At a time when more and more motorists are switching to electric cars, the price of recharging is a central element. Today, we reveal to you in which countries in Europe charging is the most expensive.
In the main concerns of buyers regarding the electric car, you have the price of the cars themselves, the lack of infrastructure for charging, but also the autonomy and the price of charging. Concerning this last point, some drivers are better off than others in Europe. Indeed, as with fuel prices, the price of recharging an electric car differs between countries.
Once we have said this, we must mention the different charging methods of an electric vehicle. When we think of recharging, we mainly think at charging stations. However, you also need to think about refills home. A clarification that we make, because the study that we are going to tell you about later compared the cost of charging at home between European countries.
As you will notice, what is most obvious are the disparities in amounts between all countries. This could be one of the reasons why, in some of them, sales of electric vehicles are lagging behind at the start of 2024.
In which country is charging the most expensive?
It is in a study by Switcher.ie that we now know in which European country recharging is the most expensive ! Before revealing the ranking to you, Switcher.ie reminds that the cost of recharging depends on many factorsincluding model, charging location and charging method.
We then learn that it is Germany that electric vehicle owners pay the most for home charging. The price for a full recharge would be on average of €23.57 and the cost per 100 km of €7.06. In second position in the ranking, you have Ireland with a cost of €22.25 for a full charge and €6.66 for 100 km traveled electric. To complete the podium, you have the Belgium with a price for a full recharge which is on average €22.15 and €6.63 per 100 km traveled.
As for the France, we arrive in 12ᵉ position. The price of a full charge at home would be 15.19 € and the cost for 100 km traveled with your electric vehicle would be 4.55 €.
A disparity which depends on several factors. In particular, you have the energy mix chosen by each country as well as the taxes.
