Cost calculator for electric vs petrol, diesel or plugin

Parameters
If you replace kilometers with miles and euro with your own currency (dollar, pound, etc) the comparison is just as valid. For a Volkswagen e-Golf, Golf 1.2 TSI or Golf GTE the consumption values from SpritMonitor.de are 16kWh/100km, 5,3l/100km and 3,5l/100km+12kWh/100km

Kilometers per year kilometers Number of years years

Electric Electricity rate euro /kWh Electricity consumption kWh /100km Insurance Electric car euro /mmonth Road side Assistance euro /year Battery lease euro /month Purchase Price Electric car euro Quarterly Road tax Electric euro /3 months Depreciation Electric car % percent Maintenance Electric car euro /year

Fossil Fuel price euro /liter Fuel Consumption liter /100km Insurance Fossil car euro /month Road side assistance euro /year Car Lease euro /month Purchase Fossil car euro Quarterly Road tax Fossil car euro /3 months Depreciation Fossil car % percent Maintenance Fossil euro /year

Plugin Hybrid Percent Electric drive % percent Fuel price euro /liter Fuel Consumption liter /100km Electricity rate euro /kWh Electricity Consumption kWh /100km Insurance Plugin car euro /month Road side assistance Plugin car euro /year Car Lease euro /month Purchase Price Plugin car euro Road tax Plugin car euro Depreciation Plugin car % percent Maintenance Plugin car euro /year

Variable costs

Energy costs Electric 990 euro   Insurance Electric 348 euro Battery Lease Electric 0 euro Road Tax Electric 0 euro Total 1718 euro (143 per month) Total after 4 years 6872 euro

Energy costs Fossil 1643 euro Insurance Fossil 276 euro Car lease 0 euro Road tax Fossil 380 euro Total 2879 euro (240 per month) Total after 4 years 11516 euro

Energy costs Electric 240 euro Energy costs Fossil 542.5 euro Insurance Plugin 276 euro Car lease 0 euro Road tax Plugin 444 euro Total 2082.5 euro (174 per month) Total after 4 years 8330 euro

Depreciation

Depreciation year 1 8800 euro (733 per month) Depreciation year 2 6864 euro (572 per month) Depreciation year 3 5354 euro (446 per month) Depreciation year 4 4176 euro (348 per month) Residual after 4 years 14806 euro

Depreciation year 1 4200 euro (350 per month) Depreciation year 2 3360 euro (280 per month) Depreciation year 3 2688 euro (224 per month) Depreciation year 4 2150 euro (179 per month) Residual after 4 years 8602 euro

Depreciation year 1 9000 euro (750 per month) Depreciation year 2 6750 euro (563 per month) Depreciation year 3 5063 euro (422 per month) Depreciation year 4 3797 euro (316 per month) Residual after 4 years 11390 euro

Total

Total year 1 10518 euro (877 per month) Total year 2 8582 euro (715 per month) Total year 3 7072 euro (589 per month) Total year 4 5894 euro (491 per month) TCO after 4 years 32066 euro

Total year 1 7079 euro (590 per month) Total year 2 6239 euro (520 per month) Total year 3 5567 euro (464 per month) Total year 4 5029 euro (419 per month) TCO after 4 years 23914 euro

Total year 1 11082.5 euro (924 per month) Total year 2 8832.5 euro (736 per month) Total year 3 7145.5 euro (595 per month) Total year 4 5879.5 euro (490 per month) TCO after 4 years 32940 euro