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Old 05-09-2024, 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Bill14564 View Post
Nope.

SECO charges 11.2 cents/KWh - 3 cents/KWh "Hot Bucks" rebate and then taxed at 2.5625%

(11.2 - 3)*1.025625 = 8.4 cents/KWh

(NOTE: There is also a $1.15/day charge but since that is paid whether you charge the cart or not I left it out of these calculations)

My EZGo recharges at a rate of 5 or 6 miles of range per hour of charging. At a maximum rate of 10A on a 110V circuit that works out to be between 1.6 and 1.8 cents per mile. If the charger does not draw the full 10A over the entire charging period then the cost per mile is less.
Correct. I sold my golf cart, as I wasn’t using it, but I drive a 2020 Prius Prime that has a battery I recharge on 110 from a standard outlet in my garage. This gives me 27 miles of driving on battery alone before the gas engine kicks in. My rough estimation, based on SECO’s 11 cents per KWH, and using the amount of recharging the owner’s manual says I can get, works out to TWO CENTS PER MILE. For electricity. I doubt that this costs me more than about $5 a month. Meanwhile, after four years in The Villages, not needing the gas engine very often, and with almost 50,000 miles on the car, its gas usage works out to 150 MPG. Not bad.