Carmakers are expanding their new energy vehicle NEV portfolios at the rate of knots.
While these NEVs, which includes all-electric cars, mild hybrids, self-charging hybrids HEVs and plug-in hybrids is environmentally friendlier and give better fuel economy than traditional internal combustion engine ICE cars, they come at a premium.
That is why The Citizen Motoring did a simple comparison in costs to determine when an NEV makes more financial sense than an ICE vehicle. Using Mzansis favourite NEV as example, the Toyota Corolla Cross HEV in XS guise, we did a few key calculations.
