If you’ve ever thought about purchasing an electric motorcycle, sometimes known as an electric motorbike, an e-motorcycle, or an e-bike (not to be confused with electric bicycles), you’ve surely thought about the cost-benefit solutions.
Questions such as how much it will cost to charge your electric motorcycle and how much you’ll save!
An electric motorcycle is one of the most suitable and feasible alternative choices for a car, especially so if your home or office is located within or near a city, or there are traffic jams that you encounter.
It’s fast, quick, slips through traffic jams, and charges itself when you’re at home, so no more visits to the petrol station!
How do you set up an electric motorcycle charger?
Now, some people may think it’s going to take an electrician or specialist to visit your home to install the charger and all, but in all honesty, the Iso Motorcycles UNO-X isn’t too different from your laptop or mobile phone when it comes to charging.
It comes with a standard plug that will fit into any power socket in your home, office, garage, or elsewhere.
Simply use the supplied cable and plug to connect the motorcycle to a standard wall outlet, and you’re good to go!
How much does it cost to charge an electric motorcycle?
Now, taking the Iso Motorcycles UNO-X as a reference, it’s battery contains 3.24 kWh of energy. That’s kilowatt-hours, a common term used to provide a frame of reference for electricity and electronic devices.
A full charge of the Iso Motorcycles UNO-X will take you an estimated 130km (based on your driving habits of course), with a top speed of 115 km/h. Now that’s impressive.
Now your energy consumption rate as charged by your electric provider may vary, but hopefully you find your country listed in the table here:
| Country | Average Energy Cost/kWh (USD)# | Average Cost to full-charge the Iso Motorcycles UNO-X (USD) | Average Cost per Week (USD)* | Average Cost per Month (USD)* |
| Italy | $ 0.131 | $ 0.42 | $ 1.13 | $ 4.52 |
| Hong Kong | $ 0.085 | $ 0.28 | $ 0.75 | $3.00 |
| Malaysia | $ 0.049 | $ 0.15 | $ 0.40 | $1.20 |
| Singapore | $ 0.300 | $ 0.97 | $ 2.61 | $10.44 |
Hong Kong: https://www.hkelectric.com/en/customer-services/billing-payment-electricity-tariffs/residential-tariff
Malaysia: https://www.tnb.com.my/residential/pricing-tariffs
Singapore: https://www.ema.gov.sg/Residential_Electricity_Tariffs.aspx
*Assuming an average daily mileage of 50km per day / 350km per week / 1,400km per month
Yes, you read that right, and you can double-check the calculations.
As it stands, the cost to power the Iso Motorcycles UNO-X costs anywhere between USD $1.20 to USD $10.44 per month, which is less than one tenth of what you would pay for a regular petrol or diesel powered car.
Let’s take a look at the average cost of filling up a petrol powered car per month, again, for the same countries.
| Country | Average Cost of Petrol (USD)# | Average Cost per Week (USD)* | Average Cost per Month (USD)* |
| Italy | $ 2.62 | $50.82 | $ 203.28 |
| Hong Kong | $ 2.62 | $50.82 | $203.28 |
| Malaysia | $ 0.46 | $8.92 | $35.68 |
| Singapore | $2.02 | $38.19 | $152.76 |
Italy – https://it.fuelo.net/?lang=en
Hong Kong – https://oil-price.consumer.org.hk/en
Malaysia – https://www.comparehero.my/transportation/articles/latest-petrol-price-ron95-ron97-diesel
Singapore – https://www.motorist.sg/petrol-prices
*Assuming an average daily mileage of 50km per day / 350km per week / 1,400km per month, and an average of 18km/liter for most cars with a 1.0 – 2.0 liter engine
Now to the conclusion, how much would you save by charging an electric motorcycle instead of fuelling up a petrol powered car?
| Country | Average Cost of a Petrol Powered Car per Month | Average Cost of Charging the UNO-X per Month | Price Difference per Month / Cost Savings | % of Charging the UNO-X VS Cost of Fuelling a Petrol Powered Car per Month |
| Italy | $ 203.28 | $ 4.52 | $ 198.76 | 2.2% |
| Hong Kong | $203.28 | $3.00 | $ 200.28 | 1.5% |
| Malaysia | $35.68 | $1.20 | $ 34.48 | 3.3% |
| Singapore | $152.76 | $10.44 | $ 142.32 | 6.8% |
The numbers speak for themselves, if you were to charge an electric motorcycle instead of fuel up a petrol powered car in Italy, you’d save USD $198.76/mo or USD$ 2,385/year.
In Hong Kong, if you were to charge up an electric motorcycle instead of pay at a petrol station to fuel up a petrol powered car, you’d save USD $200.28/mo or USD$ 2,403/year.
Now, if you were to charge an electric motorcycle instead of fuel up a petrol powered car in Malaysia, you’d save USD $34.48/mo, or a grand total of USD$ 413.76/year.
And in Singapore, if you were to plug in and charge an electric motorcycle instead of pay for petrol, you’d save USD $142.32/mo, or a massive USD $1,707/year!
The savings are astronomical, especially when you consider that you’d drive a petrol powered car, or ride an electric motorcycle, for most of your life, to work, school, and elsewhere.
With these savings in mind, consider the Iso Motorcycles UNO-X. With such savings, you’d be sure to recoup your investment in no time at all.
