Here is the real cost of recharging an electric car in France

For home recharge, the electricity contract and the supplier chosen will enter the calculation, as well as the type of terminal installed. If Qovoltis estimates the cost of recharge at home between 2.65 and 4.60 euros, all players in the sector do not reach the same result.

What is the charging price of an electric car ?

What is the charging price of an electric car at home ?

If you put aside the free terminals, the most economical way to recharge your electric car is to do it at home through a domestic outlet or a Wallbox previously installed. In terms of prices, electricity intended to supply your electric car will not cost you more than that used to operate your oven or washing machine.

The price of a fullness depends on the size of the battery, it is like the price of a full of diesel that depends on the size of the tank. With a KWH regulated at € 0.206, full of a 50 kWh battery (average on a city car) costs € 10.30.

But for it to be more telling, we prefer to tell you about the price to make 100 km. Just base yourself on the Consumption of your electric car, which spreads on average between 12 and 20 kWh/100 km, and multiply it by the price per kilowatt hour of your energy supplier.

When you have an electric vehicle, the best is to have a full hour pricing and off -peak hours, to enjoy a more advantageous charging price at night. Most electric cars offer programming systems that allow the load to be triggered when electricity is the cheapest.

For the example, we take the regulated prices 2023: € 0.161 per kWh in off -peak hours and € 0.223 in full hours.

Average consumption	Full hours	Off -peak hours
12 kWh/100 km	2.67 €/100 km	1.93 €/100 km
15 kWh/100 km	3.35 €/100 km	2.42 €/100 km
20 kWh/100 km	4.46 €/100 km	3.€ 22/100 km

To lower the note, a solution: play the self -consumption card via a solar installation coupled with batteries dedicated to stationary storage.

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The recharge price of an electric car on public terminals

The different modes of access to the charging stations

Before talking about charging costs of an electric car, perhaps it would be interesting to review the different payment methods that it is possible to use for your electric car:

• Access badge : Specific to the network used or “interoperable” via a third -party service (Plugsurfing, ChargeMap Pass, Izivia), badge remains today the main means of access to charging stations.
• Via an application or a QR code. Large networks, like Ionity, will have their application to pay. These action payment systems are, in theory, compulsory on public terminals in France. They allow a user to be able to access the load service in a dematerialized manner. We advise however to have an interoperable card to be quiet.
• SMS or interactive voice server. If such a service is offered, the procedure is generally displayed directly on the terminal.
• Bank card. This would obviously seem but payment by CB remains very rare on the charging stations. When offered, it often takes place via a mobile application. In this case, a QR code can be scanned to authorize payment and access to the terminal.
• The plug & load, directly in the car, via a communication interface with the charging station. We connect your car and the recharging is charged automatically, after the creation of an associated account of course. Tesla had ahead of this function and Ionity has just started.

Different billing systems from one network to another

Given the heterogeneity of operators, there are different invoicing methods on public limits:

• Billing per kWh. It is considered the fairest method. Moreover, all the large national networks of terminals apply this type of price. After proposing invoicing per minute, Ionity returned there in 2022.
• Billing per hour or minute. This type of billing is more on small local networks, for example Bélib. The price will be calculated at the minute or by time (10, 15, 30 minutes, etc.). Again, it all depends on the operator’s pricing policy !
• Package billing. Networks can offer a package, a price over a period, most often at night.

The factors that vary the prices of recharge on a public terminal

The charging prices of an electric car on a public terminal can vary enormously from one network to another. They will depend on the following factors:

• The power of the terminal: Most often, the more the terminal makes it possible to quickly recharge the vehicle, the higher the price.
• Of the operator: some are more expensive than others
• Of the period: As said above, some public networks offer preferential rates at certain times of the day (especially at night)
• Subscription subscribed: Like a telephone subscription, operators offer a package to be set every month. This gives access to a certain number of free charges and/or to preferential rates on terminals belonging to the network.
• Of your car : brands offer their subscription offers with an operator, often Ionity, with the price of the more advantageous kWh.

If you will find below some examples of electric car charging price, it is ultimately impossible to give all prices on public terminals as the disparities can be significant from one operator to another. Not to mention that some make their prices evolve very regularly. Example at Tesla, they changed almost every week during the winter of 2022/2023, the brand adapting to electricity market prices. The firm has also set up a full hour price (16 to 20 hours) and a off -peak price !

Price examples on a public terminal

Anyway, recharge your electric car outside the home will cost you as a general rule. For what ? Because to the price of electricity (price per kWh) are added all the general costs that operators must cover: investment in hardware and supervision, repair and maintenance software, payment solutions, communication etc … it is sometimes better Install a terminal at home to save money, when possible.

For quick terminals, here are some examples of prices made from networks present at the national level, excluding package:

• Ionity: 0.€ 39 per kWh on the 50 kW terminals and € 0.69 per kWh on terminals 350 kW
• Fastned : 0.59 € per kWh
• Electra : 0.49 € per kWh
• Allego : € 0.60 per kWh on terminals up to 22 kWh and € 0.69 on the other terminals
• Total : 0.€ 52 per kWh on terminals up to 50 kW and € 0.62 per kWh on terminals of more than 50 kW

If you want to know in more detail the prices of terminals near you, we invite you to consult the Chargeprice site.

Advice for neophytes: Look carefully about pricing conditions ! On certain terminals (especially fast), prices can explode if you remain connected for too long. This is a kind of penalty so that you do not squat the terminal.

Are there free public limits ?

Yes ! Some stores or shopping centers offer free load to owners of electric vehicles who frequent their store. This is sometimes the case in certain public car parks where charging stations are made available to users to recharge free of charge.

The price of an electric car recharge abroad

Be careful when you have your price habits. Operators can provide higher prices. For example, at Fastned, if KWH is billed with us 0.59 €, it costs 0.69 € in Blogiq and Germany. With Allego, fast recharging on a terminal of more than 50 kW costs € 0.69 per kWh in France. In Germany, it’s € 0.85.

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Here is the real cost of recharging an electric car in France

There are now more than 100,000 charging points for electric cars in France. The opportunity to know, for the first time, the average price of the cost of recharging an electric car. Be careful, this is the B2B price, we explain everything to you.

The bar of 100,000 charging stations (or rather, charging points to be more precise) was crossed in France during the month of May. As of May 31, 2023, France had 100,596 charging points open to the public and intended to recharge an electric vehicle as indicated by theAvere-France.

Of course, these are public limits. If we take into account recharging at home or in business, France then has more than a million charging stations since last summer as it was relaying Enedis.

The cost of rapidly recharge of an electric car

The big question everyone is asking is how much the recharging of an electric car costs ? The answer is difficult to provide, since it depends on many parameters, and in particular the cost of recharging each network (ionity, tesla, totalnergies, etc.)). We have already brought a response element, comparing the price in each network.

What to remember is that you have to count Between 5 and 16 euros per 100 km during a resort recharge, on a motorway journey. To compare with the 3.5 euros of a home recharge, and the 12 euros per 100 km on average for a thermal car.

With the new data provided by Avere-France, we know the price really paid by operators, then passed on to the consumer. Before going into detail, know that Different intermediaries come into play during a recharge.

When you badge your charging card (Typemap type) on the terminal, it is a mobility operator (EMSP). He has a contract with the terminal operator (CPO) to launch the recharge. And it is the latter who will charge the mobility operator, who will then charge you, After applying his margin.

The “real” cost of recharge a car

We now know that on average, The raw real cost of the recharge of an electric car is 0.39 euros per kWh on a public terminal (against around 0.2 euros at home with regulated electricity prices). Or about 7 euros to travel 100 km. But beware, this is not the price paid by the final consumer, but the B2B price, before the application (in particular) of the margin.

How to explain this difference with the prices indicated above, but also with the home rate ? It’s quite simple, because in practice, the terminal operator buys electricity to an energy supplier. It then applies a margin, making it possible to make the implementation of the charging station and its maintenance.

It will however be very interesting to follow this figure month after month, to see if it follows the curve of the price of electricity on the wholesale market, and also to get an idea of ​​the evolution of the price of the recharge d ‘An electric car on public limits.

It should also be noted that this figure is an average of the price B2B. In reality, the prices paid by the consumer vary a lot from one network to another, with for example 25 cents at Lidl the KWh against 69 cents at Ionity.

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How much really cost the recharge of an electric vehicle ?

With the increase in electricity rates, the price of an electric vehicle recharge will inevitably follow. But how to calculate the cost of a recharge ? This is a complicated exercise because several parameters come into play and first: the type of charging station. Here are some indications to help you estimate the cost of a recharge.

1. Important price variations
2. Charge at home
3. And out of home ?
4. Where to find the charging stations in France ?

Not easy to calculate the charging budget of an electric car, as the parameters to be taken into account are multiple. Model and consumption of the vehicle, type of terminal – public or private, fast or regular load – operator, kilowatt hour price (kWh) … so many cursors who will influence the price of your “full” electricity. Thus, it is very difficult, if it is not impossible, to give such a precise answer as when calculated the price of a full of petrol, which depends only on two parameters: the type of fuel and its price in the liter.

Important price variations

According to a study published in early November by Qovoltis, the price of recharging an electric vehicle varies today Between 2.65 euros and almost 20 euros per 100 kilometers. A significant difference, which is explained by the high cost of a recharge made on “Super charger”. Qovoltis indeed recalls that ” Lhe price of an electric vehicle exceeds that of its thermal equivalent of some 10,000 to 15,000 euros “. An additional cost linked to the price of the battery, which can be offset by reduced usage costs. “We agree to pay this price difference on the basis of the promise of saving on the consumption of” fuel “during the life of the vehicle, that is to say for 10 years at the rate of 12,000 km/ year “, Add the study. But according to qovoltis calculations, if all the recharges are made on super chargers, the price differential (19.75 euros vs 2.65 euros over 100 km) would represent an additional cost of more than 20,000 euros on this same distance of 120,000 km. “In other words, by recharging his electric vehicle systematically on super chargers, the user loses all the advantage he was promised when the vehicle is purchased”, points out the actor e-mobility.

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To get into the details, Qovoltis estimates that an electric vehicle consumes between 15 and 18 kWh to perform 100 km “in mixed cycle”, that is to say in an urban and extra-urban environment. And that it consumes 20 to 25 kWh per 100 km traveled on the highway. On this basis, the study compares the cost of a recharging on a 250 kW fast terminal and on a home terminal. For the first, in the mixed cycle, the cost is 14.22 euros, against 3.31 euros at home. In a off -peak hour, this “full house” even falls at 2.65 euros. To perform 100 km on a highway, fast recharging on “Super charger” will cost 19.75 euros, when the home terminal (in full hour) will drop the cost to 4.60 euros (€ 3.67 in a hollow hour). If the cost difference is enormous, the charging time is also and it is a fact to take into account: on a conventional domestic socket, it will take 7:50 am for 18 kWh, against 4 minutes 30 on a 250 kW fast charger, provided that the car accepts this load power. In addition, Qovoltis advises against recharging your vehicle only by fast load, because even beyond the cost, this system reduces the longevity of the battery.

Indeed, If the cost of the recharge depends a lot on the vehicle model, its autonomy and its load power, The price also depends and above all – you will understand – on the place that we choose to recharge it: whether you recharge it at home, in the mains or self -consumption, or on a public terminal, on the Highway: the cost will sometimes differentiate from several tens of euros.

Charge at home

For home recharge, the electricity contract and the supplier chosen will enter the calculation, as well as the type of terminal installed. If Qovoltis estimates the cost of recharge at home between 2.65 and 4.60 euros, all players in the sector do not reach the same result.

According to EDF calculations in 2020, the price of the home recharge of an electric car with a battery capacity of 50 kWh was then located between 8 and 11 €. And according to Engie, to perform 100 km, a home recharge would be between 1.34 and € 3.70. In detail, it will take between 2.22 and € 3.70 in full hours (depending on the power of the terminal and the consumption of the vehicle) and between 1.34 and € 2.24 in off -peak hours ..

There is no shortage of sources but do not really agree. So to estimate a price as close as possible to your personal situation, it will be necessary to start from the consumption of your vehicle – generally between 12 and 20 kWh/100 km – multiplied by the cost per kWh of your electricity contract. It remains the option of self -consumption, which requires the installation of photovoltaic panels and a storage battery system. But you must have in mind that this is a very expensive installation for purchase.

What aid for an installation at home ?

For the installation of a charging station, you can benefit from a tax credit of € 300 on the basis of two criteria: be the owner of a main residence which is more than 2 years old. In addition, VAT is reduced to 5.5 % because it is part of energy renovation work. In co -ownership, this tax credit can be combined with the adverse aid, which finances 50 % of the cost of supply and installation (capped at € 600 – up to € 960 in the event of energy piloting of the recharge). Some communities also grant aid to individuals who wish to install terminals, such as the City of Paris or the Normandy region.

And out of home ?

If home recharging is already complicated to assess, that out of the home is just as much, if not anymore ! The same parameters must be taken into account: terminal type, operator, recharge moment (off -peak or full hours) … and others are added to it: type of subscription and billing (on kWh, package, package, Minute…). On the highways, we find the famous super chargers, which are therefore rather expensive, but again, it is complicated to give a fixed cost: it depends on the motorway networks and the applied billing system, which most often depends on badge that we have. For example, an ionity terminal charges 0.79 euros per minute of charge, when a Tesla terminal invoices 37 cents per kWh. It is good to note that there are also subscription systems, such as the chargemap Pass at a price of € 19.90 and rechargeable, which gives access to 600 compatible networks in France, without subscription.

Tutorial: recharge an electric vehicle on a conventional public terminal

Some advantages must be emphasized, such as the existence of free charging stations in car parks and shopping centers for example. Lidl has approximately 1000 charging stations on 300 car parks in France and the Carrefour group has 2000 by 2023. A good way to recharge the vehicles during the racing time, even if you have to keep in mind that the power of the terminals is variable depending on the network to which they are connected. So do not count on these terminals to fill your battery.

In the same way, there are self-service terminals in many cities, with an access card system, often free for residents and paying for non-residents. Here, the price is often advantageous, but parking is rarely free and must therefore be taken into account.

– Avoid recharging your vehicle only on fast load terminals, so as not to damage the battery.
– Do not leave a vehicle whose battery is empty, immobilized for too long. It is advisable to keep a battery loaded between 70 and 80 % when the car is parked.

– Do not allow a vehicle loading whose battery is full, under penalty of seeing additional costs apply.

In general, more and more electric charging stations are deployed everywhere in France and today there are around 75,000* for the 620,618 electric vehicles registered, or 1 recharge point for 9 vehicles.

Where to find the charging stations in France ?

There are different sites and applications to locate nearby charging stations, such as the ChargeMap application (available on the Apple Store and Google Play) and the Roole MAP application (available on the Apple Store and Google Play).