Saving money with your EV charger

Choosing the right EV will depend on your budget, your preferred body style, driving style and tastes. The availability of electric vehicles available in the UK continues to grow, and with tens of new models and variants confirmed for the coming years, motorists will soon be spoilt for choice. As well as established electric car manufacturers such as Tesla, new EV manufacturers such as Polestar and Volkswagen’s dedicated EV brand, ID, are helping to bring electric car lease deals to the mainstream.

There are three types of electric vehicle on the market:

• Battery electric vehicles (BEVs): also known as pure electric cars, are the cleanest cars on the road and generally powered entirely by a rechargeable electric battery. BEV drivers can charge their car at home or at one of the UK’s growing number of public chargepoints.

• Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs): a hybrid car uses more than one source of power. A HEV typically combines an electric battery with a conventional petrol or diesel engine. The engine will usually also charge the electric battery meaning that you do not have to manually recharge the battery, although the battery range in hybrid cars may be limited.

• Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs): a plug-in hybrid car combines a battery and electrical motor with an economical petrol or diesel engine. The electric battery is typically used on shorter journeys only before the conventional engine kicks in during longer journeys. However, because the electric battery can be plugged-in and recharged at home or public chargepoints between trips, the electric range of plug-ins is often longer than hybrid cars.

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