Levelized Cost of Charging Electric Vehicles

This data set includes the levelized cost of charging (LCOC) and lifetime fuel cost savings (LFCS) values as reported in "Levelized Cost of Charging of Electric Vehicles in the United States." Values are reported at the state and national levels for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). 

The data set also includes the four annual direct current fast charging (DCFC) station load profiles used to approximate the levelized cost of DCFC charging. Each profile provides 15-min resolved power requirements for one full year. 

Borlaug, B., Salisbury, S., Gerdes, M., and Muratori, M., Levelized Cost of Charging Electric Vehicles in the United States, Joule (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2020.05.013.

2 Data Resources
Name Size Type Resource Description History
cost_of_charging_2019_v1.xlsx 2.1 MB Data This file includes levelized cost of charging (LCOC) and lifetime fuel cost savings (LFCS) values as reported in "Levelized Cost of Charging Electric Vehicles in the United States". Values are reported at the state- and national-levels for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), respectively. Descriptions of calculated data fields and key assumptions in this analysis are provided in separate sheets.
dcfc_load_profiles.xlsx 2.3 MB Data This file includes the four annual DCFC station load profiles used to approximate the levelized cost of DCFC charging in "Levelized Cost of Charging Electric Vehicles in the United States."
Keywords
electric vehicle
charging
cost of electricty
fuel cost
utility rate analysis
demand charge
time of use
Submitted
•  Sep  • 18 2020
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Brennan Borlaug
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Author Information
Brennan Borlaug, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9142-1641
Matteo Muratori, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1688-6742
Mindy Gerdes, Idaho National Laboratory
Shawn Salisbury, Idaho National Laboratory
Cite This Dataset
Borlaug, Brennan, Matteo Muratori, Mindy Gerdes, and Shawn Salisbury. 2020. "Levelized Cost of Charging Electric Vehicles." NREL Data Catalog. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Last updated: January 21, 2025. DOI: 10.7799/1661199.
About This Dataset
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10.7799/1661199
Public
01/21/2025
DOE Project
Analytical Modeling at NREL: Financial Analysis of Electric Vehicle Charging
Facilities
Transportation & Hydrogen (TRH)
Funding Organization
Department of Energy (DOE)
Sponsoring Organization
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO)
Research Areas
Energy Analysis
Transportation
License
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Digital Object Identifier
10.7799/1661199