Cost of charging of an electric vehicle (EV)

Cost of Charging Of Electric Vehicle: 

Running Cost of Electric Vehicle:

This is a very good question? One would ask about an electric vehicle. The cost of electrical vehicle is already high so people would be more interested to know whether the running cost of EV is more/less as compared to Internal Combustion Engine vehicles.

As per study done by BEE (Bureau of Energy Efficiency) on Tata e-vehicles is given below –

Tata Tigor (petrol version) & Tata Tigor EV were considered for calculation. Let’s say Tata Tigor’s average range is 20Km/ltr for patrol version. It means a Tata Tigor would consume 5 ltrs of patrol to cover 100Km distance. Assuming (as of 8^th feb,21) the cost of petrol is Rs 86.95/- per ltr. Hence the cost of travelling of 100Km is Rs 434.75 (5X86.95).

On the other hand, Tata Tigor EV with total battery capacity of 21.5KWh (units), the total cost of charging EV would be 21.5 Units X Rs 4.5 per unit (assuming EV home charging unit in Delhi). The total cost would be Rs 96.75. So, the running cost of electric vehicle is much cheaper than ICE vehicle (patrol version).

Other advantage of electric vehicle over ICE vehicle is – low maintenance cost & operating cost of an EV is lower as compared with than ICE vehicle which in turn reduces the overall cost of an EV.