Petrol vs EV Cost Pakistan

Compare petrol and EV energy budgets

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At what electricity price does the energy saving disappear?

Use the same 1,500 km monthly distance for both cars. In this illustration petrol costs PKR 300/L and the petrol car achieves 15 km/L. The EV uses 15 battery kWh/100 km with 10% of billed energy lost during charging. Petrol therefore costs PKR 30,000, while the EV needs 250 billed kWh.

At these inputs, the energy-cost break-even tariff is PKR 120/kWh: petrol cost per kilometre divided by billed EV kWh per kilometre. It changes when petrol price, either vehicle's efficiency or charging losses change. Parking and session fees are outside this table; include them separately in your budget.

Why the charging mix matters

A home-only tariff should not stand in for a month that includes public charging. Weight each tariff by the billed kWh purchased there. Our charging-budget guide explains session records, blended rates and avoiding double-counted charging losses.

Use your planned ownership period

With PKR 1,500,000 extra upfront cost and PKR 15,000 monthly energy savings, the simple payback is 100 months. Over a planned 36-month ownership period, those savings total PKR 540,000, leaving PKR 960,000 of the premium unrecovered by energy savings alone. This is not the final ownership-cost difference: resale, finance, maintenance and insurance may change it.

Bring evidence to the decision

• Record purchase quotes and expected ownership years.
• Use measured petrol consumption and a clearly identified EV consumption source.
• Check whether the EV figure measures battery energy or billed charging energy.
• Keep installation quotes and charging fees outside the energy-only result.
• Test more than one resale assumption in the ownership comparison guide.

These scenarios were prepared for this guide using stated hypothetical inputs; they are not road-test findings, current tariffs or model recommendations. See data sources and methodology. Content reviewed 6 November 2026.

Compare energy bills, then ownership separately

Both vehicles use the same monthly distance. Petrol expense comes from km/L and price per litre. EV expense uses kWh/100 km, tariff and the charging-loss assumption. The result is an energy comparison; lower energy cost does not automatically make the EV cheaper to own.

Worked petrol-versus-EV scenario

For 1,500 km/month, petrol at 15 km/L and PKR 300/L costs PKR 30,000. An EV using 15 kWh/100 km with 10% charging loss and PKR 60/kWh costs PKR 15,000. Energy saving is PKR 15,000/month. An extra purchase cost of PKR 1,500,000 gives simple energy-only payback of 100 months.

Check charging access and tariff sensitivity

Run separate home and public-charging scenarios if their effective tariffs differ. Account separately for session fees, charger installation, purchase finance, battery condition, insurance and resale. If you cannot reliably charge where you live or work, a low home-tariff estimate may not reflect your use. Negative saving means no energy-cost payback at the chosen inputs.

Calculation method: MyDriveCost distance-and-consumption arithmetic. Examples are illustrative. Check your own receipts, measured usage and applicable reimbursement rules.