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Originally Posted by Nellmack
I'll try to answer your question but please understand that I don't drive an electric car for what I save on electricity. I drive it for #1 performance (it can accelerate to 60 mph in under 2 seconds. I don't drive fast but there are times when that power comes in handy) # 2 the environment.
According to my Tesla App I charge at my house 70% of the time, 3% at Tesla Superchargers, 6% at my office and 21% at my vacation house. I pay $0.15 per kWh everywhere except the Tesla Supercharger, I pay $0.44 per kWh there. I believe a full charge would be 116kWh so if charging from my house it would be 116 x $0.15 = $17.40 for a full charge. You can't take the mileage they publish as gospel because I usually drive about 10mph over the speed limit (which means I use more power). So a full (daily) charge of 340 miles might mean I'll get 315 miles of actual driving. My usual routine is to charge my car like my phone, I plug it in at night and start every day with a full charge. On average I probably use about 30% of my battery every day so 30% of 116kWh is 34.8 kWh x $0.15 = $5.22 for a 30% charge.
I hope this helps.
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Thank you.
Based on your figures, you are spending about 5.5 cents per mile.
$17.40 ÷ 315 miles = $0.055, or 5.5 cents
For a gasoline vehicle, it would be about 13 cents per mile.
$3.25 per gallon ÷ 25 miles per gallon = $0.13, or 13 cents
This assumes that you are charging your vehicle at home for $0.15 per kwh. But, if you go on a long vacation trip, your charging cost will triple, and you will actually be paying more per mile than a gasoline vehicle. Also, people who live in an apartment where they cannot use their in-house electricity, they would also need to pay a higher rate. Is that correct?