Electric car owners in the UK have suffered a 42 per cent hike in the cost of using public rapid chargepoints in just four months, according to new figures published by RAC.
The figures show a driver exclusively using rapid or ultra-rapid public chargers currently pays around 18p per mile for electricity, compared with roughly 19p per mile for petrol and 21p per mile for diesel. This rise – caused by the soaring wholesale costs of gas and electricity – has made it nearly £10 more expensive to rapid-charge a typical family-sized electric car to 80 per cent.
“It remains the case that charging away from home costs less than refuelling a petrol or diesel car, but these figures show that the gap is narrowing as a result of the enormous increases in the cost of electricity," said RAC spokesman Simon Williams.
“These figures very clearly show that it’s drivers who use public rapid and ultra-rapid chargers the most who are being hit the hardest.”
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