Ionity: how much will you cost a recharge with the new prices

Historically, Ionity is at its third change in pricing. During its introduction, the load was flat -rate, at 8 euros, regardless of the time spent and the energy delivered. Obviously, this price was not going to last. And about a year later, in France, Ionity introduced a price per minute: 0.79 euros for the 350 kW terminals, and 0.39 euros for the 50 kW terminals. Thus, depending on the maximum power accepted by your vehicle, you could make big savings compared to a thermal vehicle, but this is no longer possible, unfortunately.

Ionity lowers the price of its ultra-fast recharge

If the regulated electricity prices increased by 10 % on average on August 1, Ionity decided to lower its prices in France. New prices for KWH came into force on Wednesday, August 16.

With the “Direct” formula, that is to say without subscription for occasional refills, the KWH is now billed 0.59 € on the ultra-fast terminals (up to 350 kW). Before, it was 0.69 €. Ionity is thus stalling on the price of Fastned.

Another good news, the decline also concerns the “Passport” formula, with a subscription. The kWh thus descended from 0.49 to 0.39 €, the advantage of 20 cents compared to the direct formula being therefore kept.

As a reminder, the subscription evolved in June, with here too a price drop. Each month, it costs € 11.99, against € 17.99 before. The other good point is that it can be terminated at any time, there is no longer any need to engage on a minimum duration.

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Ionity: how much will you cost a recharge with the new prices ?

Going from pricing per minute to a price to pay according to the amount of energy delivered, Ionity is far from serving a lot of electro-auto-belly. Indeed, the majority of ionity users will finally find themselves losers in this change. Explanation.

Historically, Ionity is at its third change in pricing. During its introduction, the load was flat -rate, at 8 euros, regardless of the time spent and the energy delivered. Obviously, this price was not going to last. And about a year later, in France, Ionity introduced a price per minute: 0.79 euros for the 350 kW terminals, and 0.39 euros for the 50 kW terminals. Thus, depending on the maximum power accepted by your vehicle, you could make big savings compared to a thermal vehicle, but this is no longer possible, unfortunately.

5 to 15 euros for 100 kilometers of highway

Until now, vehicles with fairly high fast charging power (Tesla Model 3 and Model Y, Hyundai Ioniq 5, Kia Ev6 or Porsche Taycan) had every interest in using Ionity, even by paying full pot. With pricing displayed at 0.79 euros per minute, 15 minutes of load returned to less than 12 euros. This allowed them to easily travel 200 kilometers of highway, which amounts to considering a cost per 100 kilometers below 6 euros.

A thermal vehicle should consume less than 3 liters of gasoline per 100 kilometers to reach a comparable price, which is quite unrealistic, showing once again that electric vehicles are even more economical in long journeys. But this is no longer really topical, unfortunately.

Indeed, considering an average consumption on highway 20 kWh per 100 kilometers, with the new pricing at 0.69 Euro per kilowatt hour, 100 kilometers recharged on the Ionity network can cost 13.80 euros, Or the equivalent of 7 liters of petrol about.

This price per kilowatt hour rather than in the time spent only becomes advantageous for vehicles recharging at an average power of less than 69 kW, which in the end corresponds to a small minority of electric cars that are found in large journeys. The Tesla, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and other Kia Ev6 could use and abuse small fast charges on the Ionity network, even by paying the full price of 0.79 euros per minute, and getting out of it with a relatively low 100 kilometers. Nowadays, this is no longer possible.

50 kW terminals that become cheaper, but ..

The new Ionity pricing passes the 50 kW terminals of the consortium to 0.39 euros per kilowatt hour, which will allow certain vehicles to minimize the cost of their recharge, especially if they do not have the capacity to load much faster than 50 kW average. This is the case, for example, of the MG ZS EV, or the Renault Zoé, which will have every interest in using these 50 kW terminals to limit the invoice.

The catch is thatThere is only a single terminal of this type at each Ionity station (against 4 to 8 terminals 350 kW), and that it becomes much more attractive than before, even for vehicles that can load very quickly. Indeed, those who wish to take a long meal break at a service area where an ionity station is located can easily divide their bill by two, simply by connecting the 50 kW terminal.

For Tesla vehicles in particular, there was a financial interest in going to Ionity at the price per minute compared to the brand’s supercomposes which cost approximately 0.50 euros per kilowatt hour, but this is no longer the case. This price modification arrives at the dawn of periods of high summer transhumance, and there is no doubt that Ionity stations like Tesla supercomposes will be used in a substantial manner during the summer. Beware of the invoice, which in one case as in the other, will never have been so high for many.

Below, you will find some examples of prices before and after the change in billing method at Ionity. We based ourselves on the charging times given by the manufacturer to go from 10 to 80 %, so battery capabilities usable by the owner. For a BMW i4 with an 82 kWh battery for example, and a charging time of 30 minutes to go from 10 to 80 % battery, this gives 23.70 euros in pricing per minute, and 39.61 euros in pricing per kilowat.

Vehicle	10 % – 80 % at the minute rate	10 % – 80 % at the price per kWh	Cost difference
Tesla Model 3 or Model Y	€ 23.70	€ 36.23	+ 53 %
Audi e-tron	€ 23.70	€ 44.92	+ 90 %
Hyundai Ioniq 5 or Kia Ev6	€ 14.22	€ 36.23	+ 155 %
Kia E-Niro	€ 42.66	€ 30.91	– 27 %
Peugeot E2008	€ 23.70	€ 24.15	+ 2 %
Mercedes Eqs	€ 23.70	€ 52.16	+ 120 %
Renault Mégane E-Tech	€ 27.65	€ 28.98	+ 4.81 %
BMW i4	€ 23.70	€ 39.61	+ 67 %

As you can see in the table above, the big losers of this price change see their invoice almost double, except for the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia Ev6, while the winners like the Kia E-Niro or Renault Mégane E-Tech sees only a low drop in their invoice. For these vehicles in particular, loading on a 50 kW terminal will have a lot of interest: as they do not load in all cases not very quickly, they will not waste a lot of time using a 50 kW terminal, but their invoice will be almost divided by two.

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