Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive vs Porsche Taycan
The Taycan costs less to run, by the official figures: about £10 a year less in the UK.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- United Kingdom
- £691
- £680 (better)
- New Zealand
- $1,066
- $1,049 (better)
- Australia
- $910
- $896 (better)
- United States
- $972
- $956 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 2.5 mi/kWh
- 2.5 mi/kWh (better)
- Also
- 24.9 kWh/100km
- 24.5 kWh/100km (better)
- Range
- 87 miles
- 279 miles (better)
Space
- Seats
- –
- 4
- Length
- –
- 4,963 mm
Engine
- Engine
- –
- Single motor
- Gearbox
- –
- 2-speed automatic
- Drive
- –
- RWD
A typical year: New Zealand 11,000 km (Ministry of Transport's average for a light vehicle); Australia 11,100 km (ABS Survey of Motor Vehicle Use average); United Kingdom 11,265 km (DfT National Travel Survey average of about 7,000 miles); United States 21,726 km (FHWA average of about 13,500 miles). Real costs depend on how and where you drive. Work out a particular trip.
B-Class Electric Drive or Taycan?
Which is cheaper to run, the Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive or the Porsche Taycan?
The Porsche Taycan: about £10 a year less in the UK than the Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
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