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An electric vehicle (EV) runs entirely on electricity 100% of the time which means they have an electric motor instead of an internal combustion engine and a battery instead of a fuel tank. As such an EV doesn’t require petrol or diesel to drive but instead is plugged into a public charging station or a home charger and electricity is taken directly from the national grid.

If you’re thinking of buying a 100% electric vehicle (EV), there are a few things you will need to consider in order to determine whether this is the right vehicle for you. These include assessing whether you have access to a private off-street charging point (ideally at home to charge overnight), how many miles you plan to do daily and your overall budget, as EVs tend to be more expensive to buy than their conventional equivalents.

At first, driving an electric vehicle will feel different. Initially you will notice how quiet the car is. It’s virtually silent. Other than that, EVs drive in a similar way to a car with an internal combustion engine (ICE) and an automatic transmission and are really easy to drive. Another noticeable difference is how responsive EVs are due to the amount of ‘torque’ generated from a standstill. This means that EVs have instant acceleration, giving you maximum torque from zero revs, unlike a petrol or diesel car.

Electric cars are cheaper to maintain due to fewer moving parts, for example there is no oil to change or gaskets to replace as they don’t have a traditional combustion engine.

Yes, EVs are kinder to the environment compared to petrol or diesel cars with internal combustion engines (ICE) because they produce zero exhaust fumes which means they emit fewer greenhouse gases and air pollutants. That helps improve air quality in towns and cities. They can even be zero emission if they’re powered by 100% renewable energy.

However, manufacturing electric cars does use a lot of energy and tends to be higher than ICE cars. This is due to producing the lithium-ion batteries which are a crucial element of an electric car. But EVs are still a greener option because of the reduction in emissions created over the car’s lifetime.