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Depends on the car. Model 3 is rated for around 250 Wh/mile in the US. For the UK on the WLTP cycle it's rated for a range of 348 miles, and is actually better
by minhazm 6y ago
Depends on the car. Model 3 is rated for around 250 Wh/mile in the US. For the UK on the WLTP cycle it's rated for a range of 348 miles, and is actually better than 245 Wh/mile, but I don't think WLTP is realistic so let's use the US numbers.
Tesla charges around £0.24 per kWh in the UK, and there is no connection fee. In that case for 25 kWh you'd be paying £6, which would get you 100 miles of range. Or £6 / 100 = £0.06 per mile.
£0.06 per mile vs £0.108 per mile. That's way cheaper for the Tesla.
Some of the other fast charging networks are indeed more expensive than Tesla, but they are also getting cheaper. Plus if you charge at the L2 chargers, like a lot of people generally do for charging at work, it's even cheaper.
- reitzensteinm 6y agoHow are fuel taxes there and do EVs have an equivalent tax? Ideally we'd just move to a carbon tax, to punish EVs a little bit and ICEs a ton, but I suspect that governments are going to aggressively pursue taxing EV miles in the near future once penetration hits double digits.
- londons_explore 6y agoMost people only own their cars for ~3 years. It's unlikley such a policy change will be proposed and implemented in under 3 years, so it shouldn't really factor into anyones decision making much.
- reitzensteinm 6y agoRight, it's not going to be a factor in parent's decision making process, I'm just saying that EV charging being such a good deal (taking parent's numbers on faith) may well be short lived. Governments are currently attempting to incentivize EVs, but as soon as the shift is happening rapidly and looks inevitable, they absolutely will start to see the money left on the table that they once took. Of course this is more a European thing (and Australian where I'm from). US gas taxes are famously low.