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Calculate the Lifetime difference in energy cost and compare the required cost of maintenance. Its much closer already then you think.

Not to mention the EV version will give you a much better driving experience and not be unhealthy to people, specially in cities.

We are just at the start of the S curve adoption, and most cars sold are not sold for £17k but rather £30-40k. For that cost EV are already better.

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Routine maintenance on EVs does tend to be less, but non-routine damage tends to be much more expensive. That leads to insurance being 40% higher than comparably priced ICE cars. Essentially the median cost is a little lower but the mean cost is much higher.

Here's a interesting Tesla specific take: https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/insurance/tesla-insurance

Personally I prefer predictable slightly high costs vs random potential for exorbitantly high costs.

Because ICE is being faces out your care is gone lose value so much faster. I don't think the insurance will normalize.

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