@Gilders, I can’t predict electricity prices in the future! But we have no special tariff. Our smart meter is broken and despite many (many, many, many) reassurances from Scottish Power that they’ll get around to fixing it, it has been broken for two years, and we can’t move to an EV friendly tarriff until it is.
With that said, we are extremely high milers in motability terms – we picked out Kona EV in august and have already covered 18000 miles. Our electric costs have gone up by about £100 / month and also spend around £50 / month on rapid charging. Sounds like a lot but we were spending over £500 / month on diesel before so just since August we’ve saved almost £2000 in running costs
When (if, Scotish Power, if!) our smart meter is ever bought back online then even if our daytime tariff goes up a fair bit I still expect our overall electric bill to come down given we have to “brim” the car from 10% to 100% at least twice a week.
The problem with queuing atr rapid chargers remains, of course, and is likely to get worse, if charge points aren’t added at at least the same pace as electric car sales grow. Personally, despite the drawbacks, I still much prefer EV motoring over ICE. The cost savings alone if you cover a lot of miles is staggering.