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Originally Posted by soupytwister
Here's my quick calculation.
Our XC90 probably does around 25mpg on petrol around town. At £1.40/litre of petrol, that's £6.36 per 25 miles.
On electric, we can get up to 25 miles. For an 11.8Kwh battery to charge from zero, that'd be 54p/kwH as the tipping point where petrol is cheaper.
We're not at 54p/kwh....yet....
However, on electric, it is nicer to drive, and it's keeping the towns cleaner (not going to get into where the pollution is generated!).
Also - V60/V90 will achieve more than 25mpg around town I'm sure, so your tipping point may be reduced.
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I think this is about spot on. I reckoned, when I was paying about 12.5p per unit that electric driving cost about a quarter the cost of petrol driving, which would give the breakeven at about 50p per unit which is pretty much the same as the above.
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- MY24 EX30 Ultra, Long Range, Single Motor, Black, Mist
- MY16 XC90 T8 Momentum, Magic Blue 176k FOR SALE
- MY17 V60 T4 Power Blue.
Previously:- 1997 V70 T5 exPolice; 2005 V50 2.0D; 2013 XC70 D5
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