Costs of buying/running an electric car Post Reply

[CyclingLondon]

Has anyone recently looked into the costs of buying/running an electric car when you only have access to street lamp post chargers?

I’m considering making the switch, but most of my friends with electric cars have drives where they can charge them, so I'm curious how practical it is without that option.

Would love to hear about your experiences or any tips.
 

[Tovkler]

No cheaper than a normal ICE car to run. The Chargy outlets near us are 39p 24/7 which is cheap compared to other publicly available chargers. That would be £32 to fully charge the battery, which is notionally (although the numbers are total BS) 240 miles. Our old diesel cost about £60 to do 400 miles.

But given I get it through workplace salary sacrifice it’s still great value to lease (buying a car is mad), particularly as service - already been through 2 new tyres - and insurance are thrown in.

[CyclingLondon]

Can I just check that this means that it more per mile now with electric than diesel?

I know there are many other reasons for buying an electric car but that I did think that one of the reasons was cost.