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With an EV battery:

• the maximum range seems to be somewhere between 150 and 250 miles;

• you’re advised to charge it only up to 80 per cent;

• the battery degrades every time you charge it, thus reducing the range;

• when the battery needs replacing (supposedly after eight to ten years but probably earlier), you’ll need to spend over £10,000 on a new one, so you might as well scrap your EV;

• even a minor accident or bumping into a kerb may mean you have to buy a new £10,000 battery as it’s impossible to know whether the potentially explosive battery has been damaged;