Are EVs actually cheaper to run?

January 20, 2023

Paul Maric and Alborz Fallah of Car Expert wanted to put this theory to the test over an extended road trip in Australia. They drove between Adelaide and Sydney, which is around 1,400km in a diesel Audi Q5 and a full electric Kia EV6 to see how inconvenient a regional road trip would be in an EV and also how much cheaper the road trip would be. The results were surprising!

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