Re: [EVDL] Road Trips: plugin vs EV cost per mile (4 cents average)

2019-05-23 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
>>> Actually that 3 cent rate is a bait-and-switch. They give you two meters. >>> And then if you take the 3 cent off-peak charging, then your house ON >>> peak rate goes way up to 17 cents (from ten)... >> >>I agree that the "time of use" rate may not be a cost savings depending >>upon your

Re: [EVDL] Road Trips: plugin vs EV cost per mile (4 cents average)

2019-05-22 Thread John Lussmyer via EV
On Wed May 22 12:12:36 PDT 2019 ev@lists.evdl.org said: >On 5/22/19 3:08 PM, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: >> Actually that 3 cent rate is a bait-and-switch. They give you two meters. >> And then if you take the 3 cent off-peak charging, then your house ON peak >> rate goes way up to 17 cents

Re: [EVDL] Road Trips: plugin vs EV cost per mile (4 cents average)

2019-05-22 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Cc: j...@k6ccc.org Subject: Re: [EVDL] Road Trips: plugin vs EV cost per mile (4 cents average) Bob said (in part): > For a pure EV. Yes, they pay 28 cents per kwh for that 13% of the > time, but all the rest of the time they pay very reduced

Re: [EVDL] Road Trips: plugin vs EV cost per mile (4 cents average)

2019-05-22 Thread jim--- via EV
Bob said (in part): > For a pure EV. Yes, they pay 28 cents per kwh for that 13% of the time, > but all the rest of the time they pay very reduced rates overnight. Our > utility offers EV charging overnight at 3 cents per kWh. That's almost > TEN TIMES cheaper than when they charge on the road.

Re: [EVDL] Road Trips: plugin vs EV cost per mile (4 cents average)

2019-05-22 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
People rarely do the math. Say they do a 660 mile trip 3 times a year and they drive the normal American 15,000 miles a year, then the trip mileage is only 13% of their total usage. Miniscule. For a pure EV. Yes, they pay 28 cents per kwh for that 13% of the time, but all the rest of the time