January 03rd, 2017

After 3 months with the i3 BMW electric car which has a 7 litre emergency petrol tank - I just filled up! £7.56 of petrol in 3 months (van would have been £600 in fuel). It's an approximate saving of £250 a month versus petrol/diesel in terms of tax, parking, fuel & free plug-in street charging.  I regularly drive to Dundee which is way ahead of other Scottish cities in terms of the number of street and car park plug-ins in the city centre. Perth only has plug-ins on the edge of the city and provides no free plug-in & parking like Dundee. Edinburgh has NO street plug-ins and not one of the central car parks has an electrical plug-in facility - the nearest is at the university a mile or so from Princes Street.  The Raddison Blue on the Royal Mile has chargers in there car park for £24 for 0-24 hours parking & charge.