{"id":412342,"date":"2025-11-09T16:41:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T15:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=412342"},"modified":"2025-11-09T16:41:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T15:41:07","slug":"ev-driving-will-be-unaffordable-for-those-without-off-street-parking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=412342","title":{"rendered":"EV Driving Will Be Unaffordable for Those Without Off Street\u00a0Parking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"A<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"EV<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We have six new rapid EV chargers just installed at our local shopping centre, which have replaced 50kW chargers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With news this week that EV\u2019s will face pay-per-mile charges from 2028, these new chargers are a reminder that driving will become not only unpractical but unaffordable for anybody without off street parking. It is estimated that this is the case for at least 40% of car owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s take the Kia EV3 as an example. This is Kia\u2019s compact SUV, with OTR price of \u00a336005 for the 81 kWh basic version. This is about \u00a310,000 more than an equivalent petrol model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has a claimed range of 375 miles, but this will be more like 230 miles in real world conditions, according to Grok:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Table<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Efficiency is reckoned at 3.3 to 4.0miles\/kWh \u2013 call it 3.6 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On annual mileage of 10,000, electricity consumption would be 2777 kWh. And at 89p\/kWh, which is the price at our new charging station, that works out at a cost of \u00a32471 a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A diesel would run at maybe 40 mpg, which at current prices comes to \u00a31590 a year. But half of that is fuel duty \u2013 pre tax, the annual cost would be about \u00a3800.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One way or another, our Kia EV3 driver will have to pay that tax eventually, on top of his charger bill of \u00a32471.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quite simply, ordinary people will not be able to afford to run their already expensive to buy car, if they are forced to use public chargers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which has probably been the Government\u2019s plan all along!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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