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BYD Atto 3
Prices in the UK starting from £36,490 (Equal to approximately $CDN60,000 or USD$43,200)
China’s BYD, which announced its UK launch plans in January, is the world’s largest electric and electrified car brand, selling more vehicles than any other company – yes, even Tesla.
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Data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is showing that electric vehicles are at least as safe as conventional ones with total injury claims happen less frequently for electric vehicles.
Here is a list of the safest electric cars with the best crash test ratings for 2022 and 2023.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) bills itself as an independent, nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to reducing deaths, injuries and property damage from motor vehicle crashes through research and evaluation and through education of consumers, policymakers and safety professionals.
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Around 8.8 million barrels of gasoline were consumed daily in the U.S.A. in 2022. That’s down from 9.3 million barrels in 2019, according to the Energy Information Administration.
Part of the reason is a decline in the number of commuters. According to projections, by the end of 2023, 25% of professionals are expected to be working remotely. Prior to the pandemic, a mere 6% of professionals worked remotely. And, according to a McKinsey survey, 35% of Americans would work from home five days per week if they could and as of last year, and more than half had the opportunity to do so at least once per week.
But beyond the attraction of working from home, there’s the price of fuel, which a year ago was pushing $5 a gallon, hardly an incentive to want to hit the road. In contrast, the current national average is $3.45, according to AAA.
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Meanwhile, Ford claims their all-electric E-Transit van has saved 745,000 US gallons of gasoline to date, and it’s only been on the road for a year.
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