LPG vs lithium · editable TCO

Replace generic savings claims with your own costs

Enter an LPG invoice pattern, the electricity tariff your site actually pays, realistic battery energy per workday and comparable equipment costs. The result separates energy from the rest of the annual cost.

01 · Current LPG cost

How do you know your LPG spend?

Bottles per week Invoice spend per week

Bottles used

/week

Delivered price per bottle

$

LPG maintenance not in hire

$/year

LPG ownership / hire cost

$/week

02 · Lithium scenario

Fleet model (optional shortcut)

Selecting a model fills only its published 36-month weekly from-rate. It does not guess daily energy use.

Battery energy used per workday

kWh

Use charger/meter data where possible. This is energy delivered to the battery.

Electricity tariff

$/kWh

Use the relevant energy rate from your business bill; include peak pricing if that is when you charge.

Wall-to-battery efficiency

%

Electric maintenance not in hire

$/year

Lithium ownership / hire cost

$/week

If a model is selected, this is filled from the current published baseline. Edit it to your written quote.

03 · Comparison period

Operating weeks per year

weeks

Workdays per week

days

Comparison term

years

One-off switch / electrical cost

$

All dollar inputs should use the same GST basis. Zero means “excluded”, not “free”. This planner omits tax, depreciation, finance, productivity, downtime, demand charges and residual value unless you add their equivalent into the editable cost fields.

Your inputs, not an industry-average promise.

Use invoices, a power bill and a realistic duty estimate. The formula stays visible.

For a defensible comparison

Use like-for-like inputs

Same operating period

Fuel and electricity use the number of working weeks you enter. Equipment hire is annualised over 52 billing weeks so shutdown weeks are not silently removed.

Same GST basis

Use either ex-GST values throughout or GST-inclusive values throughout. Mixing them makes the difference meaningless.

Add what is material

Charging installation, maintenance outside hire, finance or ownership cost should be entered where applicable. Productivity and downtime need a separate operational study.

Want a real lithium rate for the comparison?

Choose a fleet model in the calculator, then send the scenario with your quote request.

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