"High petrol prices are fuelling interest in EVs. Here’s how this could bring down electricity bills"


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In this piece for the Conversation, Dr Renaud Foucart (Economics) discusses how motorists around the world have been turning to electric vehicles in response to the high price of oil.

And, he explains, EV adoption “provides part of the answer to a different and lasting problem: the cost of electricity in the UK and other countries where investment in wind and solar has so far failed to bring prices down”.

Read the full article via the Conversation: High petrol prices are fuelling interest in EVs. Here’s how this could bring down electricity bills.

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