What are the charging options and how much do they cost?
The beauty of a plugin hybrid is that you have 50 miles electric range as well as petrol once the electric juice runs dry.
- A home charge can provide a chrge rate for 2.3 KwH whcih will charge a 50 mile battery in 7.41 hours.
- This means that a home 3 pin charger can be sufficient for a full overnight charge on a plug in hybrid.
- At standard tarrifs this would be 7.41 hours X 2.3 Kwh X £0.281 per Kwh = £4.78
- A fully electric vehicle with a 200 mile range would not charge overnight.
Having established your charging routine you can now look into the more competative overnight chrgin rates offered by operators like Octopus where rates can be as low as 7.5 p per KwH!
This would mean that an overnight plug in charge would cost £1.28 !!!