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Who of you out there have done big distances on electric. I’m interested in finding out true running costs over bigger distances, excluding finance and depreciation.
I’m at 100,000 kms (62,000 miles) and my repairs and maintenance bill stands at £1800 (one windshield and 4 tyres). I’ve spent £521 on charging (excluding a bit of supercharging) so that puts me at £2321, or 2.3 pence per km, or 3.7 pence per mile. Seeing that charging is very variable and obscures the R&M side of things, R&M comes in at 1.8 pence per km, or 2.9 pence per mile. Model is a Tesla Model 3 standard on a LFP pack. I do have the feeling it might need some suspension work soon as there is a bit of creaking from the front suspension.
I average 230Wh/m with the cruise control pegged at 72mph. I can charge cheaply at home but half the mileage tends to be on a Supercharger or rapid charger at a hotel, which bumps the cost up a lot.
For July I charged 413kWh which cost £90. Works out at 6p/mile on average. Repairs and maintenance for me are included in the salary sacrifice lease so it’s difficult to extrapolate this to a take home figure. I have the EV for the moral high ground and the fact that it’s infinitely better to drive than my old dinosaur-juice powered Volvo.
I'm probably averaging 5.5m/kWh over the time I've owned the EV. 🤔
Sometimes a KW costs me less than 0p, sometimes more than 0p.
Wear and tear costs have been minimal.
Insurance is up in cost compared to my ice.
Ved is up but down compared to the ice.
When I drive to the shops I can get 999m/kWh. When I drive back 4m/kWh.
If only my EV trips were all downhill 😉😭
Etc.
I've got 195000 kms on a Nissan Leaf. DOn't have exact numbers but it's been dirt cheap to run, even including changing tyres, bit of work on the suspenstion etc. Zero car tax , parking was free, now 1/2 price, reduced road tolls, and vas majority of charging done at home.
Just recently bought an 85000miles EV6.
Battery health was 96% on purchase and range still between 310-320miles when 100% charged over recent weather.
First 1000miles have been fault free and averaging 4.3m/kWh.
Will update if/when issues arise.
I'm on 88k miles in my Ioniq 38. Range is still the same as the new one we had on lease a few years ago, around 210 miles now and 180 in winter. The long term average since we had it 17 month and 16k miles ago is 4.9 miles/kWh. It had some new tyres at the time and the fronts look like they're about half worn after 16k which isn't amazing but it's not bad. Servicing is either £70 or £140 at the main dealer, with the exception of the four-yearly coolant change which is £460.
My mrs has a lead. 2nd gen.
Costs £15 a month to run/charge with octopus EV tariff on a 800 mile a month commute. That in eco mode and driving into city.
So what's that, 2p per mile?
Had it for 3 years years. The only cost has been repairing a dent when she drove into my car:)
Thing will have paid for itself soon, compared to the PHEV she had before.
I have just completed another 3 day trip in the ioniq my20 covering just shy of 400 miles with an average of 5.5m\kwh. 140 miles at motorway speeds, lots of A road high speeds and plenty of minor roads with steep climbs and descents. I probably did 75% of the journey with the cruise control.
There is 16 Tesla chargers just South of York which provided outbound and return stops with charging time spent being a consumer. I also signed up to Lidl ev charging which knocks 12p/KW off their prices.
Worked out much cheaper than last month's trip using instavolt and evyee chargers during the day.
We did 84000mi in an i3 and it cost nothing other than tyres, a suspension damper and around £100 in electric and a similar amount in petrol. BUT, in 7y it lost £14k in depreciation. By contrast, my 2004 330i has cost much more in parts and fuel, but was bought for £6k and sold for £4K after 15y.
38k miles in a BMW i4 e40. Averaged 3.7 m/kw.hr from new and the vast majority of its charging has been on IOG so 7p/kw.hr, so comfortably under £1k charging cost.
Its a company car so I don’t see other costs myself but in that time its had 3 rear tyres (one from a puncture then both replaced as worn, one windscreen crack repair,pair of wiper blades, one wing mirror housing due to a narrow country road and five hundred gallons of screen wash. Modern cars seem to get through a lot of the stuff.
It goes back in 9 months ish and I can’t see anything as good to replace it with, if only the rear seats were a bit more generous (the kids are growing up) I would just get another
five hundred gallons of screen wash. Modern cars seem to get through a lot of the stuff.My last couple of cars have had those wet blade system, screen cleaner applied through the blade. Gone from filling every 1000km to every 4000km...
Tyres on my Ioniq look like they're half gone ish after having done 15k miles. These are aftermarket tyres, not OEM. It's not too bad, but I'd have expected a little more from a not-powerful car driven very sensibly.
@retrorick - I've got a 2020 Ionic and had issues on a tesla charger in the past as the plug wouldn't quite fit due to the little light in the port blocking it.
Good to hear that not all Tesla chargers have the (ever so slightly) non-standard CCS plug - can put the York chargers on the 'safe to use' list 🙂
V4 chargers at the York retail park.
I think I had to connect the Tesla V2? charger at Stoke on Trent with a slight angle to avoid the light.
No issues with Tesla chargers in Scotland apart from the 3 that don't work (3did) with the ioniq in fort William. Molgrips had similar issues in Fort William.
five hundred gallons of screen wash. Modern cars seem to get through a lot of the stuff.My last couple of cars have had those wet blade system, screen cleaner applied through the blade. Gone from filling every 1000km to every 4000km...
Mine has that too, the jets are attached to the wiper arms and they only spray when the arms are in certain position not continuously It still uses vast quantities though! Fine in the summer when it’s pretty diluted but a pain in winter when it has to be concentrated to avoid freezing up (as the jets & hoses are very exposed, unheated and there is no engine heat to keep things toasty)
I calculate my e208 costs me about 2p a mile in 'fuel' if I charge at home. In the real world I do 75% of my charging at work for free, so that makes it about 0.05p a mile. I've never needed to charge on a public charger. It's a nice car with all modern bells and whistles, you can now pick them up for under £10k. Pretty good value motoring I reckon.