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I don't think it "depends", at least not in the US and home charging. Take the worse condition of F-150 (16 mpg), F-150 lightning (2 miles/kWh). With the averag
by syntaxing 3y ago
I don't think it "depends", at least not in the US and home charging. Take the worse condition of F-150 (16 mpg), F-150 lightning (2 miles/kWh). With the average gas price of $3.78 in the US, and $0.23 per kWh. For 100 miles, it'll cost $23.63 in gas, and $11.5 in electricity. This means that in order for electric car to cost more than an ICE, you need your electric price to be near $0.47 kWh. That's California price but gas also cost $5+ a gallon.
We can repeat this for a Versa compared to a Tesla Model 3. If we use the best conditions of 35 mpg and 4 mi/kWh. Repeating this exercise, you're paying $10.80 for 100 miles compared to $5.75 in electricity. Once again, your electric price needs to be $0.43/kWH for ICE to cost less.
Long story short, you're almost always saving around "2X" the "fuel" cost going electric. But that completely ignores the fact that EV cost more but fuel wise as the article talks about incorrectly, you're almost always on top if you charge at home for an EV.
- chaimanmeow 3y agowhere do you get your numbers, and do they well approximate real life driving?
- api 3y agoEVs usually require far less maintenance too. That needs to be factored in.
- jewayne 3y agoYeah, I have no idea where they are getting their numbers. I haven't run the real-world numbers recently, but my Model Y is rated at 4.0 miles/kwh. I pay about $0.16 per kwh to home charge. That's 25 miles/dollar (USD). My back of envelope calculation says that vs an ICE car getting 37 mpg, the break-even price for gas would be $1.48/gallon.