Opinion

Want to stop paying for gas? There’s likely a used EV out there for you

With gas prices hovering well above average for the sixth consecutive month, many Canadian households are hunting for new ways to ease the price squeeze. Last year, even before the recent oil price hike started to hit Canadian wallets, transportation was already the second-largest household expense after housing, according to Statistics Canada.

But what if you could reduce these costs – in some cases, significantly?

Buying a used EV may be the single best solution out there when it comes to cutting the cost of your commute, a topic explored in a new Clean Energy Canada report. Indeed, secondhand electric cars come with the same savings as new EVs, but without the new car price tag.

Keep reading this op-ed, co-authored by Katrina Gorrie, in Electric Autonomy Canada.

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