Maintaining an electric car in the small and compact class is monthly 10 Euros more expensive than the maintenance of a diesel and 21 Euros more expensive than that of a gasoline engine. This is what the car leasing specialist Leaseplan has calculated for its latest “Car Cost Index”.

Are in the middle class segment the cost of electric cars compared to vehicles with internal combustion engines according to the Car Cost Index in 14 countries fully competitive: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Great Britain. In the compact class, electric cars are competitive compared to internal combustion engine cars in these countries: Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In the upper class, on the other hand, there is currently no researched country in Europe with cost-efficient electric cars in the upper class segment. “The costs for electric vehicles are falling and we can see that a strong used car market for high-quality electric vehicles is slowly developing,” says Roland Meyer, Managing Director Leaseplan Germany. He complains, however, “that many governments are still failing to provide the necessary charging infrastructure”.

Leaseplan was originally owned by Volkswagen and the Dutch Fleet Investments BV. 2016 they sold the leasing and vehicle fleet specialist based in Amsterdam to a consortium of investors. According to the company, the Car Cost Index takes into account “the actual maintenance costs for cars in 18 European countries”, including fuel, depreciation, taxes, insurance and maintenance. For the German results, the company’s experience with those it supervised 110 flowed. vehicles.

electric cars in Germany (70 Pictures)