BMW has the edge
There’s an easy way for EV drivers to pay less, but it’s not available to everyone. Whether it’s a BMW, Mercedes, Mini or VW, anyone who drives a Stromer from one of these brands has a good chance of saving on the go. It looks worse for everyone else – but it’s not impossible.
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Charging the e-car: VW, Mercedes and BMW pay less
E-car drivers have to fight their way through a tariff jungle. Practically every e-car manufacturer offers several tariffs, as well as charging providers, gas stations, electricity companies and municipal utilities. The current eMobility Excellence Report by the management consultancy P3 Mobility offers orientation in this chaos. There, the experts state which e-car drivers charge the cheapest.
The best price as of March 2022 is therefore available for users of the Active tariff from BMW Charging and MINI Charging. The average charging costs per year amount to 1,139 euros. You pay a basic fee of EUR 4.99 per month. AC charging costs 33 cents and DC charging 39 cents per kWh.
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The Me Charge tariff from Mercedes comes second with an annual average of 1,151 euros. Third place is shared by the VW Group tariffs: Volkswagen We Charge, Skoda Powerpass, Seat / Cupra Easy Charging and Elli. There, an average of 1,248 euros per year is collected.
For the calculation were three user profiles are assumed to form the average costs:
- The “low loader” covers 15,000 km a year and uses the home wall box more often than public charging stations.
- The “frequent loader” drives 30,000 km per year, uses more public charging points and likes fast chargers.
- The “Laternenparker” only gets about 15,000 km, but has no wall box and relies exclusively on public charging.
The total average costs for potential users were determined from the annual costs of all profiles.
But anyone who now wants to charge their e-car via BMW and save money faces a problem. In the study, the experts compared public charging providers, but the car manufacturers usually offer their apps and associated tariffs only their own customers on. This also applies to BMW, MINI, Mercedes and almost all VW offers. The only exception is Elli. Tariff and app can be used independently of the e-car you are driving.
This charging app takes the worries out of e-car drivers
Only the third place is accessible for all electromobilists. But if you want to pay less, you also have a disadvantage. Because the tariffs from BMW and Co. are not available everywhere. Anyone who cares less about money but wants to find a charging station as easily as possible should do so set to Shell Recharge. According to P3, most of the 262,000 charging points in Europe are available via the tariff (source: eMobility Excellence Report).
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In the investigation were only public, billable charging points recorded, which are accessible via app or authentication medium, such as an RFID chip, according to the report. Because operators of charging stations can also change, there could also be different information than from the providers themselves.
