Electric Level News Today

There have been plenty of headlines lately about the fall in second-hand values of electric cars. That’s bad news if you have recently bought one new, but if you fancy a used electric car, perhaps as a second car or even your main one, it might just be music to your ears, because – as a result – used EVs are currently cheaper than ever before.

Before we start today, a bit of an admission: this car is not for me. What I mean by that is I’m probably not the type of person for whom the Smart #1 is intended. This is a car designed for bright young things; fashionistas, influencers, people for whom TikTok means more than just the unstoppable march of time. I, by contrast, am a balding, middle-aged dad of two, an owner of multiple pairs of slippers, whose primary preoccupation most days is, ironically, the unstoppable march of time. ...

You’ll probably only ‘get’ the #1 if you’re aged below 30 – and even then, it takes some getting used to