Obviously this is not meant to be the primary source for any individual electric car, but stopgap to enable electric cars on long trips inbetween population centers.
I love my plugin hybrid. I can't even remember the last time I had to go to a gas station. I pay $0.0768 per kilowatt-hour to charge at home. My car has a 11.6 kWh battery, so it takes $0.89 to charge my vehicle which takes about 2.5 hours.
My electric range is about 17 miles. Longer in summer, shorter in winter.
So that is about $0.05 per mile, or the equivalent cost of running a gas car that gets 63 miles per gallon at a cost of $3.15 per gallon.
But also, I don't have any wear and tear on the engine for all those electric miles.
Tesla has an 8 year warranty on the pack for degradation to 70%. That doesn't mean you have to replace it after 8 years. That doesn't even mean you have to replace it if it hits 70%, just that your range is lower.
The limit for charge/discharge depends on how fast and how extreme you're (dis)charging the battery. So how are people doing on average? For the model S/X the trendline is above 90% capacity at 150,000 miles.
Obviously this is not meant to be the primary source for any individual electric car, but stopgap to enable electric cars on long trips inbetween population centers.
I love my plugin hybrid. I can't even remember the last time I had to go to a gas station. I pay $0.0768 per kilowatt-hour to charge at home. My car has a 11.6 kWh battery, so it takes $0.89 to charge my vehicle which takes about 2.5 hours.
My electric range is about 17 miles. Longer in summer, shorter in winter.
So that is about $0.05 per mile, or the equivalent cost of running a gas car that gets 63 miles per gallon at a cost of $3.15 per gallon.
But also, I don't have any wear and tear on the engine for all those electric miles.
Until the battery needs replaced.
Ha, was gonna say the same. Thats what they DONT tell you about those cars. Battery replacement can cost you big time.
Every 8 years or max'd out charge/discharge cycles....for almost the price of a new car!
It's not that simple
Tesla has an 8 year warranty on the pack for degradation to 70%. That doesn't mean you have to replace it after 8 years. That doesn't even mean you have to replace it if it hits 70%, just that your range is lower.
The limit for charge/discharge depends on how fast and how extreme you're (dis)charging the battery. So how are people doing on average? For the model S/X the trendline is above 90% capacity at 150,000 miles.