Mr.BaZzAr Posted July 20, 2020 Posted July 20, 2020 The Autocar guide to your first electric car The time has come for electric cars. Lockdown has eased and because of that we’re seeing a rapid acceleration in demand for new cars — along with a determination in many a keen owner’s mind that perhaps this is a time to take a new view of life, and concentrate on what really matters. For many of us, that means making a well-informed and far-sighted decision about what our new car should be. Do we stick with the same, safe internal combustion choices, or embrace the future with an EV. We know it’s coming: why not do it now? Even before the arrival of Covid-19, 2020 was always going to be a big year for EV sales. The biggest European car manufacturers must this year begin reducing the fleet average CO2 tailpipe emissions of their cars to 95g/km, and selling a decent number of zero-emission EVs is a good way to do that. And now electric car supply is rising fast. There are good reasons for considering the change. The supply of enticing models has grown from a dozen to 40-plus in short order, and there’s now a viable second hand EV market. Company car economics have moved decisively in the EV’s favour: VED and excise duty are eliminated, parking costs are low, fuelling costs are slashed and London’s congestion charge simply doesn’t apply. What used to be a speculative topic has become a serious option. Here’s our guide to every electric car you can buy:
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