Why ask “How much does it cost to drive 100km with an electric car?”
Seventy percent of Italians who want to change cars would do so by leaning toward an electric car. This is according to the analysis conducted by EY in realization of theEY Mobility consumer index. The result is encouraging, especially in response to the many criticisms that are made, almost a priori, against the e-mobility sector.
However, merely underestimating what, for the target audience, are still obstacles to moving from intentions to actions would be counterproductive. For example, “How much does it cost to drive 100km in an electric car?”
Let’s delve into this and other difficult points involved in the process of buying an electric car.
- Why are Italians still reluctant and what are the reasons holding them back from buying an EV?
- Better public or home charging?
- Why buy a wall box if I have the charger that comes with the car?
- How much does it cost to fill up an electric car?
Why are Italians still reluctant and what are the reasons holding them back from buying an electric car?
On the podium we find the price of the car, which Italians consider unaffordable and competitive, access to public charging considered insufficient as well as the perception that battery range is lacking, the cause of the so-called “range anxiety“.
In addition, especially considering the crisis affecting it, the cost of energy also plays a role in evaluating whether or not to proceed with a major expenditure.
Certainly incentives support motorists by providing easier access to purchase- by the way, have you already read thearticle where we discuss incentives?
Just as the 200-euro bonus, intended for specific categories and also valid for those who own an electric car, tries to amortize vehicle maintenance expenses.
Speaking of charging…
Better public or home charging?
The distribution network of charging stations in our country currently consists of more than 30,000 public charging points for electric cars.
This is an uneven presence considering both the discrepancy between north and south (about 57 percent of the infrastructure is distributed in northern Italy, about 23 percent in the center and only 20 percent in the south and islands) and the type of charging station available, with a much more pronounced presence of AC charging stations than Hpc(High Power Charging). In fact, “direct current” charging stations (the fast ones), account for only 8 percent of the charging points and alternating current ones, on the other hand, as many as 92 percent of the available stations.
Public charging is contrasted with home charging, which is done at home or in places where the car is stationary for a certain number of hours, such as the workplace for example.
But how competitive is public charging, fast or otherwise?
Little compared to home charging i.e., the protagonist of the evaluations, including economic ones, that accompany this article. Beware, however, not in every case, because if it is true that home charging can also be done by hooking up the “charger” (with which many cars are equipped) to the Schuko socket, it is also true that this device does not allow any advantage on the savings, safety and balancing of household consumption front. All variables largely satisfied, however, by the wall boxes available on the market.
Why buy a wall box if I have the charger that comes with the car?
Many cars come with one, and it is a valuable means of charging while traveling or away from home when there is an available Schuko outlet. However, this device does not perform smart functions, a hallmark of home charging stations currently on the market. If you want to learn more about “Why choose a wall charger like Prism if I already have the charger that comes with my electric car?” read more here.
How much does it cost to fill up an electric car?
We imagined different situations, two different cars and two different columns from the Prism range.
In the first case we looked at a city car, then a small electric car, recharged with Prism Basic, thus drawing energy exclusively from the grid in a practical and safe way, preventing the meter from jumping. In the second case we looked at a sedan charged with the help of Prism Solar.
Are you curious about what we discovered? Watch the video to learn more.
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