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EVs are now 9 times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in the UK (www.carbonbrief.org)
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[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Maintenance is also much lower cost. I'm looking at upgrading the battery on my 2013 leaf. Its at about 90% capacity and it didn't start with a lot of range. Upgrade is still under 10k.