About Real Charge Cost

Ask what an EV costs to run and you'll almost always get a national average back. Which is a shame, because a national average can't tell you anything useful about your situation. What you pay depends on your electricity tariff, your climate, your commute, and whether you can plug in at home — and those vary enormously.

So that's what we're here for: swapping the average for your numbers. The calculators do the arithmetic, and the articles explain what's going on underneath.

Where the numbers come from

Published utility tariffs, manufacturer specifications and public datasets — all cited on the page where we use them. When a figure is an estimate we'll say so and show you the assumption behind it. And when sources disagree, you get the range rather than whichever number happens to suit the story.

What we don't do

We don't write hands-on reviews, and we won't pretend to have driven cars we haven't. This site is research and analysis, and we'd rather tell you that straight than dress it up as first-hand experience. If you want to know how a car feels on a back road, there are people far better placed to tell you.

How we keep the lights on

Commission on some of the outbound links — the whole arrangement is laid out on our affiliate disclosure page.

Spotted something wrong?

Please tell us. Numbers go stale and mistakes slip through, and we'd much rather fix one than leave it sitting there. Drop us a line.