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So lets use the small sedan example, Versa to be exact. With their numbers, they pay $9.78 in gas for 100 miles which is about $3.43 for a gallon. Even in the s
by syntaxing 3y ago
So lets use the small sedan example, Versa to be exact. With their numbers, they pay $9.78 in gas for 100 miles which is about $3.43 for a gallon. Even in the shittiest conditions, an EV hits about about 3 miles per kWh. Which means its 34 kWH for the same range. Average electrity price is about 0.23 in the US which means you pay 7.82. It's pretty obvious this author is full of shit and has an agenda.
- beerandt 3y ago23 cents the bulk retail rate, not the actual cost. To get actual cost, you need to include monthly fees and overhead and other amortized costs, like that of upgrading your home to a fast charger. (Or even the amortized installed cost of a regular 120v outlet and everything upstreamof it, if that's the assumption. ) Which is why epa requires car companies to use a higher "rate" when calculating economy, roughly double the the natl bulk retail rate avg.
- syntaxing 3y agoGenuinely curious, what amortized costs would cost you 2X the electric rate? A fast charger with install is about $2K on the expensive end which is a ROI of 40K miles or so for a Sedan EV. Besides that, what else would make your electric cost from 0.23 to 0.46?! I pay around 0.17 a kWH and that's final cost. As in bill/Kwh used.