Even in the current Putin war environment, EVs still benefit from lower fuel, running and maintenance costs than gasoline and diesel equivalents. Production costs also continue to fall and some analysts expect purchase price parity with petrol and diesel cars to be reached well within the 2020s in the UK. Overall this is part of wider government plans to reduce the UK’s reliance on imports of foreign oil, improving the security of its energy supply and reducing the country’s vulnerability to volatility in global energy prices.