An EV will always win if your sole priority is running costs, but my last pure petrol car was a 2000cc 4-cylinder 4WD SUV yet averaged over 42mpg over the 3 years that I had it, and could stretch to 50mpg on a steady motorway run. So if used on that test versus EVs charged at expensive motorway service stations, it would have given them a run for their money, and cost half what the V8 ‘comparison’ car did. Also, with a 600 mile range it wouldn’t have needed filling up at crazy prices – or charging stops!
I am not so sure to be honest. Drove to Newcastle and back home south on Saturday. 610 miles. Very costly ones too. £66 using Tesla monthly membership.
On my way north I had my kid’s bike on the roof and it was circa 52°F, so the consumption was 2.6 miles, on the way back it wasn’t much better- an average consumption for the trip was 2.8.
And no, I don’t accelerate like crazy nor drive at ridiculous speeds. Just a normal driver.
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