How much does it cost to charge an electric car at home?

How much does it cost to charge an electric car at home?

How much does it cost to charge an electric car? It’s a question that’s being asked more and more, especially with recent fluctuating electricity prices.

The simple answer is that it depends on your home electricity tariff and how much you pay per kWh. The good news though is that, unlike a petrol car, you can have a huge influence on how much you pay through the numerous off-peak electricity tariffs on the market from the likes of SSE Airtricity and Energia.

So, let’s do some basic maths to show you the effect you might be able to have on the running costs of your EV. The average Irish driver covers 10,000 kilometres a year which, in a typical petrol car, would cost around €1170.

By comparison, in a typical EV, at SSE’s Standard Tariff of 48.24c/kWh from 1^st July, those same 10,000 kilometres would cost €753 for the entire year. However, if you switched your home charging to an off-peak tariff such as SSE’s Night Boost (at just 12.42c/kWh) and managed to only charge during those hours (which many Ohme customers do) then those same 10,000 kilometres would cost just €194.06.