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Yes, they’re assuming electricity is free.
by riscy 3y ago
Yes, they’re assuming electricity is free.
- wilg 3y ago[flagged]
- qarl 3y agoOh come on... what's a little fibbing among friends? I heard that if you buy a Cybertruck Elon will personally write you checks for your increased electrical usage. I'm sure it must be true.
- electrondood 3y agoNo, they factor in the cost of charging, both at home and at a supercharger, when they calculate estimated gas savings.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 3y agoNo, they didn't. From the details page: "We've assumed a fuel economy of 20.0 miles per gallon for a comparable gasoline powered truck. We've also assumed the national average of $0.16 per kilowatt-hour for residential electricity (assumed for 100% of charging) and $3.30 per gallon for gasoline over the next three years."
- throwitaway222 3y agoAnd in CA, it's $0.30 per KWH, so extremely misleading if you are there - which most of the purchases will be at. Also in CA that price is going up 5% per year.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 3y agoOTOH CA doesn't have $3.30 gas prices either.
- throwitaway222 3y agoEven at $4 or $5 that's not twice $3.30.
- TMWNN 3y agoSF Bay area gas prices are just under $6/gallon.
- jjeaff 3y agoI've been filling up with e85 gasoline for $2.99 a gallon in California. not sure how common vehicles are that can run on e85, but mine is a 2007 model.
- dkjaudyeqooe 3y agoIn the UK that's more like $0.45 and in Germany $0.60.
- sveme 3y agoFor home electricity? Maybe during the peak of '22, certainly not now: I pay around 0.25€/kWh on average per month via Tibber in Germany. Most new contracts are closer to 0.28€/kWh according to the Zeit Energymonitor at the moment.
- fragmede 3y ago$4.66 for a gallon of gas but it's up to $0.50/kWh peak rate in San Francisco.
- Mountain_Skies 3y agoAnd in Georgia you can get EV charging at home for as low as 1.7 cents per KWH. Unless they're going to let you enter your zip code and use a national power company rate database along with local gasoline prices, using the national averages seems reasonable.
- gnicholas 3y agoAlso in CA they are charging income-based surcharges. For now, these are not tied to usage, but I wouldn't be surprised if in the future they were.
- pseudosavant 3y agoI charge my EV at an overnight rate of $0.09/kWh or $0.16/kWh off solar during the day in San Diego. But gas is $4.50-$6 a gallon.