According to this study, if you buy an electric car you will save as much as buying another (second-hand) car.

The main brands have been working for years to put on the market the long-awaited ‘cheap electric car’ that begins to solve, once and for all, the emissions problems in cities. However, potential electric vehicle customers are often reluctant to purchase one due to its higher price compared to its gasoline counterpart.

These potential clients usually stop at the price itself, without considering a possible long-term purchase study; that is to say, examine the possible savings that will result from purchasing said vehicle in terms of fuel costs or repairs and inspections. However, a new report published by the agency NewAutomotive points out important figures on this.

A study that reveals many important data

This report indicates that the long-awaited price equality or parity between an equivalent gasoline vehicle and an electric vehicle will be achieved in 2026. However, the additional initial costs of purchasing an electric car were only 12% higher than those of an electric car. similar gasoline, and not 50%, as has been seen in certain rumors (especially those published in X).

However, in the rest of the related sections or expenses over a total of four years, the electric vehicle is already significantly more affordable than a gasoline one. Specifically, this aforementioned additional expense, In 30% of the cases studied it has been amortized in less than a year, while in 25% the recovery has been in less than two and a half years. The remaining 45% have done so in four years or less.

That is, with a maximum of four years, the extra expense involved in purchasing an electric vehicle will have already been paid for, compared to the price of an equivalent thermal vehicle. This means that after four years of use, the average user could save, in the best of cases, about 8,300 euros (in the study it details it at about 7,000 pounds sterling). However, in the worst case they would also achieve significant savings, since it would be about 3,500 euros.

But the study does not only talk about economic savings, but also about the important elimination of the expulsion of greenhouse gases in large cities, in which the majority of their pollution problems come from vehicle exhaust gases. who travel through it daily. The report also talks about the need to incorporate more and more ZBE (Low Emission Zones) in the different cities, where circulation with thermal vehicles is restricted. These areas represent important support for the adoption of electric vehicles.

However, compared to this positive study regarding the purchase of electric vehicles, there are also others that suggest that, to encourage said purchase, it is necessary that In countries like Spain, the number of public charging points increases. Regarding this, our country is currently behind the majority of regions in the European Union, which is why they point out that it is necessary to act.