Better Budget Planning with the New Kilometre Cost Calculator
28.10.2025 | from Touring Club Suisse (TCS)
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28.10.2025, Fuel, maintenance, parking - not to mention taxes and depreciation. Estimating the actual costs of a vehicle is challenging, especially the costs per kilometre. This is why TCS is launching a new kilometre cost calculator. Whether you're an individual or a company, knowing the costs you might incur when using a vehicle makes budget planning easier. It also helps in better calculating the expected costs when purchasing a new vehicle.
Whether it's for commuting to work, visiting relatives, or during leisure time, many people use their car daily. However, only a few consider how much they actually spend on their trips. You can only create a reliable and realistic budget plan if you know the actual costs incurred. This estimate is also a great help for those considering purchasing a new vehicle but struggling to plan the expected costs.
Many costs need to be considered.
According to TCS calculations, the costs per kilometre in 2024 averaged 76 cents. However, they can vary significantly depending on the vehicle and daily usage. Numerous factors must be considered, which differ for each vehicle: the purchase price, depreciation, fuel consumption, costs for charging electric vehicles, annual mileage, insurance costs, regional taxes, and parking fees.
A new, quick tool.
With the TCS kilometre cost calculator, you can conveniently calculate the costs for your vehicle. The new online tool replaces the USB stick used for almost 20 years and impresses with a more affordable rate. It is cheaper and much more practical than the previous solution. Thanks to the platform, users can easily compare multiple vehicles, save their data, and use features such as multi-year comparisons.
Valuable support for individuals and SMEs.
Budget management is a breeze with the online tool. It not only allows tracking of past and current expenses but also helps plan future costs - for both current vehicles and future purchases. This ensures you maintain an overview of accumulated expenses in the long run. Smaller companies with only a few vehicles benefit from a valuable tool for efficiently managing their fleet costs. The calculator is also handy for employees who use their personal vehicle for work and need to report travel expenses. In summary, the public can better estimate expenditures and plan vehicle purchases more effectively. With this modern and comprehensive tool, TCS continues its mission to offer its members concrete solutions to better understand and manage the costs associated with mobility.
The new catalogue is here: The smart decision aid for buying a car.
Based on the data from the TCS online kilometre cost calculator, the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) has completely revamped its online consumption catalogue (www.verbrauchskatalog.ch). This platform allows comparisons of all new car models in Switzerland based on consumption, CO2 emissions, energy efficiency, and operating costs. It also offers the ability to simulate climate and energy balances over the entire lifecycle of vehicles. With interactive tools and continuously updated data, this catalogue is a valuable resource for supporting consumers in the purchasing process.
Press contact: Marco Wölfli, Media Spokesperson TCS Tel. 058 827 34 03
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Touring Club Suisse (TCS)
Founded in 1896 in Geneva, the Touring Club Schweiz serves the Swiss population. It is committed to safety, sustainability, and self-determination in personal mobility, both politically and socially. With 1900 employees and 23 regional sections, Switzerland's largest mobility club offers its approximately 1.6 million members a wide range of services related to mobility, health, and leisure activities.
Every 70 seconds, assistance is provided. Annually, 200 patrol officers are involved in about 359,000 operations on Swiss roads, enabling immediate continuation in more than 80% of cases. The ETI centre organizes approximately 57,000 help missions a year, including 3200 medical clarifications and over 1200 repatriations. The TCS Swiss Ambulance Rescue is the largest private player for rescue service and patient transport in Switzerland, with 50 vehicles, 17 logistics bases, and over 35,000 operations per year. The legal protection offices handle 42,000 cases and provide around 10,000 legal consultations. Since 1908, TCS has been committed to traffic safety in Switzerland by developing educational materials, awareness, and prevention campaigns, testing mobility infrastructure, and advising authorities.
Each year, TCS distributes around 110,000 reflective belts and 90,000 reflective vests to children to ensure their mobility is safe. The driving centers annually count 42,000 participants for initial and further training in all vehicle categories. With 33 sites and approximately 950,000 overnight stays, TCS is Switzerland's largest camping provider. The TCS Mobility Academy researches and shapes transportation transformations, such as the vertical mobility of drones or shared mobility, including 400 electric cargo bikes called 'carvelo' with 40,000 users. TCS is a co-signer of the 2025 Electromobility Roadmap.
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Source: Touring Club Suisse (TCS), Press release
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