Mercedes-Benz CLA 250+ Electric running costs (2025–null)
Real-world UK ownership figures for the Mercedes-Benz CLA 250+ Electric, including home-charging cost, road tax (VED), insurance group and depreciation. All numbers based on observed UK driving, not lab WLTP figures.
Key figures at a glance
- Fuel type: electric
- Body style: saloon
- Efficiency: 4.3 mi/kWh real-world (5.4 official WLTP)
- Real-world range: 385 miles (483 official)
- Battery: 85 kWh usable
- CO₂: 0 g/km
- Road tax (VED) year one: £0
- Road tax standard rate: £620/yr
- £40k+ luxury supplement: £410/yr (years 2–6)
- Five-year VED total: £4,530
- Insurance group: 42/50
- Depreciation outlook: average
- List price: £45,995
- Indicative annual charging cost (10,000 mi): £198
The Mercedes-Benz CLA 250+ Electric returns 4.3 mi/kWh real-world (5.4 official WLTP). At 10,000 miles a year that translates to roughly £198 in home-charging cost on a typical EV tariff, before insurance, servicing or depreciation.
Road tax sits at £0 in year one and £620 per year thereafter, with the £40,000+ list-price luxury supplement adding a further £410/yr in years two to six. Insurance group 42 of 50 puts it in the premium bracket for UK quotes.