Top 5 reasons to own an electric car

When driving down the highway, or even your block, you may have noticed an increase in electric vehicles on the road.

With some drivers trading in their fuel-guzzling vehicles for something more planet-friendly, and California set to phase out combustion engines by 2035, is now a good time to trade in and buy your very own electric car?

If you’re wondering just that, we’ve put together five reasons why owning an electric car could help you save money, as well as help you do your part in saving our planet.

Read on to find out more.

• Cheaper and easier to maintain

With fewer parts than a fuel vehicle, an electric vehicle (EV) requires little to no maintenance or repairs. An EV has no internal combustion engine, no oil, less brake wear, or any small parts that need regular attention that you’d find in a fuel car.

It’s estimated that you’ll save thousands of dollars over the lifetime of your EV car, compared to gas-powered vehicles.

Fewer repair and maintenance requirements with your electric car can save you not only money, but time too.

If this wasn’t enough, electric car insurance – although more expensive than fuel vehicle insurance – comes with some other insurance perks too!

• Lower fuel costs

Over the past few years, gas prices have rocketed, reaching record highs. But when you opt for a hybrid or fully electric car, your fuel costs significantly drop.

Think about how much you spend on gas each month, over the course of each year. How quickly you seem to see the gas light turn on as an indication that you need to refuel.

Think how nice it would be to no longer have to stand in the gas station, refilling your car in all weathers, just so you can get from your next A to B trip.

With an electric car, you simply need to plug your car in and let it charge, just like you would your cell. You can do this overnight, so you don’t even have to be waiting around for it to fully charge. The only time you may need to wait for your car to charge is if you’re driving a long road trip – then you’ll need to find a recharge station, and let it charge as much as you need to get to your destination.

It’s said that on average, you could see yourself saving up to $1000 each year, just on gas.

• Better for the environment

It sounds like an obvious point to make – but it’s true. If we all ditch our gas and diesel-guzzling cars, the environment around us will change. In fact, the environment of the whole world would change.

There’d be fewer emissions in the air as electric cars produce significantly less emissions than fuel vehicles. Electric cars, throughout their lifecycle, will always produce fewer emissions than fuel cars. As fuel cars age, they produce more emissions. This isn’t the case with electric cars.

With fewer emissions, the pollution in the air would reduce, people’s breathing and health would improve, and climate change effects would slow down.

• Safety

When it comes to electric cars, the safety aspect hasn’t and will never be compromised. If anything, electric cars could be deemed safer than fuel cars.

The president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (HIIS) has even said that “we can now say with confidence that making the US fleet more environmentally friendly doesn’t require any compromises in terms of safety”.

With this, many electric cars ranked top in the HIIS Top Safety Pick awards, for their efficiency and safety for drivers, passengers and the world outside the vehicle.

• A lower overall saving

When it comes to purchasing an EV, you’ll notice they often come with a higher sticker price than fuel vehicles. However, with lower fuel prices, lower repairs and maintenance costs, tax rebates for owning an electric car and cheaper vehicle insurance, over the lifetime of your vehicle, you could see yourself saving thousands of dollars, compared to those with a gas-powered car.

As well as the money saving aspect with an EV, there’s also the overall environmental saving you produce with an EV.

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Now you know our top five reasons why owning an electric car is beneficial to not only yourself, but the environment too – will your next car be electric?