I know every car maker under the sun is falling over itself to develop electric cars at the moment, but I can’t see EVs acquiring mass acceptance until the government dips its hands into its pockets and makes them much more affordable.
Why? Well, the answer is in black and white on our best car leasing deals page. We happily tell you that the Skoda Citigo e iV – a pure-electric car – is one of the best cars you could purchase for less than £10 a day. and it is.

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Trouble is, just below is another rightly recommended small car, the petrol-engined Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 SE SE premium – and it will cost you just £4.61 a day. If you’re like me and work out your finances on a monthly basis, the maths says that the Corsa is practically £100 a month less. Plus, it’s a bigger and well specified car, with a very good average economy of 53.6mpg.
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To my mind, what that shows is that purchasing a small electric car makes no sense for the very people for whom it ought to make the most sense: people living in urban or suburban areas, with low annual mileages, who mostly use their car for pottering about.