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Tesla owner breaks down home charging prices as people stunned by amount it really costs

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Updated 13:49 13 Jan 2025 GMTPublished 13:29 13 Jan 2025 GMT

Tesla owner breaks down home charging prices as people stunned by amount it really costs

He said the car does about 800 to 1,000 miles a month

Joe Harker

Joe Harker

A Tesla owner has broken down how much it costs to charge his car at home, since that's one of the main concerns that motorists will have to contend with when they switch to electric vehicles.

Electric cars are inevitably going to be the future as governments around the world are trying to wean motorists off their petrol-chugging automobiles.

In the UK, the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will not last beyond this current decade, while hybrids only have until 2035 before new models of those cannot be sold.

Wind the clock forwards 10 years from now and if you're buying a new car in Britain it won't be petrol, diesel or hybrid.

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On the other hand many car sales aren't from people buying new, so there'll be plenty of used cars on the market for a good while yet, though over time they'll eventually be phased out.

There are charging stations for electric cars, but most people will end up having to charge them at home (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
There are charging stations for electric cars, but most people will end up having to charge them at home (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

One of the main concerns people have over electric cars is actually having to charge them up, both over fears that they'll run out of batteries and what it'll do to the electricity bill.

Only around four percent of cars on the roads in the UK are electric at the moment, and depending on where they're charging their vehicles and what car they've got, the price per charge can range from somewhere between about £20 and £40.

Charging at home during the right time of day with the right energy provider seems to get the best prices, while other motorists have spent big on charging hardware to bring those costs right down, making for a hefty initial cost somewhere between £5,000 and £10,000 but leaving them paying peanuts to actually recharge.

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Over in the US, one Tesla owner named Alex broke down how much it was costing him each month to charge his car at home ranging from December 2022 to August 2023.

The Tesla owner explained that charging costs varied from month to month but things were going well (YouTube/Alex Siba)
The Tesla owner explained that charging costs varied from month to month but things were going well (YouTube/Alex Siba)

Starting off in December he paid $75.50 (£62.31) to charge his car (for the entire month, not for every charge) and noted that it was a very busy time with lots of driving.

The prices then varied from month to month depending on how much driving he was doing and fluctuations in the energy price, but across the nine months he paid $596.12 (£488.69) to charge his car at his house.

Alex's bill to charge his Tesla each month (YouTube/Alex Sibla)
Alex's bill to charge his Tesla each month (YouTube/Alex Sibla)

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Alex explained that the car was the only vehicle he and his family had, saying that his wife would use the car an hour each day for commuting to work.

People who saw him totting up the costs reckoned he was 'actually saving a lot of money' compared to how much he'd be paying for fuel in a car with the same driving habits.

Alex told commenters that the car did 'roughly 800 - 1,000 miles per month', with plenty of people left pleasantly surprised at how much it actually costs to run an EV.

Featured Image Credit: Youtube/Alex Sibila / Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Topics: Cars, Tesla, Money

Joe Harker
Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

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