Most of the info here is based on California so you'd have to check your local "rapes" on figuring out what it costs to run in your state. But it would be fairly straight forward.
Quick background... I was heavily considering a Model X, but couldn't justify the 100k price tag, unless it would yield major savings in certain ways. I have no real illusions of saving the planet by driving a vehicle that requires larges swaths of land to be destroyed in order to mine the lithium and be charged by the same ol natural gas/oil byproducts out of a power station vs a gas station. So this wasn't about nature for me, but more about the future.
But this may be informative to some...
Lets compare a simple 25MPG vehicle and $3 a gallon to a Tesla model 3.
The easiest way to compare consumption is not through the MPGe but mostly in costs per mile driven:
For example:
25mpg vehicle @ $3 ~ 12 cents per mile driven and at say 12000 miles a year it is about $1440 or $120 a month. Now some of you are in sub $2 a gallon states and get way above 25mpg... so keep that in mind for your
Tesla model 3 consumption based on what I can find is approximately 2.5 miles per KWH. Some claim way better but that seems to be about right. it ranges between 2-3.5. But the higher end crowd doesn't go above 60mph and use any interior amenities.
Superchargers cost 25cents a KWH so ... that's about 10 cents per mile if you did straight line math.
However... when you go to "Charge it" you encounter transmission losses... So you usually are off by a factor of 15%. i.E you need to purchase 1.15 KWH to go the same 2.5 miles mentioned above. So you're effectively at 11.5 cents per mile at a parity with a 25mpg vehicle @$3 a gallon.
Now that brings us to the multiple variables.
Charging at public chargers can be as expensive as 80 cents per KHW, where most range between 35-55 unless you're doing it at tesla. That's the equivalent of paying $6-7 a gallon at the high end about $4-5 average. So BUYER BEWARE. Unless you're going with tesla.
Now googling "average costs per KWH" in your respective state is utterly useless as I found out.
They vary greatly... It claims it is 18 cents per KWH for California. However, it is actually closer to 30 once all the taxes and fees are added up.
Now our great state, does offer EV charging rates which are 17 cents per hr. But only from certain hours of the night, if you miss the window you're SOL ... for example 3-9pm is a whopping 50 cents per KWH.
Now for most people it requires a major adjustment and various tools can be used to charge between certain hours, tesla allows you to preselect WHEN you're charging. And the main way to save money would be to CHARGE AT HOME, after contacting your electric company and installing a $500-1500 charger.
There is no free lunch ya'll.
Let me know what you think.
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to me.
the most are these "adventure" EV's like Rivian and Hummer. The places they claim to take these things are just completely unrealistic.
resorts and whatnot. Not sure what the open use policy is on those. Once you get out of the main city, there's a whole lot of nothing.
it here. Some of the most unique geography in the region.
