Mar 10, 2026
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Petrol pain: is now the time to go electric

Richard Edwards, a motoring journalist and managing editor of EVs & Beyond, talks to Jesse Mulligan about the many compelling reasons to look at getting an EV and what to think about when you're buying one.

How much petrol, diesel and jet fuel we have in the country depends on who you talk to it seems and whether it includes so called "stock on the water" which are supplies that have been shipped but haven't arrived yet. No matter what data you're reading, it is most certainly weeks not months and as a result we're already seeing pressure on petrol prices. And that's got many of us asking - is now the time to go electric?

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