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Verifox Comparison: Charging Usually Much Cheaper Than Refueling

(dpa) Everything seems to be getting more expensive, including the running costs of cars. An analysis by Verifox now shows: Most of the time, electric cars are already much cheaper today, unless you only use HPC stations. In that case, a diesel is cheaper, but a gasoline car is still more expensive.

Charging is usually cheaper than refueling today, unless you rely solely on HPC infrastructure. Then diesel is cheaper, but there's a slight advantage over gasoline. | Photo: Aral pulse
Charging is usually cheaper than refueling today, unless you rely solely on HPC infrastructure. Then diesel is cheaper, but there's a slight advantage over gasoline. | Photo: Aral pulse
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E-car or a model with a combustion engine? What is right for you depends on many parameters – including, of course, the operating costs. Verivox wanted to find out whether and how the expenses for charging electricity differ compared to the gasoline and diesel costs when refueling a combustion engine.

Those who can charge at home can save

The comparison portal concluded: The charging costs of e-cars in 2024 were significantly lower than comparable fuel costs for combustion engines. However, this was under the condition of being able to charge the car at home using a wall box. Then the average electricity costs were 47 percent lower compared to gasoline cars. And in the example calculation for diesel cars, it was still 38 percent lower.

For the evaluation, a power consumption of a modern e-car of 20 kWh per 100 kilometers was assumed. With a household electricity price of 35.66 cents/kWh, 100 kilometers cost 7.13 euros. For 12,000 km, the annual costs summed up to 856 euros.

Price advantage remains even at public charging stations

The catch: Those who cannot charge at home had to reach deeper into their pockets. Charging at public charging stations presented a mixed picture: With regular charging, there remained a noticeable price advantage compared to gasoline (19 percent less) and diesel (6 percent less). However, with more expensive charging at public fast chargers, the portal found only an advantage of minus 4 percent compared to gasoline cars – though refueling with diesel would then be 12 percent cheaper.

The average price at public charging stations in the evaluation was 54.25 cents/kWh (alternating current) and 64.44 cents/kWh (fast chargers with direct current). The costs for 100 km amounted to 10.85 euros (1,302 euros/year) and 12.89 euros (1,547 euros/year), respectively.
 

Those who charge publicly have less price advantage

The conclusion: With a private wallbox and charging at home, one can save on propulsion costs with an electric car compared to combustion engine cars with the average electricity price. However, those who frequently rely on public charging stations have a significantly smaller price advantage.

According to Verivox, the average gasoline and diesel prices come from the ADAC. The current figures from the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure were used for the average fuel consumption. The average household electricity price was collected from the Verivox Consumer Price Index Electricity. And the green electricity provider Lichtblick collected the average prices for charging stations in April 2024.

Translated automatically from German.
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