A motorist has tested an electric vehicle in a 350 mile round trip between Cornwall and Bristol
Electric cars are becoming more popular as charging port networks improve across towns and cities. They are cost-effective when nipping from A to B and charging from home.
As he wrote in Wales Online, the BMW would usually end up costing around £50 at today's diesel prices for the 175 miles there and back and usually takes about two hours and 45 minutes each way. Top Trending Stories Today Steven said: "I'd normally stop here for 10 or 15 minutes, if at all, for a quick break and a cuppa. But on this occasion I needed juice of another kind, so I waited until 10.20am, by which time the battery had replenished to 60 percent.
He explained: "I departed at 6.45pm, which is the usual time for me on this return day trip, having squeezed enough juice into the car during the day to get back to a 90-mile range, 52 percent charge."
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