Running costs
What an EV would actually cost you
Energy, motor tax and servicing on both sides, at your mileage and your charging mix — then how long the price difference takes to repay. Every rate is named under the result.
Night rate €0.14/kWh; the rest at €0.42 on public rapid. This one slider moves the answer more than any other.
1600 cc petrol €428/yr. An EV pays €120.
Cheaper to run, per year
€1,811
€151 a month · electric €905 against petrol €2,716
Electric
- Electricity (2,475 kWh)
- €485
- Motor tax
- €120
- Servicing
- €300
- Per year
- €905
Petrol
- Fuel (975 L)
- €1,638
- Motor tax
- €428
- Servicing
- €650
- Per year
- €2,716
Buying the EV at €39,000 instead
4.4 years to break even
The €8,000 price difference is repaid by the running-cost saving in about 4.4 years at 15,000 km a year.
- Saving per year
- €1,811
- Price difference
- €8,000 more to buy
- Net position after 5 years
- €1,055
- Net position after 10 years
- €10,110
15,000 km a year · EV at 16.5 kWh/100km, 80% charged at home on a €0.14/kWh night rate and 20% on public rapid at €0.42/kWh · petrol at 6.5 L/100km and €1.68/L · motor tax €120 against €333, servicing €300 against €650. Purchase price, depreciation and insurance are not included. Grants and VRT relief are not in the price above — enter the price after them, or work out what they are worth. Depreciation and insurance are not modelled.
Per 100 km, energy and fuel only
- EV · home, night rate€2.31
- EV · public rapid€6.93
- Diesel€8.91
- Petrol€10.92
- EV · ultra-rapid only€11.38
This is why the home-charging slider matters: on ultra-rapid public charging alone, an EV costs more per kilometre than petrol.