Hi Kezo, I only do 500 miles a month max. Then these 6 trips to Anglesey, where I would have to put 35 Kw in to get me home, at 66p, so £23. This Niro hybrid Ive been running has been great, just too Painful to get in and out of now, otherwise I’d get another. However, as we’ve seen hybrids are dearer than EVs. We are definitely being pushed into EVs without any real study of cost if charging away from home. Thanks Kezo, regards, wonky
Lets stick to 3mpkWh as a worst case, which will require 166.6kW of offpeak electricity over a month to travel 500 miles.
166.6 x £0.07 = £11.66
To do the same 500 miles a month in the Niro assuming best case scenario on all roads of 70mpg based on £6.13 gallon (£135l)
500 miles / 70mpg = 7.1gallon x £6.13 = £43.30
Each month locally you will be saving at least (£43.30-£11.66) £31.65, which will more than cover the £23 it costs you to return from Anglesey 6 times a year. The months you don’t go you will be quids in!
Now lets look at Anglesey in isolation 360 miles total:
In your Niro based on 70mpg, you will need 5.1gallons to cover the journey there and back including running around.
5.1 gallons x £6.13gallon = £31.52 for the whole trip.
In the Elroq, you would charge to 100% the night before you left at a cost of £5.39 (77 x £0.07). Based on worst case 3mpkWh that would get you 3 x 77 = 231 miles, leaving you 129 miles short and a realist charge to 150 miles to get you home 150 miles / 3mpkWh = 30kw x £0.66 = £19.80
£5.39 + £19.80 = £25.19
That works out roughly £6 saving at an absolute minimum based on 3mpkWh compared to the Niro
Based on these calculations, you will have positive savings on local driving and trips to Anglesey will work out no more expensive than in your Niro and likely cheaper by a fiver or so.
You also need to take into account the savings on AP if any compared to going hybrid.
