Keeping your old gasoline car vs buying an electric car. Which is better?
Why buying a new car might not be the best for your wallet and for the environment.
Keeping your old car might actually be better for the environment and for your wallet. I know, it sounds outrageous. So, how can it be? Old cars are petrol thirsty and exhaust a lot of harmful chemicals, both bad for you. On the other hand, electric cars (not necessarily battery-electric, more on this here) are exhaust-free and cheap to run.
Before diving into this article, I want to say that are many factors that should be taken into consideration before buying a new electric car. In this article, I’m only going to analyse the decision from an environmental and economic point of view.
This article assumes that you already own a car, so the cost of buying and the CO2 emitted by the old car are NOT taken into consideration since there is nothing you can do to change that.
How the old car could be better for the environment?
First thing, is your car more than 10 years old? If yes, then there isn’t a way through which your old car could be better. Cars made after 2010 are considerably more economical and equipped with better particle filters. Also, it…
