How much do you get paid for that.  In Phoenix, it's pretty low and they just 
added a $50 per month charge to connect to the grid.

Rory

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From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Robert
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 10:46 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Tesla

My solar system stores energy in the form of gravity potential...

On 3/20/17 5:59 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:
> My solar system stores excess energy as credit on the bill.  So I can 
> use it anytime of day.
>
> *From:* Rory Conaway
> *Sent:* Monday, March 20, 2017 3:21 AM
> *To:* af@afmug.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Tesla
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> Our rate is 5.9 cents per kWh under a special program for electric car 
> owners.
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> Most of my wife’s driving is 70mph or less and more city driving than 
> what you probably do.  We probably charge 50 miles per day average and 
> the car gets about 3.5-4m per kWh.
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> Our worst rate is about 10.1 cents per kWh on peak during the week.
> Solar doesn’t help us in charging since the care is gone at 7:30am and 
> doesn’t get home until after 6:30.
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> Rory
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> *From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown
> *Sent:* Sunday, March 19, 2017 9:50 PM
> *To:* af@afmug.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Tesla
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> I am getting about 1 mile per percent.  I never trust that display, I 
> always use battery percentage.  But I drive 80 mph everywhere, freeway.
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> I am solar powered at my house and other people pay for the power other
> places I charge.   So there is no cost of energy for me.
>
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> But if I was paying, it would be about 12 cents per kWh  (it can go as 
> low as 8 cents depending on how you do  it).  So $3.60/charge or 3 
> cents per mile.  (2.4 cents per mile at the lower tariff)
>
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>
> Hyundai was getting 34 mpg.  So 7.4 cents per mile.
>
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>
> *From:*Rory Conaway
>
> *Sent:*Sunday, March 19, 2017 9:57 PM
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> *To:*af@afmug.com
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> *Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] OT Tesla
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> So after 2 days with the Leaf and the 30Kw battery, our estimate is 
> that it’s actually underrated or they have found other ways to save 
> power.  I definitely notice more aggressive regen control on eco mode 
> but we are seeing 120-125 mile on the display even after using 5-8% of the
> battery.   Considering you can drive one for about $4K a year, almost no
> maintenance, and about ¼ of the cost of gas, it’s got to be one of the 
> best values out there.
>
>
>
> Rory
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> *From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 18, 2017 9:08 AM
> *To:* af@afmug.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Tesla
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> I find it interesting they can upgrade a battery with software...
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> *From:*can...@believewireless.net
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> *Sent:*Saturday, March 18, 2017 10:06 AM
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> *To:*af@afmug.com
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> *Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] OT Tesla
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> I highly doubt people were just buying the 75 as they say. Think this 
> will hurt sales? They already did this to the Model X.
>
> Or are they hoping the Model 3 will fill the gap?
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> On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
>
> Interesting note from Tesla this morning:
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> Customers who still want the opportunity to own a 60 kWh Model S will 
> have until April 16, 2017 to place their order. Any 60 kWh Model S 
> will have the ability to upgrade their battery to 75 kWh via an over 
> the air update.
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