Petrol vs electricity: which costs less?

THE CHANCES ARE that if you drive a petrol or diesel car and find that you need more fuel part-way through a long journey, you don’t give it much thought, because you know you’ll be able to locate a s

PERFORMANCE: This is the manufacturer’s claimed acceleration time for a car, and is measured from 0-60mph or 0-62mph (0-100km/h), in seconds. ECONOMY/EMISSIONS/RANGE: Combined WLTP economy in miles pe

PANDA AND INSTER TOO TITCHY for you? Similar money can bag you a 4.3m long SUV with electric power too. Vauxhall’s entire car lineup offers an EV powertrain, all of which get the £1,500 government gra

An email sent to me by reader Rob Lightbody provides an ideal starting point for this final report and ties in nicely with the mission statement for our long-term test car displayed above. “As the own

The pre-discount price set by car makers, including registration, delivery and first-year road tax. Prices for electric vehicles costing up to £37,000 don’t include the Government grant of up to £3750

PERFORMANCE: This is the manufacturer’s claimed acceleration time for a car, and is measured from 0-60mph or 0-62mph (0-100km/h), in seconds. ECONOMY/EMISSIONS/RANGE: Combined WLTP economy in miles pe