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Old 04-07-23, 08:47 AM   #423
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Default Re: Electric Vehicles

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Originally Posted by Seeker View Post
It's great that you're pleased with it. As someone who drives a 13 year old Yaris about 2000 miles a year an electric car would make sense. However, if I was to replace the Yaris I would be looking at an Aygo size car and therein lies the problem. A new Aygo is about £15k, a Nissan Leaf is £28k.
If you buy new then I agree, EVs are still expensive versus an ICE equivalent. However, there is a lot of pressure on price from both Tesla and the Chinese manufacturers. As a result second hand values have reduced. As an example, a 2/3 year old VW e-Up/Seat Mii electric/Skoda Citigo-e with around 15k miles can be had for £12k now. More expensive than a similar aged petrol for sure, but getting affordable.
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