Five-year cost of ownership

Purchase, energy and servicing over five years, against an equivalent petrol car. The sticker price is only the opening bid.

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The two cars

Electric car, on-road (PKR) Petrol car, on-road (PKR)

Your driving

Kilometres a month 1000 km

EV uses (kWh/100 km) Petrol car (km/L)

Prices and servicing

Electricity (PKR/kWh) Petrol (PKR/L) EV servicing a year Petrol servicing a year

The electric car is

Rs 1,417,000

more expensive over five years

Breaks even after —

Electric, five years

Electricity: Rs 432,000
Servicing: Rs 125,000
Total: Rs 9,557,000

Petrol, five years

Fuel: Rs 1,340,000
Servicing: Rs 300,000
Total: Rs 8,140,000

What this leaves out: resale value, insurance, tyres, finance costs, and any battery replacement. Resale in particular could move the answer either way and there is not yet enough second-hand EV trade in Pakistan to model it honestly. Distance covered over five years is shown as 60,000 km.