How This Tool Works
📋 Purpose
This tool helps you estimate the running cost of a UK journey using the latest UK-average petrol and diesel prices, a benchmark EV charging price, and your vehicle efficiency.
⚙️ How It Works
- 1Enter your UK start and end postcodes
- 2Choose fuel type and enter MPG or MPGe
- 3Optionally enter manual distance
- 4Calculate estimated trip cost, emissions and journey time
- 5Compare typical petrol, diesel and EV costs
- 6Download your result as CSV
Optional: Vehicle Lookup
Enter your registration to auto-fill fuel type and efficiency.
Ready to calculate your trip?
Enter your postcodes and vehicle details to see cost, time, emissions, and a simple fuel comparison.
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Use full UK postcodes for both points. We look up coordinates from Postcodes.io.
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