We got the Tesla in August so now looking at some bills and data. Our electricity bill for this month is $60 more than it was without the Tesla in July. Our gas spending was $720 less. Net savings in one month was $660.
For those who think they will save money by switching to EV.
https://news.sky.com/story/cost-of-...by-42-caused-by-rise-in-energy-costs-12705528
For those who think they will save money by switching to EV.
https://news.sky.com/story/cost-of-...by-42-caused-by-rise-in-energy-costs-12705528
Did you not see my above post??
We got the Tesla in August so now looking at some bills and data. Our electricity bill for this month is $60 more than it was without the Tesla in July. Our gas spending was $720 less. Net savings in one month was $660.
Not one that's paid for!Be careful you may have posted a “shit article”.
"However, the reality is that even with the hike in domestic electricity costs, running an EV is considerably cheaper than a petrol or diesel car."
Not one that's paid for!
They should all be paid for.
They should be - but they're not. The choice between a $60K EV and a Diesel car that's paid for? Never mind the bullshit technology in the EV. Without it, the EV would probably be under $40K!
Total operating cost is less than what we had before including everything but not by a wildly significant amount. If Alex wasn’t driving 100 miles per day it wouldn’t be worth it. But that’s still crazy considering the tesla is twice the sticker price of our old car.That's pretty awesome! The shifting economics are interesting, does it look similar even including all in cost (car payment, insurance cost, service, etc)?
Total operating cost is less than what we had before including everything but not by a wildly significant amount. If Alex wasn’t driving 100 miles per day it wouldn’t be worth it. But that’s still crazy considering the tesla is twice the sticker price of our old car.
That really is wild. And I bet in the long run you're further ahead than today, just knowing vehicle maintenance with age vs a Tesla's.
We got the Tesla in August so now looking at some bills and data. Our electricity bill for this month is $60 more than it was without the Tesla in July. Our gas spending was $720 less. Net savings in one month was $660.
Seems like many of those costs are very fluid right now due to the infancy of the technology.Have you calculated in battery replacement costs, resale, initial cost, etc?
Have you calculated in battery replacement costs, resale, initial cost, etc?
I'm not suggesting anything in particular, but when I keep pricing models that I could somehow use, I'm like starting at $85k, so that's a lot to make up over just repairing what I've currently got.
If I had an EV I'd totally be adding a bunch of solar too, just in case utilities ever start messing around with your charging. Solar isn't terribly expensive, besides the storage. It's not cheap, just not insane on a residential level, especially DIY. Depending on your net metering or whatever it's called I'd look into grid tied, but there's too many different laws for various systems. In my area, it's pretty much the wild west, but I'm not going to add anything that will unknowingly fry a utility worker.
The annoying thing depending on your usage for the vehicle, is that most people are driving or at work when the solar is producing, so all you could hope for would be to slightly offset your bill. Though it might not help much at all, since it produces when other solar produces. I think a buddy was looking into it and he decided to go off-grid, because there was so little benefit being on grid, plus he may have had some local regs about it. He actually got I think some used vehicle battery cells or something, unfortunately in 36V, but it's still kinda cool for just messing around.
I tend to like the idea of charging something like a golf cart or UTV (though not very widespread at the moment), so you can use it at night or simply use it as some energy storage and charge during the day when you're at work.