Kevin Russell"The oil crisis is making drivers realize they can’t afford not to drive electric"
https://electrek.co/2026/04/03/oil-crisis-ev-savings-cant-afford-not-to-drive-electric/
Darkpaw@kevinrns I'm in the UK. I want to buy an EV, but the prices are ridiculous, and most companies offer either leasing (paying, but never owning a car) or buying at exorbitant interest rates.
The cheapest VW ID.3 is £31k. £4,629 customer deposit, 47 payments of £315, final payment of £8,676. Total price £32,600.
Base model cars should not cost £33k.
Or, I could go for something like a base Hyundai Inster that looks like you're driving something a child drew at primary school. £24k. Ridiculous.
This seems to be a much cheaper list than that. Good luck.
Six under 19,000. Four more under 22,000
Stargeezer Smith@kevinrns
I've been through this before. In about 1972 we had a gas crunch, high prices, rationing. What was becoming available as some help were small cars, many of them made in Japan. But capitalists, being forever opportunists, immediately raised the price of small cars.
So I expect the price of electric vehicles to climb rapidly.
If I was younger I'd be shopping for one anyway, but at my age I'm not anxious to buy a new car.
Juggling With EggsI sat in a queue of cars today waiting to board a ferry. I was stunned that despite waiting for almost an hour, so many people around me had their petrol/diesel engines running the whole time. It was grey and damp, but not especially cold. Normally it bugs the hell out of me because of the exhaust fumes, but today I realised there no getting through to these people if they are willing to burn through ever more expensive fuel, during a fuel crisis to just get nowhere.
And this is a shame, because if most people tried an EV for a month, I honestly believe they wouldn’t look back. They would rapidly loose their range anxiety, work out ways to simply include charging into their lives…and most of all, they might find it far more fun and responsive to drive.
Charge at home, overnight. For a lot of people thats it. One and done, sorted.
For everyone else, let's start building.
When Police notice ordinary sedan EVs are faster than Big block v8s, faster than Ferrari, and they could "catch" any car if they were in an EV, adoption will be a tsunami.
Dr. Sundancer@JugglingWithEggs @kevinrns For some people, its simply an affordability issue: they would love to drive an EV but can't. They bought their most recent car back when EVs were out of their price range. There is not a strong second hand market for EVs, and for some that's the only way they can afford a car.