How much does it cost per mile to drive your EV?

alarmguy said:
You cant know the full cost until you supply actual payment and kWh used. This is a national forum, every electric bill is different with additional costs and structures so the only fair way to compare is actual payment divided by kWh used.
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Yeah, for me it would be easier because my plan is flat rate and the car tells me how much power it took. I can just use that calculate out from the overall bill, adding a hint more power for any possible losses in there. Right now it breaks down to about $40-$50 a month depending on trips taken, but the Ford Edge was $40-$45 every two weeks in fuel. It's less and does about twice the miles the Edge was used for since I drive the Tesla a lot and never really drove the Edge. My losses if it crosses over will be in depreciation. 😂
 
With electricity about 12.5 cents per kwh and the car claiming an average of 5 miles per kwh since I got it, allowing for some inefficiency, I estimate around 3 cents per mile for my Mach E.
 
Fixed costs should not be added in to the cost of feeding an electric vehicle. Those costs are fixed and are payed whether or not one has an electric car.
 
2005jettatdi said:
With electricity about 12.5 cents per kwh and the car claiming an average of 5 miles per kwh since I got it, allowing for some inefficiency, I estimate around 3 cents per mile for my Mach E.
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Remember an old BITOG saying, without a picture it didnt happen. Without seeing a utility bill one would question your cost of 12.5 cents but admittedly there are some really cheap areas of electricity as long as the total cost of the bill divided by the kWh is used.
 
alarmguy said:
Remember an old BITOG saying, without a picture it didnt happen. Without seeing a utility bill one would question your cost of 12.5 cents but admittedly there are some really cheap areas of electricity as long as the total cost of the bill divided by the kWh is used.
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Okay, then I lied, it didn't happen.
 
alarmguy said:
You cant know the full cost until you supply actual payment and kWh used. This is a national forum, every electric bill is different with additional costs and structures so the only fair way to compare is actual payment divided by kWh used.
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The muni utility I cited has a fixed delivery cost that’s required just for having electricity to the home, so I don’t know if it makes sense to count that.

Strangely enough, using a Tesla Supercharger may be the most straighforward. The price is all inclusive, and off peak rates are cheaper than EV base rates around here. I’ve seen as low as 21 cents/kWh. But I’m not sure about charging at 10 PM in some parking lot.

In any case, it is much cheaper than gas and for many charging at home is a convenience.
 
demarpaint said:
I agree 100%, and as I alluded to earlier I am guilty too some might say. FTR I plan on buying within the next year, possibly sooner either a 2024 Jeep JLUR X, or a 2025. For no other reason than I want one. Wasteful, certainly, I don't care. Justification: I'm getting old. FTR it will be the X, not the xe. It could be the last new ICE vehicle I buy.
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Absolutely nothing wrong with that.

It was even on this forum someone said, “Nobody needs a $80,000 car.”

Yet the 2025 car I like has that price tag (Tahoe High Country 6.2)…justification is I’ve been waiting a long time for something that nice. It’s not the fuel savings 😂
 
John105 said:
Absolutely nothing wrong with that.

It was even on this forum someone said, “Nobody needs a $80,000 car.”

Yet the 2025 car I like has that price tag (Tahoe High Country 6.2)…justification is I’ve been waiting a long time for something that nice. It’s not the fuel savings 😂
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+1 Neither one of us is going to save the planet with our vehicle choices. Last time I checked this was America and we can still spend our money as we see fit. ;)
 
y_p_w said:
The muni utility I cited has a fixed delivery cost that’s required just for having electricity to the home, so I don’t know if it makes sense to count that.

Strangely enough, using a Tesla Supercharger may be the most straighforward. The price is all inclusive, and off peak rates are cheaper than EV base rates around here. I’ve seen as low as 21 cents/kWh. But I’m not sure about charging at 10 PM in some parking lot.

In any case, it is much cheaper than gas and for many charging at home is a convenience.
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Yeah, the only reason I suggest that is all across the country it is the only way to compare, those then can try to figure that out by themselves. AS an example, I posted my bill, we have one rate 24 hours a day plus connection fee and sales tax, one can then figure from that if we get an EV my extra cost to charge the car is only 11 cent kWh any time of day.
 
demarpaint said:
+1 Neither one of us is going to save the planet with our vehicle choices. Last time I checked this was America and we can still spend our money as we see fit. ;)
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This. I know I'm in the minority here and I can comfortably admit that. Regardless of efficiency we still have emissions equipment and if someone is comfortable paying for twice the fuel to go the same distance I do that's their prerogative as long as they don't hit me with the vehicle.
 
Torrid said:
This. I know I'm in the minority here and I can comfortably admit that. Regardless of efficiency we still have emissions equipment and if someone is comfortable paying for twice the fuel to go the same distance I do that's their prerogative as long as they don't hit me with the vehicle.
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No worries about me hitting you with my vehicle. The odds are slim to none of me making a road trip or any trip to Wisconsin, not that I have anything against Wisconsin. Although I am a Packers fan. ;)
 
Let’s see
I pay an extra
$100 in registration
$600 in insurance above and beyond my gas car.

My volt PHEV does <5000 miles a year of EV (yes I track EV , power and gas miles separately)
as I have a lot of very short trips coupled with a lot of extremely long trips that can’t be made with can’t EV .

So
5000 miles / $700 = $0.14 a mile which is the same cost I would pay for a gas car getting 21mpg

The fees and unnecessary insurance costs ruin the experience.
 
Rmay635703 said:
Let’s see
I pay an extra
$100 in registration
$600 in insurance above and beyond my gas car.

My volt PHEV does <5000 miles a year of EV (yes I track EV , power and gas miles separately)
as I have a lot of very short trips coupled with a lot of extremely long trips that can’t be made with can’t EV .

So
5000 miles / $700 = $0.14 a mile which is the same cost I would pay for a gas car getting 21mpg

The fees and unnecessary insurance costs ruin the experience.
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21 mpg is not much several for ICE vehicles, so there's really no benefit at all in your example, other than just wanting an EV.
 
demarpaint said:
21 mpg is not much for ICE vehicles, so there's really no benefit at all in your example, other than just wanting an EV.
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There used to be a benefit when I bought the car (free electricity and no extra insurance or fees) but when the state made insurance mandatory everyone tripled insurance costs.

The reality is nobody buys an EV (anymore) to save money, electricity costs have gone up dramatically, EV specific insurance is sky high, title and registration costs are sky high, even if you get electricity for free you would need to drive more than 15,000 miles to have any payback, there really isn’t anywhere where the above isn’t true unless you are comparing going from an Alfa Romeo to a M3.
 
Rmay635703 said:
There used to be a benefit when I bought the car (free electricity and no extra insurance or fees) but when the state made insurance mandatory everyone tripled insurance costs.

The reality is nobody buys an EV (anymore) to save money, electricity costs have gone up dramatically, EV specific insurance is sky high, title and registration costs are sky high, even if you get electricity for free you would need to drive more than 15,000 miles to have any payback, there really isn’t anywhere where the above isn’t true unless you are comparing going from an Alfa Romeo to a M3.
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I hear ya, it may be of benefit to some, not to me. Liking them, much like anything else helps too. I don't like them so it's three strikes for me.
 
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