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1. spiclk · 1790590013 · focus · HN ↗

   Hopefully the article authors are only attempting to reach their target audience, but please don't encourage numerical illiteracy!

   One-tenth the (fuel) cost, or 90% cheaper.

   (That is, if you own a house with off-street parking).

   1. consp · 1790592863 · focus · HN ↗

      I've had this discussion many times. Unless you own a house, with solar panels and your own parking spot any cost/km gains on fuel with EV are marginal. Gas get's adjusted more quickly but eventually the roadside charge prices will catch up. And many "researchers" take the average price (not any better metric) which is heavily skewed by "public" chargers which you cannot use since they are inaccessible on private property but are public for tax reasons.

      1. tverbeure · 1790595462 · focus · HN ↗

         I don’t have solar panels but own a house with parking spot.

         I use the PG&E EV2-A night tariff at home which is still 0.23 $/kWh, though the rate at work is only 0.14 $/kWh which I use as much as possible. I rarely use the superchargers (0.45$/kWh.) Let’s use the 0.23 value.

         I drive 15k miles per year. At roughly 2.5 mi/kWh. That gives $1380 per year.

         At 20 mi/gallon and $6/gallon, I’d pay $4500 per year. At today’s gas prices, the difference is IMO not marginal anymore. (That said, I didn’t buy the EV for the drive savings…)

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