Despite all of the financial worries circulating around the world, the UK government are still able to invest around £100 ($150) million over the next five years into green motoring. This is going to bring in electrically powered vehicles into the UK and set up the means to charge them.

Benefits:

Running costs from a couple of pence per mile. That’s around a fifteenth of those for a petrol or diesel car.

No annual road tax. All NICE electric vehicles are zero-emissions and therefore exempt.

Congestion charge exempt. Electric cars and vans do not pay the £8 daily charge to enter the zone, saving around £2,000 a year for those regularly driving into the centre of London.

Free parking. Forward-thinking London boroughs like Westminster provide free parking for drivers of all-electric cars. The saving runs into thousands of pounds a year. Other boroughs also provide parking incentives like free on-street parking for residents.

Free re-charging points. More re-charging points will help. However, Westminster is leading the way with 60 ‘juice points’ on streets around the borough.

Source [Autoblog Green]

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