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> because your average Joe in the UK simply doesn't want one and the cost of recharging one is pretty bad. On average a UK petrol car needs 1 gallon of fuel fo
by tialaramex 3y ago
> because your average Joe in the UK simply doesn't want one and the cost of recharging one is pretty bad.
On average a UK petrol car needs 1 gallon of fuel for 36 miles of travel. Maybe that's your commute round trip. That fuel costs about £7 in the UK.
You can fill the electric car up overnight, on say, Eon's "Next Drive" tariff that costs 9.5p per kWh, which means with a typical home charging setup (7kW) you can charge it for 10 hours and still spend less money than on a gallon of petrol.
Of course in reality after a couple of hours it'll be done. Which leaves you with about £5.50 per night extra in your pocket compared to ICE drivers.
But let's talk about poisoning children. Because that's the long term effect of ICE, intolerably high levels of air pollution. You can't really pay for that, no matter how expensive we make it, you can only stop doing it.