Cost of electric hatchbacks
How does electric compare?
See how a petrol hatchback and an electric hatchback compare on cost below
hatchback cost comparison
Petrol
MINI Hatch II
Electric
MINI Electric Hatch II
£100
£25
£109
£99
£15
£0
£347
£338
£27
£16
£598
£478
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Your monthly saving could be
£120
if you went electric!
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MINI Electric Hatch II
An all-electric version of the British icon, the Electric Mini is as agile, fun and easy to drive as its petrol predecessor – but cleaner and cheaper to run. A perfect city car.
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Monthly fuel costs
Based on the official electric range and charging to usable capacity. For petrol the figure is based on the official miles per gallon.
Insurance
Based on the ABI insurance groups and use a table of costs from Group 1 to Group 50 to provide a fair comparison. The costs are based on a sample retail profile.
Road Tax
Road Tax (Vehicle Excise Duty) is currently £0 for all electric cars. For petrol and diesel vehicles the costs are calculated based on fuel type and Co2 emissions.
Depreciation
Figures are based on the difference between the acquisition cost and our forecast residual value after 3 years (30,000 miles). The Government plug-in car grant for qualifying EV’s of £2,500 has been applied, reducing the depreciation
Service costs
Servicing maintenance & tyres for a period of 3 years (30,000 miles). Figures based on manufacturer service schedules and tyre prices taken from our own researched data.