If you charge your electric car at home, it is cheaper than with a diesel car
If you can charge an electric car using a private power connection, it is cheaper to drive than with a petrol or diesel car. This means that electric cars are more economical to operate than combustion engines, a price comparison portal has found. And electricity remains cheap!
Anyone who charges their electric car directly at their home Wall box charges, saves considerably – not only compared to the Electricity price at public charging stationsbut also in comparison to Fuel prices at the petrol stationThis means that after the drastic increase in electricity prices during and after the start of the war in Ukraine, the electric car is once again the better choice in terms of operating costs compared to the combustion engine.
Calculation based on annual mileage of 11,000 km
The price comparison portal Check24 compared average prices and consumption values ​​for its calculations. For an electric car, a consumption of 21 kWh of electricity per 100 km was assumed, and the average mileage per year was assumed to be 11,000 km. The average Electricity price 36 cents per kilowatt hour were defined – this is the current price for existing customers, for new customers it is currently even ten cents cheaper.
If the battery can be charged exclusively from a private power connection, the calculations show annual electricity costs of 840 euros. If consumers get their electricity from an alternative electricity provider, the annual energy costs are only 627 euros.
Fast charging at the roadside saves time, but also increases charging costs.
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Since the Fuel prices have risen considerably on average in recent months, combustion engines look old when it comes to pure kilometer costs. For combustion engines with petrol engines, the comparison portal estimated an average consumption of 7.7 liters per 100 km. Multiplied by the current petrol price of 1.82 euros per liter, this comes to 1542 euros for 11,000 km per year. Diesel (1.66 euros per liter, average consumption 7 liters/100 km) is in between at 1278 euros per year.
Fast charging almost as expensive as driving a petrol car
The price checkers also compared the costs of public charging with wallbox charging at home. Here they set an average price for AC charging of 55 cents per kWh – of course, public charging also cheaper, but also much more expensive.
However, if you live in an apartment building in the city, you often have no other option than to use public charging stations. Under the parameters mentioned, you then pay 1,271 euros, which is slightly less than diesel drivers. And 431 euros more than those who only charge at home.
Now it gets very theoretical: If you only DC fast charger If you fill up the batteries, you will pay a total of 1524 euros for the 11,000 km per year, assuming an average price of 66 cents/kWh. That is 685 euros more than if you draw electricity from your home connection.
Above all, it is more expensive than diesel and only slightly cheaper than petrol. Choice of drive In the next car, more attention should be paid to whether the Charging at a wallbox is possible at home.
