Robyn Everist bought her second-hand electric car when the prices got "a bit more reasonable".(ABC News: Maren Preuss)
When Robyn Everist saw the petrol prices skyrocketing she knew it was time to put a long-laid plan to purchase an electrical vehicle into action.
A few months later, she and her husband couldn't be happier.
"We've been waiting for the prices to get a bit more reasonable," Ms Everist said, with her selection of a second-hand Nissan Leaf setting her back about $30,000 when all the costs are tallied up.
"We had an initial look and said 'yes we'll do that', but didn't seriously go car hunting until the petrol price went up.
"We drive to town every day for work and there was no way I was going to pay petrol money if I could just as easily get an electric car that's more efficient."
Ms Everist and her husband live at Clifton Beach, about 30 minutes from Hobart's CBD in Tasmania, but work in the city — making for a round trip of around 70 kilometres every day. READ MORE...
