What are the advantages of an electric car?

The green benefits of all-electric vehicles offer significant advantages:

• they do not emit CO2 ;
• they make very little noise, which means less noise pollution;
• they do not consume while idling;
• they can be recharged when braking;
• they do not require the purchase of fuel;
• they benefit from attractive purchase incentives: conversion premium and ecological bonus, regional aid…, some low-emission vehicles are eligible for plug-in grants up to £3,000 in the UK. There are also some tax relief opportunities, and zero-emission vehicles benefit from a £0 vehicle tax rate;
• they are cheaper to use: a refill costs between 3 to 4 times less than a full tank of unleaded petrol;
• their maintenance is simplified: it is generally limited to the tyres and the braking system (no more oil changes, filter changes, etc.).

Their main advantage is that they combine a drastic reduction in greenhouse gases with a range greater than electric cars.

Plug-in hybrid cars also benefit from purchase incentives, which compensate for their higher price than conventional vehicles. Vehicle tax rates are based on vehicle CO2 emissions when first registered. The zero-rate incentive applies only to vehicles that produce less than 50 g/km of CO2 emission for the first year. Subsequently, hybrids receive reduced tax payments.

Finally, these green cars are cheaper to use than vehicles with internal combustion engines because recharging – even partial recharging – is still cheaper than filling up with fuel.