Delivery Vehicle Comparison
Compare any two vehicles for deliveries, and see which one costs less to run.
Part of the 🛵 Delivery Drivers toolkit, with more tools made for the job.
Include waiting. Gives the cost per hour for each.
Vehicle A
Yearly costs of the vehicle
Only work distance. Used to spread the yearly costs.
Vehicle B
From your own rides: battery used divided by distance.
Yearly costs of the vehicle
Only work distance. Used to spread the yearly costs.
Fill in both vehicles, with their energy use, yearly costs and distance, and the comparison appears here.
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Fill in two vehicles with their energy use, yearly costs and the distance you would cover. This shows which costs less per km or mile, per hour and per year.
A cheap scooter and a free bicycle can look the same until you add servicing, insurance and what you pay in fuel. A car can look expensive per km but carry more orders. This tool only compares cost, using your own numbers for each, so you can see the difference before you buy or switch.
How it’s worked out
- Each vehicle gets the same sum as the vehicle cost calculator: energy per km plus yearly costs spread over the work distance.
- Cost per km or mile is shown for both, with the difference.
- If you give the distance you cover per hour, each is also shown per hour of work.
- Yearly total shows what each vehicle costs over the year for the distance you typed.
A scooter at about 0.11 per km and an e-bike at about 0.05 per km, over 15 km an hour of work, cost about 1.65 and 0.75 an hour. The e-bike is cheaper per km, but the scooter may carry you further per hour.
Common mistakes
- Comparing only the price you pay today. Compare running costs over a year, including servicing and insurance.
- Using the same distance for a bicycle and a car. A faster vehicle may cover more distance and more orders in an hour.
- Forgetting rules. Some platforms and cities limit the vehicles you can use, so cost is not the only question.
- Ignoring weather and range. A cheaper vehicle that cannot work in rain or over your area costs you orders.
Questions
Can I compare an electric car with a petrol scooter?
Yes. Pick the type for each vehicle and give its own energy use and yearly costs.
What distance should I use for each?
The distance you expect to cover for deliveries in a year on that vehicle. A faster vehicle may cover more.
Does the cheaper one earn more?
Not necessarily. This only shows cost. What you earn depends on the orders you can take, the speed and the area.
Does it include buying the vehicle?
Through "value loss or loan payments". Use the yearly loan payment or the value you expect it to lose in a year.
Estimates only
These are estimates and general information, not financial, tax, legal or professional advice. Costs, fuel and electricity prices, pay rates, tax rules and platform rules differ by country and place, so use your own figures and check the rules where you live.
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