Fiat 500e vs Vauxhall Corsa Electric: home charging cost

At the current price cap, the Fiat 500e is the cheaper of the two to run at 5.6p per mile vs 6.2p for the Vauxhall Corsa Electric — a difference of about £58.31 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

	Fiat 500e42 kWh	Vauxhall Corsa Electric50 kWh
Full charge cost	£11.07	£13.74
Cost per mile	5.6p	6.2p
20-80% on a 7 kW wallbox	3 hr 12 min	3 hr 58 min
Usable battery	37.3 kWh	46.3 kWh
WLTP range	199 miles	222 miles
Efficiency	5.3 mi/kWh	4.8 mi/kWh
Max AC charging	11 kW	7.4 kW

At a glance

Full charge cost (lower is better)

Fiat 500e£11.07

Vauxhall Corsa Electric£13.74

Running cost per mile (lower is better)

Fiat 500e5.6p

Vauxhall Corsa Electric6.2p

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

Fiat 500e3 hr 12 min

Vauxhall Corsa Electric3 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.