With unprecedentedly high electricity prices in the UK in 2021, it has become more profitable for hybrid car owners to fill up with gasoline instead of charging at electric stations, according to a Citibank review. It notes that in the WB, the use of an electric car now costs 50% more than cars with an internal combustion engine. And the owners of hybrids no longer charge them at electric stations, but go to gas stations.

“For most of the past two years, we have been running our hybrid car in electric mode (the 9.7kWh battery lasted about 15km), but not now. I will drive to the gas station until electricity prices return to their previous levels, ”the authors of the review write.

This situation developed in the second half of 2021 against the backdrop of an unprecedented increase in electricity prices in the European Union and the World Bank due to the energy crisis that broke out there, heated up by expensive gas, which powers thermal power plants. According to the Nord Pool energy exchange, on January 14 (prices are formed a day ahead), 1 MWh in the UK cost 373.2 euros, while on January 1, 2022 - 82.9 euros per 1 MWh.