New Delhi, May 29 -- Petrol prices have crossed the Rs.100 per litre mark in almost every Indian city, directly squeezing household budgets and increasing monthly commuting costs.

Given the current fuel situation, if you drive a car, you've probably thought at least once, 'An EV would have saved me a lot of money and protected me from rising fuel prices.' But is that really true?

I asked ChatGPT for a complete breakdown comparing the real cost of ownership and performance of a petrol car and EV.

For this analysis, we compared two arch-rivals in India's sub-4-metre car segment: the Tata Nexon EV and the Maruti Suzuki Brezza. To ensure a fair and consistent comparison, we selected the base variants of both models. Since both vehicles bel...