Reply To: Electric Cars. Stick or twist next time

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Glos Guy
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    On any journey, the journal in the Volvo app shows how much battery you’ve used, how much has gone back into the battery and how much petrol you’ve used. Every trip’s different of course so it’s hard to quantify.

    Understand. In all honesty, once practicality issues are satisfied (boot space, equipment etc) my number one deciding factor by some margin will be a car that I enjoy driving (which won’t necessarily be the cheapest to run), but running costs are clearly a consideration. The fact that our petrol BMW delivers at least 5mpg better fuel economy than our previous diesel VW was an unexpected surprise, but I’d still much prefer it even if was 10mpg worse ?

    I guess that the answer to my question about running costs is pence per mile. Dead easy to work out with an ICE car (cost of fuel divided by miles driven) but more complex with a PHEV, as you also have to add in recharging costs. I’m sure they still work out much cheaper, but I’m unclear just how much cheaper. Then, of course, you have to factor in the higher AP. My brain is now hurting and I now realise why I generally make car decisions with my heart rather than my head ?