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> I have owned an EV... it costs more both to buy and to fuel How is this possible (the cost of charging vs purchasing fuel for an ICE vehicle)?
by tmnvix 2y ago
> I have owned an EV... it costs more both to buy and to fuel
How is this possible (the cost of charging vs purchasing fuel for an ICE vehicle)?
- natch 2y agoIf you use extremely expensive charging stations like the non-Tesla so-called "fast" chargers that are the only option for non-Teslas, they tend to do price gouging. Superchargers also vary in price and can be non-competitive with home electric rates, depending on region, but they don't seem to gouge severely like their competition. At least their pricing for Teslas is good. And maybe the poster lives in a place with very cheap gas as well. It remains to be seen what kind of premium they will charge to non-Teslas which tend to charge more slowly. Because of this slow charging issue, when they roll out more third party charging, Tesla will make non-Teslas pay not only for power, but also for time spent, because taking up a slot for a longer time has an impact on everyone.
- _ea1k 2y agoPG&E rates can make it more expensive than gas. That is by far the exception, though.
- throwaway22032 2y ago40-50mpg at £7 per UK gallon is approx 14-17p per mile. Assuming that you can't charge at home (true for a rental!), the UK rate for charging is between 55p and 80p or so. Real world my EV got around 3-4 miles per kWh which works out between 14p and 26p per mile. Source: https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/electric-cars/charging/electric-car-public-charging-costs-rac-charge-watch/ https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/electric-cars/charging/electric-... We can fiddle the numbers a bit back and forth but my real world experience was that it was more expensive in every way.