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 -----Original Message----- 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 > > > Our rate is 5.9 cents per kWh under a special program for electric car > owners. > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > Rory > > > > > > *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 > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > 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) > > > > Hyundai was getting 34 mpg. So 7.4 cents per mile. > > > > *From:*Rory Conaway > > *Sent:*Sunday, March 19, 2017 9:57 PM > > *To:*af@afmug.com > > *Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] OT Tesla > > > > 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 > > > > *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 > > > > I find it interesting they can upgrade a battery with software... > > > > *From:*can...@believewireless.net > > *Sent:*Saturday, March 18, 2017 10:06 AM > > *To:*af@afmug.com > > *Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] OT Tesla > > > > 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? > > > > On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > > Interesting note from Tesla this morning: > > > > 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. > > > > > > >