#21 Re: HOPEFULLY TUESDAY WILL BE THE END OF THE ELECTRIC CAR.....
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2023 2:03 pm
Yep, never buy on the basis of economy unless you intend to mainly charge at home - even that will change of course, as prices rise, but there is a hell of a long way to go.
I have a 75kwh battery in the Tesla. I have an off peak cheap rate at home specifically for EV's and pay 7.5p/kwh, going up to 10p next month. So a full charge from zero, will cost me £7.50, giving a range somewhere around 250 miles (will vary +/-with conditions of course). So by my maths that's 3p per mile. My E-type may make 25mpg on a really good day. Assuming around 160p a litre, that all works out to be in the region of 30p per mile. So even an economical car doing 50mpg, is going to be 15p a mile. That's a factor of 5 to 10 times more expensive per mile - with my own circumstances.
This shows that some common sense is needed to firstly understand that one size does not fit all when it comes to EV's in general, and that personal circumstance has a huge part to play in the running costs.
Anyone looking to use any of the public charge points will get royally hammered, but that's been the same with petrol/diesel and we are all at the mercy of suppliers.
I have a 75kwh battery in the Tesla. I have an off peak cheap rate at home specifically for EV's and pay 7.5p/kwh, going up to 10p next month. So a full charge from zero, will cost me £7.50, giving a range somewhere around 250 miles (will vary +/-with conditions of course). So by my maths that's 3p per mile. My E-type may make 25mpg on a really good day. Assuming around 160p a litre, that all works out to be in the region of 30p per mile. So even an economical car doing 50mpg, is going to be 15p a mile. That's a factor of 5 to 10 times more expensive per mile - with my own circumstances.
This shows that some common sense is needed to firstly understand that one size does not fit all when it comes to EV's in general, and that personal circumstance has a huge part to play in the running costs.
Anyone looking to use any of the public charge points will get royally hammered, but that's been the same with petrol/diesel and we are all at the mercy of suppliers.