Nissan Leaf vs Renault Zoe: home charging cost

At the current price cap, the Renault Zoe is the cheaper of the two to run at 6.5p per mile vs 6.9p for the Nissan Leaf — a difference of about £45.00 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

	Nissan Leaf40 kWh	Renault ZoeR135 ZE50
Full charge cost	£11.57	£15.43
Cost per mile	6.9p	6.5p
20-80% on a 7 kW wallbox	3 hr 33 min	4 hr 27 min
Usable battery	39 kWh	52 kWh
WLTP range	168 miles	239 miles
Efficiency	4.3 mi/kWh	4.6 mi/kWh
Max AC charging	6.6 kW	22 kW

At a glance

Full charge cost (lower is better)

Nissan Leaf£11.57

Renault Zoe£15.43

Running cost per mile (lower is better)

Nissan Leaf6.9p

Renault Zoe6.5p

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

Nissan Leaf3 hr 33 min

Renault Zoe4 hr 27 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.