ADAC cost comparison: electric golf for the first time cheaper than the gasoline engine

01/16/2018

ADAC cost comparison electric Golf first time cheaper than the gasoline engine

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The time of the cheap oil is for the time being over – increasingly notice also motorists in Germany. Costing a liter of diesel last summer, on average, less than 1.10 euros, it is now about 1.20 euros.

The noticeable price increase Show stock market chart has a surprising consequence – some electric cars now perform better than Verbrenner in the total cost of accounts. That has the ADAC determined,

The most prominent example is the Golf of Volkswagen Show stock market chart, Thanks to a constant electricity price of 30 cents per kilowatt hour, both low and frequent travelers with the electric model will for the first time fare less than those of a gasoline or diesel Golf with comparable equipment.

Anyone who covers 10,000 kilometers a year pays 63.2 cents per kilometer in e-golf. In petrol 63.5 cents are due, in the diesel 68.9 cents. Drivers who tear down 30,000 kilometers in twelve months have to calculate in the battery Golf with 30.5 cents. For the gasoline engine, the ADAC has calculated 31.8 cents, for the diesel 32.2 cents.

Can you see it here the overviewhow the most important electric cars in the cost comparison with the direct burners competitors!

Calculated the motorist club has the values for the first five years of use. In addition to fuel costs, the bill includes loss of value, insurance and tax. From the list price of electric cars, the purchase price of 4000 euros has been deducted.

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In the case of the Golf, the price thus reduced from 35,900 to 31,900 euros. As a comparable petrol engine to the well-equipped electric golf, the ADAC has adopted the Golf 1.5 TSI ACT BMT Comfortline DSG (base price: 27,600 euros). The Golf 2.0 TDI BMT Comfortline DSG is stated as diesel (30,375 euros).

According to ADAC, the overview represents the best possible comparison. However, discounts, driving style, regional differences in fuel prices and electricity prices or weather conditions can produce different results in individual cases.

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