How much does it cost to fuel an EV in Brazil?

How much does it cost to fuel an EV in Brazil?

Last week, the inauguration of an electro station on Rodovia Anhanguera (SP) was announced, which sells energy for R$ 2.1/kWh.

A gasoline car does 14 km/litre. If a liter of gasoline costs R$ 5.6, it is roughly equivalent to R$ 0.4/km.

An electric car does 8 km/kWh. Considering the price of BRL 2.1/kWh, it comes to BRL 0.26/km.

The fuel savings of the electric car with the price of this charging station is R$ 0.14/km.

This difference is still modest considering that an electric car costs R$ tens of thousands more than the equivalent of gasoline.

Just for a reference, and not counting the interest on the extra capital invested, to save, for example R$ 50 thousand, it will be necessary to run 125 thousand km. This is a horizon of  years for a typical driver !

A more interesting option is charging the car  at home where the kWh costs half the price of this electro station.