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    Less than half of UK motorists are considering making the switch to buy an electric vehicle with many concerned about whether the infrastructure is re
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    One thing the average motorist fails to grasp is the overall running costs of any vehicle.

    Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have much lower running costs over the life of the vehicle compared to conventional petrol and diesel powered vehicles. Just a few times that can and do fail or wear out on modern internal combustion engines: catalytic converters, diesel particulate filters, turbochargers, exhaust systems, engine management sensors, not to mention regular service items (oil, air, fuel filters), oil, spark plugs, timing belts and/or chains. The fuel (i.e. electricity) is much cheaper and can be found anywhere, whether it be a trickle charge from a domestic socket, fast charge home charging point or destination charger at a supermarket or shopping centre, or rapid chargers at motorway services, and more recently in BP and Shell fuel filling stations. Some companies are even installing them inside kerbside lamp posts when old lighting technology has been replaced by new low power LED technology.

    The electricity has to come from somewhere – but the good thing about electricity is that it can be generated from multiple sources, some almost as dirty as fossil fuels, some much cleaner, or even carbon neutral. Petrol and diesel on the other hand has to be refined from crude oil (a finite resource), which has be to drilled, pumped, stored, transported, refined, stored, transported, etc. before it reaches the forecourt. Many people do not often include the ‘well to wheel’ argument when talking about CO2 emissions. Even electricity from the dirtiest source still ends up being far cleaner when used to recharge an electric vehicle, when compared to petrol and diesel.

    Anyone that doubts the lack of charging infrastructure should check out websites such as Zap Map and PlugShare. There are literally thousands of EV charge points dotted around all over the country, with more being added every month. There needs to be an education process as the average motorist has been so used to seeing large brightly lit forecourts with giant neon signs above them advertising the oil companies. EV charge points can be installed almost anywhere and do not need massive underground fuel storage tanks.

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