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Hi, this is just a quick thread for any newbie or prospective EV owners for a rough idea how much it costs to run an electric car.
I picked up my Leaf on the 14th of Feb and I have taken a meter reading off my EV charging station to keep a track of how much the car costs to run.
I have been running the car for just short of four months, in this period I have covered 5220 miles. My daily commute is just short of 50 miles a day with the majority of my commute being at high speed keeping up with traffic on the motorway (not ideal to maximize the range of an EV) but still it does the job with ease, leaving me with a minimum of 30% battery at the end of the day.
My meter on my charge station displays that I have used 1540kWh since picking up the car. This translates to 3.39 miles/per kWh. This calculation does not include ~8 rapid charges and 1 public charge I have used (but this did not cost me anyway).
My current electricity tariff is 12.50p per kWh. For me to travel 5220 miles it has cost me £192.50 in electricity. Alot less than what my previous VW diesel would have cost me £783. If this continues until the first year anniversary I'm projecting I would be saving just short of £1800 in fuel cost alone, not even including the £0.00 road tax and reduced servicing costs that come with EV's.
These savings could be increased even further if I switched to economy 7 or invested in a PV system, which I may think about in the coming months.
I certainly have enjoyed driving pure electric for the past 4 months, and unless my circumstances change drastically I will never return to an ICE car.
Bring on the future!
I picked up my Leaf on the 14th of Feb and I have taken a meter reading off my EV charging station to keep a track of how much the car costs to run.
I have been running the car for just short of four months, in this period I have covered 5220 miles. My daily commute is just short of 50 miles a day with the majority of my commute being at high speed keeping up with traffic on the motorway (not ideal to maximize the range of an EV) but still it does the job with ease, leaving me with a minimum of 30% battery at the end of the day.
My meter on my charge station displays that I have used 1540kWh since picking up the car. This translates to 3.39 miles/per kWh. This calculation does not include ~8 rapid charges and 1 public charge I have used (but this did not cost me anyway).
My current electricity tariff is 12.50p per kWh. For me to travel 5220 miles it has cost me £192.50 in electricity. Alot less than what my previous VW diesel would have cost me £783. If this continues until the first year anniversary I'm projecting I would be saving just short of £1800 in fuel cost alone, not even including the £0.00 road tax and reduced servicing costs that come with EV's.
These savings could be increased even further if I switched to economy 7 or invested in a PV system, which I may think about in the coming months.
I certainly have enjoyed driving pure electric for the past 4 months, and unless my circumstances change drastically I will never return to an ICE car.
Bring on the future!
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