Peugeot e-208 Hatchback Blue

Like most electric cars, the price looks hefty at first glance. In GT trim level, the e-208 can set you back £30,000, and that’s after the government electric-car grant of £3,000. You could buy a petrol version for half that. It’s the same story for its sister car, the Vauxhall Corsa-e. However, like that car and other EVs, the total monthly cost of ownership will be far lower than that of a petrol or diesel car, because there’s no ’road tax’, no Benefit In Kind for company-car drivers and no congestion charge if you go into London. Once you have a domestic charging point fitted at home and switch to an electric-car tariff from your electricity provider, it should cost you about £20 to charge, as opposed to £40-£60 at the pumps.