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In reply to the discussion: Driving 100 Miles in an EV Is Now More Expensive Than in an ICE [View all]CentralMass
(16,608 posts)There are some Electrify America charging stations up the street from me. Their members price is $0.31kw/hr. A Chevrolet Bolt EV take (28.1 kWh/100 miles).
I'm on my phone so I'll quote things.
A related link https://evadept.com/calc/chevy-bolt-charging-cost-calculator
At an electricity rate of $0.15kW/hr current average in oregon) to charge a 22 Chevy Bolt from 20% charge level to 80% ( it is recommended that you stay between 20% and 80% for daily driving) it would add 142 miles of charge to your battery and cost $5.94 .
What mileage would an equivilent gas car get ? Lets be generous and say 35mi/gal.
142/35=4gals x $3.80/gal = $15.2 for 142 miles if gas. 2.6 times more then to charge the Bolt.
At the Electrify America charging stations up the street they are charging double for electricity $0.31kw/hr. So it would cost $12.28 to get the 142 miles of charge. Still 1.24 time cheaper then the gas equivilent.
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