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Electric cars buyers guide

Drive Electric

How much does it cost to run an electric car? One of the biggest benefits of running an electric car is the cost of charging compared to the price of petrol and diesel. Some electricity companies now offer EV-specific home electricity tariffs with energy prices around 5p per kWh (average home electricity costs around 14p per kWh).

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Tesla helped former shareholder Toyota to bring back the Toyota RAV4 EV , an electric SUV and also aided its other OEM shareholder, Daimler (which also has since divested its Tesla shares), with the Smart ED and B-Class Electric. Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership.

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Opinion: 4 Things You Should Think About Before Buying a Sports Car

Clean Fleet Report

Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and diesels. Our road tests are based on this one-week drive of a new vehicle.

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