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Cost of electric hatchbacks

How does electric compare?

See how a petrol hatchback and an electric hatchback compare on cost below

hatchback cost comparison

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MINI Hatch II

MINI Hatch II

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MINI Electric Hatch II

Monthly fuel costs
£100
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£25
Insurance
£109
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£99
Road tax
£15
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£0
Depreciation
£347
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£338
Service costs
£27
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£16
Total
£598
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£478

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.