How much does it cost to charge an electric car at home?
As part of the electromobilni.pl social campaign, a virtual comparison mechanism was launched, which makes it easy to estimate the cost of charging an electric car at home. A tool to account for the tariffs of individual operators after the increase in energy prices in January this year.
Using the comparison mechanism is very simple. Here it is enough to select the tariff of the given Distribution System Operator (Enea, Energa, Innogy, PGE, Tauron), the make and model of the electric vehicle from the database of all electric vehicles available for sale in Poland, the declared mileage of the vehicle and the predicted share of electric vehicle charging at home. In this way, we find out how much it will cost us to charge our electric car monthly and annually. The tool also allows you to enter household energy consumption for other needs, thanks to which we can easily determine both the predicted electricity bill in the new realities of 2021, with and without an electric car, and compare the bill amount with other available tariff options. . In addition to the current tariffs, the tool also takes into account tariffs from 2020, thanks to which we can calculate the actual increase in the electricity bill.
– Energy Regulatory Authority January 20 this year. approved distribution tariffs for all beneficiary groups and energy sales tariffs, which are used by about 60 percent. customers in Poland from a group of households. The distribution tariff includes, in particular, the payment for electricity and the payment for RES. As a consequence, household electricity bills will increase by around 2021-9% on average in 10. How much does this affect the cost of charging an electric car at home? The tool we have launched answers this question,” says Jan Wisniewski from the PSPA Research and Analytical Center, which implements the elektrobilni.pl campaign together with the National Center for Climate Change.
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The comparison site shows that in the case of the G11 tariff, the average increase in the cost of charging an electric vehicle and electricity in a household is 3,6%. For the G12 tariff, the increase is the lowest and amounts to 1,4%. On the other hand, the G12w tariff recorded the highest growth of 9,8%. Despite the changes, in 2021, charging an electric car at home is still more profitable than refueling an internal combustion engine at conventional gas stations.
How much does it cost to charge a car?
For example, if the compact Volkswagen ID.3 is included in the analysis, the average annual mileage in Poland is 13 km (based on data from the Central Statistical Office) and 426 percent sales. charging using a household power source, the electricity requirement for the car will be 80 kWh. When choosing the G1488 tariff of the PGE operator, it was assumed that the mentioned 12 percent. accruals will take place in the zone of low tariffs (night time). In turn, with the G80w tariff, 12 percent was accepted. due to the low tariff zone operating on weekends. Tariff G85 turned out to be the best in all analyzed options. Then the fare for 12 km is PLN 100. A comparable car with an internal combustion engine will cover this distance for about PLN 7,4. Thus, the cost of operating an electric car is a quarter of the cost of using a conventional car.
Charging cost calculator at public stations
The fare comparison mechanism is not the only tool launched as part of the elektrobilni.pl campaign, which allows you to optimize the operating costs of an electric vehicle. The campaign website also includes a public charging cost calculator (AC and DC), thanks to which each driver of an electric car can calculate how much he will pay for a 100 km journey using the services of the leading infrastructure operators in Poland (GreenWay, PKN ORLEN, PGE Nowa Energia, EV+, Revnet, Lotus, Innogi, GO+EVavto and Tauron).
– The comparison is in line with the expectations of EV drivers in Poland. According to the PSPA New Mobility Barometer, almost 97 percent. Poles would like to charge their electric car at home, but also have access to faster public chargers. By comparing tariffs, they can choose the best deal to recharge their car battery at home, and the public charging cost calculator will calculate the cost of random charging at fast DC stations – says Lukasz Lewandowski from EV Klub Polska.
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