Cupra Born vs Volkswagen ID.3: home charging cost

At the current price cap, the Volkswagen ID.3 is the cheaper of the two to run at 6.5p per mile vs 6.6p for the Cupra Born — a difference of about £14.33 over 10,000 miles of home charging.

Prices based on the Ofgem price cap of 26.11 p/kWh, effective 1 July 2026.Source: Ofgem

	Cupra Born58 kWh	Volkswagen ID.3Pro 58 kWh
Full charge cost	£17.21	£17.21
Cost per mile	6.6p	6.5p
20-80% on a 7 kW wallbox	4 hr 58 min	4 hr 58 min
Usable battery	58 kWh	58 kWh
WLTP range	262 miles	265 miles
Efficiency	4.5 mi/kWh	4.6 mi/kWh
Max AC charging	11 kW	11 kW

At a glance

Full charge cost (lower is better)

Cupra Born£17.21

Volkswagen ID.3£17.21

Running cost per mile (lower is better)

Cupra Born6.6p

Volkswagen ID.36.5p

20-80% time on a 7 kW wallbox (lower is better)

Cupra Born4 hr 58 min

Volkswagen ID.34 hr 58 min

The bigger battery costs more to fill but is not necessarily more expensive to run — cost per mile depends on efficiency, not battery size. Costs include ~12% AC charging losses.