This was not a letter based on detailed evidence or expertise, but an attack on electric vehicles based on some of most common, erroneous myths out there. Picture: Getty Images/iStockphotoPurchase price: Pick a price range; but the same is true for ICE (internal combustion engine) Vehicles! Battery Life: Degradation is much lower than modelled. Tyres: In my experience tyres lasted longer across our EV fleet than ICE fleet. Fires: ICE vehicles are 20 times more likely to catch fire (SCCA) and all the major car fire instances recently in the news were due to ICE vehicles.

Source: The Times December 03, 2023 15:04 UTC