EV Cost Comparison

Choose your country first — prices and running costs switch to that currency. Then pick models by body type, sort, and compare ownership over 3–7 years.

Sets currency for list prices, energy, fuel, insurance and results (GBP · USD · EUR · CAD · AUD…)

Select a country to load prices in your currency.

2 Electric vehicle

Choose an EV · body type, price and efficiency drive ICE suggestions

Select a country first.

3 Comparable petrol / hybrid

Pick an EV — a best-match petrol/hybrid is selected automatically

Select a country first.

Only models sold in your selected country are listed. Purchase prices are local OEM / retail “from” figures in that market’s currency — not simple currency conversions of UK prices. Click through to verify on the linked local source. Running-cost rates (energy, fuel, insurance) still start from market-adjusted defaults you can edit.

4 Ownership inputs

Fuel/energy, servicing & tyres, and insurance scale with years. Depreciation compounds over the period.

Default 20% public → 80% at home electricity rate

Filled by model picker — edit freely

Filled by model picker — edit freely

Mixed estimate from model · tweak to your trip computer

Used for the home-charged share of miles (set your off-peak tariff if you have one)

Rapid / destination average — only applied to the public % above

Compounds over ownership years (e.g. 10%/yr ≈ 41% over 5 years)

EV saves over 5 years

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All ownership periods

Same cars, miles and rates — totals for 3, 4, 5 and 7 years of driving (energy/fuel + service + insurance + depreciation).

Years EV ICE Difference

Breakdown (5 years)

Electric—
Petrol—
Category EV Petrol

Data sources

Select a country to load sourced prices and rates.

How to use this well: match purchase prices for similar cars, use your real home tariff (off-peak if you have one), and be honest about public charging share. Insurance and depreciation vary a lot by model and postcode — plug in quotes when you have them.