Once again this week I found myself sitting on the BBC sofa talking about electric cars. This time, a committee of MPs has criticised the Government’s Road to Zero plan to ban petrol and diesel cars from 2040; they say it should be 2032. They also – quite rightly – had a go at last week’s announcement that subsidies for electrified vehicles are to be cut.
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It’s not only savings on fuel, though. I chatted to Tony Whitehorn, president and CEO of Hyundai UK; he’s a man who’s not having to try too hard to sell the Auto Express Award-winning Hyundai Kona Electric (with its real-world 300-mile range) because he doesn’t have to.
“People are buying them without even seeing them,” Whitehorn said. “It’s been on sale for just over a month and a half and we’ve had 500 orders. I could take 5,000 cars this year – I’m getting 1,000.”
Whitehorn promises savings on maintenance for EV owners, too. “The average time an internal combustion engined car spends up on the ramp is 1.2 hours. For an EV it’s just 20 mins,” he said.
Tempted? Get online at DrivingElectric.com and, as always, let us know what you think.