Electric cars now run long as petrol and diesel counterparts

Electric vehicles (EVS) now run for a long time as petrol and diesel options-and their improvement credibility promotes fossil fuel-powered cars each year as technology is still maturing.

Robert Elliot At the University of Birmingham, UK, and his colleagues analyzed about 300 million records from the UK’s compulsory Roadworthness Test, called called. jokeWhich shows the condition, age and mileage of every vehicle on the road between 2005 and 2022. It covered a total of 29.8 million vehicles.

Results have shown that EVS now has average lifetime of more than 18.4 years, which matches the average diesel vehicle in 16.8 years and an average petrol vehicle in about 18.7 years. The average EV now covers 200,000 kilometers during its life, covering a distance of 187,000 km by petrol counterparts, but dizzles arrive on average due to a deficiency of 257,000 km.

Elliot says that the results prove that electric cars are not only a viable option for petrol and diesel, but in some ways they already defeated them. Research also shows that long -term reliability is improving: EV failure and ending on scrape in any year is almost doubled, as it is for petrol vehicles and about six times for dislies Is fast.

“The early electric cars were not so good and they were not so reliable,” says Elliot. “But the main point, I think, technology is improving very fast.”

“We are not environmental crusaders. We just want to give the facts. Electric cars and batteries, they are simply living for a long time, and technology has been improving, and this study would have improved again since this study, ”they say.

Although Mot data does not include information about how much maintenance and repair vehicles are required between tests, only their overall lifespan, Other US researches have shown Maintenance for electric cars costs approximately $ 0.06 per miles, while the figure for internal combustion engine is $ 0.10 per mile.

Rachel Aldred At Westminster University, the UK says that going away from petrol and diesel vehicles will benefit in combating climate change and air pollution, but it insists that EVS is not a silver pill.

“It is still a very disabled and limited solution,” says Aldred. “If most people are using a private motor vehicle to go around, there is a complete weight of negative lack of physical activity, around road injuries and (residual) pollution – even if it is much better (Compared to petrol or diesel) vehicle). “She says that walking, or its equivalent, cycling and public transport should be a priority for those who can use those mode for trips.