Rising costs for charging electric vehicles. Image: Pixabay
The cost of charging electric vehicles is increasing significantly
One of the advantages of electric cars compared to fossil fuel cars is the saving of the capacity they generate by avoiding refueling and replacing it with charging with electric power. This economic advantage is also reinforced by the lower maintenance requirements, which also lower operating costs.
This advantage, which was relevant and important last year, seems to no longer exist due to the steadily rising electricity price and the exorbitant price peaks that electricity has reached in recent weeks.
The consumer and user organization (OCU) has announced that charging an electric car cost an average of 190 euros a year last year, but has now increased to 447 euros due to the surge in electricity. Let’s take an example where the vehicle is only connected to the power grid outside of peak hours and covers around 10,000 kilometers a year, the charging costs have risen by 257 €.
When charging at roadside charging stations, the OCU noticed a price increase at some stations, such as Ionity, at the same time. In September they rose from € 0.790 / kWh to € 0.825 / kWh. This is a price that is now three times the low tariff.
However, the OCU still recommends electric models over combustion models, as they not only help to improve the level of emissions and pollutants, but they are vehicles that usually pay for themselves much sooner. It costs an average of € 7,500 more than its internal combustion engine counterparts and usually pays for itself between two and a half and four years, as reported by 20minutos.es.
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