EVs are clocking up more miles than petrol cars

Solera cap hpi analyses use of electric vehicles

Motorists are driving further in electric vehicles every year than drivers of petrol cars, suggests new data.

Automotive data experts Solera cap hpi say that in January 2015, the average EV travelled 6,355 miles per year, 2,288 miles less than an average petrol car. A decade later, in January 2025, the average annual mileage of an EV has increased to 8,740 miles per year, 444 miles more than the petrol average.

The data reveals that since April 2023 the average EV annual mileage...

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