EV cost decision tools
Compare EV vs gas/petrol running costs, estimate home charging savings, and test realistic ownership scenarios using your own mileage, electricity rates, fuel prices, and charging habits.
Editable assumptions. Practical comparisons. Print or save your results as a PDF.
EV running costs can look attractive in theory, but the real answer depends on your mileage, local electricity price, charging mix, fuel costs, vehicle efficiency, and maintenance assumptions. EV Cost Lab helps you compare those numbers directly so you can make a clearer decision before buying, switching, or installing a home charger.
Compare annual running costs, monthly savings, cost per mile or kilometre, ownership-period savings, and break-even timing using either: i) estimates based on your locality or ii) your own precise input data.
Open CalculatorCompare purchase price, incentives, running costs, maintenance, resale value, and ownership period to see which option is cheaper overall.
Open CalculatorEstimate how much shifting more charging to home could save each year and how long a charger might take to pay back.
Open CalculatorEnter your mileage, fuel price, electricity rate, charging mix, and maintenance assumptions to test a scenario that actually resembles your situation.
See whether an EV is cheaper to run, how much the difference is per month, and how public charging changes the picture.
Run one scenario, change the assumptions, and save or print the results so you can compare options properly.
Add your mileage, fuel price, electricity rate, charging mix, and maintenance figures.
See the difference in running costs and total ownership using the figures that match your own situation.
Check annual savings, monthly impact, and whether switching looks worthwhile.
The calculators are designed to be flexible rather than locked to one country or one set of assumptions. You can work with miles or kilometres, estimated electricity rates or manual rates, and print or save your results as a PDF for later review.
These tools are designed to help you compare scenarios by including as many variables as possible pre-purchase, not to give exact quotes. Exact, real costs will vary by vehicle, location, tariff, charging availability, maintenance patterns, driving style, resale conditions, and ownership period. Default assumptions can be edited so you can test different situations and attain a better idea as to costs and potential savings (or not as the case may be!).
Before comparing vehicles, home chargers, or longer-term EV ownership choices, use the calculators to understand the numbers first.
No. These are estimate tools designed to help you compare scenarios using editable assumptions.
Yes. The calculators are designed to support both.
You do not need an exact electricity rate to get started. The calculator includes built-in estimated local average rates for selected countries and regions, and you can edit the rate at any time to test a different tariff or scenario.
Yes. The calculators include a Print / Save Results option so you can print the output or save it as a PDF.
Use the main calculator to see whether switching to an EV would lower your running costs based on your own inputs.
Open EV vs Gas/Petrol Calculator