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I would like to see HN recommend looking at historical averages before buying an EV.
by iraqmtpizza 3y ago
I would like to see HN recommend looking at historical averages before buying an EV.
- hedora 3y agoPeople have; it's a obvious win. There are sites that do this for your zip code correctly, but an efficient EV gets 4 miles / kWH. An efficient hybrid gets under 60 MPG. California's insanely high electricity rates are about $0.15 / kWh, so the energy costs $0.0375 per mile. Gas has hovered around $4 / gallon or higher for a long time, giving a fuel cost of $0.0666 per mile. Big energy guzzling EVs get about 2 miles / kWh, for $0.075 per mile, and gas guzzlers easily get below 15 MPG, or $0.26 per mile. You'd have to go back to the days of $1 / gallon gas (mid 1990's?) and ignore inflation / lower electricity costs back then to conclude large ICE cars have competitive fuel costs. You'd "only" need to go back to $2 gas for the energy efficient hybrids to be competitive.
- mercutio2 3y agoYou must have looked at an old chart for California retail electricity rates. They’re more like $.30/kWh. Wholesale rates are .02-.04/kWh, but in a nutshell, retail ratepayers are paying for all the record wildfire lawsuit costs.
- iraqmtpizza 3y agoI'm talking about purchase price, range, reliability, maintenance, total cost of ownership.