far and seem more suited to short city journeys.
As Stuart says, you need to do the research and the math.
My BMW Active Tourer 220d X Drive is great, 190bhp, 400Nm and averagaed just under 52mpg, list price was around £34k, I’ve worked out that has cost me around 11p a mile.
Most EV’s have similar performance (or better) up to the legal speed limit and are going to cost about 3p a mile at at fuel cost of 14p kWh (and you can pay much less
Petrol on the other hand at 40mpg is around 13p a mile.
Yes, higher milage will reap you much bigger savings, but even low milage, 10p a mile saving soon adds up, many on here quote 8000 miles a year, that adds up to a saving of £2400 over a 3 year lease, at my 20k a year it’s a massive £6000!
As to the original question, it’s a win win for me, I get to feel I am at least trying to save the planet, and at the same time saving myself a huge amount of money.
Previous Motability Cars
2006 - 2009 Skoda Superb VR6 2.0tdi
2009 - 2012 Citroen C5 2.0tdi VTR Nav
2012 - 2015 Nissan Qashqai 1.5dci tekna
2015 - 2018 Ford Kuga 2.0tdi Titanium X
2018 - 2021 BMW 220d X drive 2 Series Active Luxury
2021 - 2023 Hyundai Kona Electric Premium SE
2023 - Hyundai Kona Electric Ultimate