Originally Posted by sospan
Which just published an article on a 3 year cost of ownership comparing the EV and Ice versions of cars. Basic RRP for buying plus service, fuel, tax etc.
A couple of examples....
Mini. Mini One EV cost £6800 more than petrol version.
Peugeot 2008. EV cost £4200 more than 1.2 petrol.
The biggest savings are fuel cost but the big increased RRP for EV massively affects the calculation.
Mini EV is £9400 more.
Peugeot £6600 more.
Mini EV takes approx 11 years to break even with the petrol version.
Peugeot breakeven is about 7 years.



I wonder how the breakdown looks if you buy used? A 5 year old BMW i3 Rex is around 12 to 15k. Although the electric range is pretty low, for most people I would think that it would be perfectly adequate. I did read somewhere that the reason BMW dropped the Rex version was because they were having problems with the engines as they weren't used enough - but I don't know how true that is.

That's still twice the price of an equivalent 1 series though, so the fuel and servicing costs are going to have to do a fair amount of heavy lifting if the cost equation is to pan out.

I suspect, however, that cost is not the main driver in many EV purchases.

Tim H.
1986 4/4 VVTi Sport, 2002 LR Defender, 2022 Mini Cooper SE