This will depend on where you charge the car & on which car you choose as some cars are more efficient than others, but I’l have a go: For 1 year on my current 15p per kW/h tariff for electricity at home, 100% home charging for a Peugeot e2008 WLTP 230Wh/mi (watt hours per mile) – £348 For 1 year using a specific EV tariff at 5p per kW/h, 100% home charging – £116 For 1 year using instavolt rapid DC chargers at 35p per kW/h only – £812 This will give you an idea of costs using EVs, if you do 8000 miles with the petrol 2008 at £1 a litre doing 49 mpg (WLTP) £741, and at £1.30 a litre £963.
Julie, thank you so much for posting this. Trying to find info such as this is nigh on impossible. I know the calcs can be done easily enough but I’m new to thinking about electric.
I’m really wanting to make the change as early as possible for a number of reasons but at the moment, for me, I’m not sure it’s right. Rural area, old house with old wiring and practically zero public chargers within 60 miles. My yearly mileage isn’t huge anymore but trips can be over 200 per day.
The cheap cost of charging right now is a massive plus and the costs you present show this but this can’t last and at some point, fuel stations as we know them will change as we see the demise of the oil giants and automotive fuel costs will become governed by the electricity sector. I can see petrol stations all but disappear with EV electric ‘fuel stations’ extending to home charging where we will purchase EV electric from home, via an app with a choice of suppliers such as we do with other services. Once this happens, and it has to somehow in order to plug the taxation hole, then EV electric will increase.
Added to this, the current free home charger plus fitting adds to tell me I need to be as early as possible to the party but feel it’s governed by my location.
? I will be remembered for nothing but had great fun doing it ?