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Ford exec says most drivers don't realize the major perks of EVs like charging at home (electrek.co)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

If you cannot charge at home or somewhere else cheap I really wouldn't bother at this point. UK we are slowly rolling out charging via lampposts, which will address the 30% of people who don't have off road parking in the UK. We just need to speed up the roll out and make it a requirement for landlords to support renters installing chargers.

If you can charge at home and have an EV tariff then the savings are significant in the UK. We put between 400 and 500 kwh of charge into our EVs every month at a cost of 8p per kwh, so less than £40 a month. We get an average of 4 miles per kwh, so approx 2000 miles for £40 per month. Even assuming 50mpg for a petrol ICE that would be about £280 a month, significantly more if petrol goes back up again.