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When is charging cheaper than filling up?

Pick your electric car and what you pay per kWh. The chart shows what 100 km costs at every electricity price, and the exact price where you stop saving against Germany's most popular petrol and diesel cars.

1Your car

How you drive
Edit consumption and charging losses

Starting values are rough real-world estimates. Your trip computer's average is better.

2What you pay for electricity

Charge in several places? Use your average, or try each price.

Where charging stops paying off

Your car's cost per 100 km rises with the price per kWh (blue line; the shaded band runs from efficient to winter driving). Each dashed line is a fuel car. Where they cross is the break-even price.

Your carPetrolDieselBreak-even
Break-even electricity price, highest first. The range covers your four driving levels.
Fuel carBreak-evenAt your price, per 100 km

3Compare with

Most registered new cars in Germany, 2025
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Formula: cost per 100 km = kWh/100 km × (1 + losses) × €/kWh. Break-even = L/100 km × €/L ÷ (kWh/100 km × (1 + losses)).

Fuel cars: the most registered new models in Germany in 2025 (KBA), each with its most common engine. Consumption is a real-world average rounded from owner logs on spritmonitor.de, higher than the WLTP figure. EV figures are rough real-world estimates.

Energy only: purchase price, tax, insurance and servicing are not included. Your tariff, the weather and how you drive change the real cost.