EV Rapid Charging Costs Vs Petrol!

How much in 2024 does it cost to use an electric car 'Rapid Charger' vs the cost of petrol / diesel? Let's see!

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[oleww]

Recently did a 1100mile return trip using Teslas network (for non-Tesla) and it was just seamless, fast, easy and so much cheaper. £8.99 for the month makes it 8-14p cheaper per kw. Sometimes as low as 35p/kw for my journey. Making it over half the cost of other networks. Total no brainer.

[ianwatkins]

Don’t forget these prices include 20% VAT on Services Electricity whereas home charging is only 5%, to further incentivise EV adoption the UK Govt should make business Electricity at these services and street charging to 5%

[Gazer]

Charging prices in the UK are nuts! Most expensive CPOs here in Norway are 43p/kWh (5.99 NOK). The better ones are around 36p/kWh (4 NOK). It's been down around 22p this summer.

[xtoledo]

Sensible analysis from EV Man, home charging is essential.

[stevewest]

If you can charge at home getting an EV will save you a lot of money. My car fuel bill has gone from approx £300 per month to about £30 per month. It saves about £3, 000 per year or £30, 000 over 10 years. I will save nearly double what I paid for the EV in 10 years.
If you can't charge at home there's not enough incentive, financially, to get an yet

[Payteer]

However, if you cross the channel, on the french auto-routes it's €0.56 (47p) for a fast-charger and that's expansive. Basically you're been ripped off in the UK

[roycordukes]

Given OFGEM has a price cap for home electricity so why isn't there regulation of public chargers covering pricing, reliability, charger design (cables that actually comfortably reach charging ports), design of charging bays (often hopelessly narrow), safety (lighting, CCTV etc.) and accessibility for disabled drivers? Charge Place Scotland pricing is unbelievably complex with a poor track record for service, but there's no regulator or ombudsman to hold them to account. Something has to change if we are ever going to replace fossil fuels with electric.

[GusRobinson-MiserableOldGit]

Oil Company owned charges have an interest in keeping the cost high and they appear to like leaving their chargers in a broken state to add to the impression that the charging network is not ready yet.

[davidsmith]

We charge at home for the vast bulk of our needs. We pay 7 pence/kWh overnight for 6 hours. It works out to marcinally less than 2 pence/mile. Together with our GivEnergy batteries used to power the house and our solar panels, we have our monthly electricity bill down to just below £36 per month - and that INCLUDES` running the car.

[mickinmerton]

Great video thanks. FYI in London we have lamp post chargere run by Car.gy (yes that is how you spell it). They charge 59p/kWh (day) and 39p/kWh (night 00:00 - 07:00). I have at least 3 within 1/2 mile of my front door.

[johnwinters]

50 mpg sounds a bit optimistic for an average figure. Yes, there are cars that can do 60 or more mpg but there probably more cars which do rather less - particularly in real usage. Most of my ICE vehicles have done well under 50 mpg overall.

[antonyshipley]

This is why I bought a Plug-in Hybrid. Most of my journeys are local on charge-at-home electricity, but use fuel at 46mpg with short refill time for long journeys.

[Grumpydadwithtech]

Charged up at Charnock Richards last night, got a max of 38kwh on gridserve and was £0.79 per kwh, ridiculous price for that speed and no one else connected to it

[ODD_JOB]

I have just pulled the trigger and purchased my first ev. With a ohme pod home charger. Thank you for the information

[gordonmackenzie]

CP Scotland has been rolling out for at least 12 years. They are now upgrading old chargers. In my area it’s 35p if I join the network as a member. As You say there is over 200, and some in very very remote places.

[arenjay]

In Canada I charge, out there, for free. Over 175, 582km I have paid out of pocket $325.

[animationcreations]

We have an Instavolt charger round the corner and it's always full of work vans, presumably using 'fuelcards'.
I typically charge at the Aldi across the road which is 25p/kwh. While i have off street parking, i work nights so can't take advantage of the cheaper rates. I do often dump the car at my mother's and charge at her's overnight at 7p

[nxsynjs]

Also, public chargers incur 20% VAT rather Domestic 5%. So not only are commercial per KwH more expensive, we are taxed more also for changing in public. So to get the effect of VAT difference knock 15% of all those public charging costs,

[GrahamRead]

Thanks for the summary. It’s part why I’ve stopped using the leaf for long journeys - that and the gridserve Chademo policy. We still
use the leaf for local journeys, but I’ve bought a new (to me) petrol for long journeys.

[stephenclay]

I do agree with you. Rapid chargers are really expensive to use as is the fuel price at motorway services. So when talking to people about this I always say you wouldn’t chose to fill your car with petrol or diesel at a motorway services if you don’t need to except when you are on that long journey. The same can be said with charging only use a rapid charger when there is no other option ie on that long journey. Every other time you charge at home we’re as you say it’s considerably cheaper doing so offsets the cost. There is one other option that maybe available if your stopping overnight find a hotel / b&b with overnight chargers at a considerably cheaper cost sometimes free if your lucky.