What if I told you that last year I drove around 10,000 miles, heated my home, used electricity and gas throughout the year, and my total bill for all of it was around £350?

If you’ve filled up your car recently, you’ll have probably noticed it again – fuel prices creeping upwards. It’s something UK drivers have become all too familiar with over the past few years. Prices rise, they fall slightly, then rise again, often with very little warning. It’s this unpredictability that continues to frustrate drivers and make budgeting difficult.

There has been a lot of discussion about the Government’s plan to introduce a pay-per-mile tax for electric cars. It sounds worrying at first, especially when headlines make it seem like EV drivers are about to be hit with big new charges. But the reality is far more balanced, and by the time the system comes into place the situation for petrol and diesel owners will have changed significantly too.

Waking up with a full pack of electrons in the car is something most current Electric Vehicle (EV) owners take for granted. Unlike what internal combustion engine (ICE) owners think, EV owners actually save time when charging compared to an ICE car. EV owners don’t have to make weekly trips out of their way to find cheap fuel, stand around in the cold breathing in toxic fumes while filling up, and then finally pay the cashier the best part of a hundred notes for the privilege.

As the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) accelerates, the infrastructure supporting this shift must evolve to meet new demands. Central to this evolution is the public charging network, which plays a critical role in the widespread adoption of EVs.

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After you have taken delivery of your new electric car, one thing you should be looking to change as a matter of priority is your electricity tariff. Choosing the best tariff could slash your charging bills by hundreds of pounds a year. Now the energy market is settling down, it is time to shift to a tariff that will also reduce your normal electricity bill too.

Electric vehicles (EVs) are often critiqued for the environmental impact of their batteries, particularly during the mining of raw materials. However, when compared to the extraction and refining of oil, EV batteries are the less environmentally damaging over their lifecycle.