The biggest benefit to buying pure electric vehicles is their zero emission standard. Countries across the globe are beginning to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles with the first starting in Norway in just two years. The rest of Europe is following suit with Germany, Sweden and the UK implementing the ban from 2030.

Ginny Buckley, CEO of electric car marketplace Electrifying.com, says that 100 per cent electric vehicles are a much more sustainable purchase for drivers - both environmentally and economically in the long run.

This is reflected by the rise in new sales of pure electric vehicles in the UK. Buckley adds that, “one in five cars registered in June had a plug, but the number of plug-in hybrids declined sharply, with just 5.5 per cent of the market compared to fully electric cars which had a 16.1 per cent share.”

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