{"id":252802,"date":"2024-06-20T04:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/why-do-evs-cost-more-to-insure-than-hybrids-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T08:32:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T08:32:15","slug":"why-do-evs-cost-more-to-insure-than-hybrids-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/why-do-evs-cost-more-to-insure-than-hybrids-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do EVs cost more to insure than hybrids in 2024?"},"content":{"rendered":"
As more data rolls in from the insurance industry, an unfortunate trend has persisted for electric vehicles: They cost more to insure.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And there are enough of them in the vehicle fleet now to underscore that it\u2019s no longer a matter of insurance companies covering themselves for the unknowns of a new vehicle type.\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Based on calendar-year results examined by the insurance analytics team at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, EVs now have a 17% higher claim frequency and 34% higher claim severity versus what the firm considers \u201ctraditional segments.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cConsequently, the number of paid claims, as well as the total claims payment amount for EVs has risen faster than the number of EVs as a percentage of the total PPA market over the year,\u201d underscored LexisNexis in its report, out Thursday. While the EV fleet in 2023 was 1.5% of the insured vehicle fleet, it represented 1.7% of all…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n