How much is your EV costing you to run?
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What make or model do you have?
What is your usage like? For example, 10 miles a day or 100 miles a week.
How much does it cost you to charge? For example, overnight off my solar charged power wall it’s free. Or, 12 hours overnight and a couple of quid. Public chargers etc.
For you torque monsters out there are your tyres costing you more annually?
Any other hidden costs? Given there are no oil changes.
Breakdown your answer however you like. I am trying to get an idea of what the savings might be. Although it is a given that ‘leccy’ is costing more.
We’ll all be forced to go electric one day it feels. I have decided after 30 years of driving it’s time to go electric for my next car.
My current daily is a Mercedes W205 220d with a larger capacity fuel tank. I can net 600-800 miles on a tank. Mainly long journeys a few times a month. About 200-300 miles to make an appearance at HQ which is not served well by public transport.
I am hoping this thread can inform my decision.
My shortlist is the BMW i4 and Tesla Model 3.
Wildcard being: Ford Mach-E
Cheers
Mercedes W205 C220d
Standard diesel with the odd v power tank: £1,400 a year
Maintenance: About £600 a year on average (Service A/B etc.)
Insurance: £300 a year
Road “fund” license: £520 a year up from £450
Total: £2,820 a year (approximately).
What is your usage like? For example, 10 miles a day or 100 miles a week.
How much does it cost you to charge? For example, overnight off my solar charged power wall it’s free. Or, 12 hours overnight and a couple of quid. Public chargers etc.
For you torque monsters out there are your tyres costing you more annually?
Any other hidden costs? Given there are no oil changes.
Breakdown your answer however you like. I am trying to get an idea of what the savings might be. Although it is a given that ‘leccy’ is costing more.
We’ll all be forced to go electric one day it feels. I have decided after 30 years of driving it’s time to go electric for my next car.
My current daily is a Mercedes W205 220d with a larger capacity fuel tank. I can net 600-800 miles on a tank. Mainly long journeys a few times a month. About 200-300 miles to make an appearance at HQ which is not served well by public transport.
I am hoping this thread can inform my decision.
My shortlist is the BMW i4 and Tesla Model 3.
Wildcard being: Ford Mach-E
Cheers
Mercedes W205 C220d
Standard diesel with the odd v power tank: £1,400 a year
Maintenance: About £600 a year on average (Service A/B etc.)
Insurance: £300 a year
Road “fund” license: £520 a year up from £450
Total: £2,820 a year (approximately).
Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 3rd June 07:22
Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 3rd June 07:23
LordGrover said:
The simplest way to guesstimate cost to run (fuel only) is to divide the price per kW (e.g. 5p/kW) by the car's economy (e.g. 4.0 miles/kWh) - that is roughly what I'm paying.
5 / 4 = 1.25 p/mile
NB My i3 is relatively economical averaging 3.9 mi/kW over a year, and I'm on a decent tariff as I signed up last June, before it all went tits up.
A more realistic cost with tariffs available today would be more like 15p/kW
15 / 4 = 3.75 p/mile
Pleeeeeease, it’s a kWh not a kW.5 / 4 = 1.25 p/mile
NB My i3 is relatively economical averaging 3.9 mi/kW over a year, and I'm on a decent tariff as I signed up last June, before it all went tits up.
A more realistic cost with tariffs available today would be more like 15p/kW
15 / 4 = 3.75 p/mile
Is this true? EV depreciation being higher than a ICE car?
https://www.slashgear.com/909209/the-truth-behind-...
https://www.slashgear.com/909209/the-truth-behind-...
Like everything the "trick" is to buy a car when no-one wants one, and to sell it when everone does want one!
Not that hard in principal, but these days you need a pretty decent crystall ball to try to forecast what and when those things happen!
(My best so far: 2015 bmw i3, bought ex-demo in early 2016 for £16,200 from main dealer with 367 miles on it. Part-Ex'd back to same dealer in 2021 for £15,800 with 30,000 odd miles on it!)
Not that hard in principal, but these days you need a pretty decent crystall ball to try to forecast what and when those things happen!
(My best so far: 2015 bmw i3, bought ex-demo in early 2016 for £16,200 from main dealer with 367 miles on it. Part-Ex'd back to same dealer in 2021 for £15,800 with 30,000 odd miles on it!)
105.4 said:
With a diesel van I can fix just about any problem myself, up to and including cam belts, head gasket failure etc. with an electric van, I can’t. .
If you are skilled enough to change a cam belt, then you could easily change a battery or even a battery module. Working on a BEV is easy, very easy. Yes, there are a few things you need to learn to do to be safe, but really, once you have done those basics, you can fix any EV for less than you can fix a much more complex ICE.There are BEV tech courses you can go on to learn too:
https://motor-skills.co.uk/
Trust me it's not difficult or expensive and will give you some life skills that are seriously sort after in this day and age :-)
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