My wife bought an EV Smart Cabriolet over a year ago when we were paying circa 12p per unit for electricity. In reality it has a range of 90 miles in the summer if you turn the aircon off, but realistically only about 55 miles in the winter. With a 17.6 KWh battery this was costing about £2.12 to completely recharge giving us 40 miles / £ in summer and 26 miles / £ in winter.
At the October price of 52p per unit this has now shifted to 9.83 miles/£ in summer and 6miles / £ in winter.
If the Auxilione forecast is correct (hopefully it isn't) that we will hit £1/kWh this will reduce further to 5.11 miles / £ in summer and 3.12 miles / £ in winter.
By comparison my Cobra (which has the worst thirst issue I own) can do 2.3 miles / £ based on £1.70 per litre and the Range Rover shows an average over the last 6100 miles equivalent to 3.8 miles / £.
For the first time ever, I might be able to tell my wife that I have been prudent with my car purchases.
