In one year I drove about 16,000 miles and cost me a total of $370.
Most of my charging was done at my house and I always try to charge at the off peak rates. Our fellow truck, let’s say it gets 23 miles to the gallon, it’s going to need 696 gallons with those 16,000 miles. The average diesel around this area is $3.75… this results in a total cost of $2,609. There’s also costs for oil changes as well, something you don’t need to do with an EV.
Energy comparison
Ok so $370… how much energy is that though? I was able to separate the charging kWh from the house and the charging equates to about 4500 kWh. The (ALL-ELECTRIC) house uses about 1,000 kWh per month for heating, cooling, hot water, lights, etc. To charge the car, we’re adding about 375 kWh per month.
Where is energy coming from?
The local electric utility here is mostly provided by renewable energy; I think they are about 90% renewables. Our home is ran by solar and batteries charged by the solar when possible. When the solar can’t meet our needs, then it pulls energy off of the grid. It’s reassuring to know that the source of that energy is pretty clean so that’s another important note, the goal is to green up the utility companies and this is another piece of the puzzle in the all-electric push.
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