How Much Electricity Does It Take To Charge An Electric Vehicle From Home?

It costs on average $0.25 for every kWh of electricity to charge an Electrical Vehicle at home. The location of the home, the hours of using the charger and tariffs, how much the car needs to be charged and the type of EV charger all influence the price. A good formula on how to calculate the cost to charge the electric vehicle is Electricity Rate ($ per kWh) x EV Battery Size (kWh) which equals the Charging Cost ($).

Examples of how much it will take to fully charge some electric vehicles at home:

• Tesla Model 3 Long Range RWD (520km/75kWh) – $15
• Nissan Leak (385km/60kWh) – $12
• Hyundai Kona Electric (450km/65kWh) – $13
• Hyundai Ioniq Electric (290km/38.3kWh) – $7.66

When comparing how much it costs an electric car to fully charge to using and spending petrol the following can be used:

• To travel 100km electric vehicles need 18kWh of electricity while the average cost of $0.25kWh to charge adds up to $4.5/100km
• To travel 100km petrol cars need 11.1L of fuel while the average cost of fuel is $1.62 and so adds up to $13.99/100km

It costs less to charge electric vehicles than to fill up petrol cars. There are also further ways a person can reduce the costs of charging their electric car at home:

• Installing solar panels for the electric vehicle charger will mean that to charge the car it costs much less, while depending on the type of solar panel and how many
• Charging the car during off-peak times will help lower the overall cost to charge the ev

Purchasing a proper electric vehicle charging station instead of plugging the charger into a wall socket will assist

Below are further guides on how to charge an ev vehicle at home:

Times

Types of Chargers

There are three levels when it comes to ev chargers at home:

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