Doing the maths: In the fourth of my six reports on living with the Renault Zoe, I ask: do the maths make sense? Is driving an electric vehicle a sound financial move?

摘要

Buying any new car is a big step and not for everyone; but on the face of it choosing the Zoe - a cute-looking city car - is a premium option. It's priced from ￡13,995, though mine is the Dynamique Zen, the middle one of the three trims, costing ￡15,195. By comparison, Renault's conventionally powered small cars, the Twingo and Clio, both start at around ￡10,700. You can have the latter with monthly payments of ￡129, while the Zoe is ￡189 - and then you've got to cough up for the battery lease as well. That costs from ￡70 per month depending on the mileage you do and length of agreement.