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How much money I saved driving Volvo’s most affordable electric car

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I drove the Volvo EX30 for a week to see how much money I could save on petrol. It was significant.

By using the electric Volvo EX30 instead of a petrol car for my daily driving, I saved about R182 a week in travelling costs.

Every evening during the week, when I stopped at home, I plugged the car into a regular three-prong socket and used an AC charging connector to top it up. EV owners will likely invest in a fixed connector supporting higher charging speeds. I consumed about 41.77kWh of electricity during the week to cover 207.8km in the EX30. On the Prepaid Block 2 tariff in the City of Tshwane, the highest tariff we use, this electricity cost R135.69.

However, that would not be fair to the EX30, as it is substantially more powerful and luxurious than the Sonet.

 

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