Electric vehicle (EV) owners will be badly hit by a steep rise in energy prices, UK motoring group RAC has warned.
Ofgem, the UK’s energy regulator, announced on Aug. 26 that the energy price cap for around 24 million households in England, Scotland, and Wales will rise by 80.06 percent on Oct. 1, sending the average household’s yearly bill from £1,971 to £3,549 ($4,200).
Under the new cap, the RAC said, the cost of a full charge at home for an EV with a 64-kilowatt hour battery will be £33.80 ($39.86). That is compared with £18.37 under the current cap, and £13.69 for last winter’s price limit.
RAC spokesman Rod Dennis said: “The impact of the energy price cap increase will certainly be felt by drivers who charge their electric cars at home, with a full charge of a typical family-sized electric SUV costing 84 percent more from Oct. 1 than it does under the current cap.”…