I'm not sure how many hours I've taken to charge mine . . . I was asleep.
Yawn.I'm not sure how many hours I've taken to charge mine . . . I was asleep.
I counter your worst-case scenario with a best-case one ...If you got, say, 2.5 miles/kWh in an EV (which is normal to low for winter efficiency) then 150 miles would use 60 kWh. At the most expensive 85p per kWh that would be £51. So over 31 days that would be about £258, so somewhat similar to the Merc. Any charging costs lower than 85p then everything gets even better.
Bit disappointed with that. ?? Although I do appreciate that's the worst case scenario. ?If you got, say, 2.5 miles/kWh in an EV (which is normal to low for winter efficiency) then 150 miles would use 60 kWh. At the most expensive 85p per kWh that would be £51. So over 31 days that would be about £258, so somewhat similar to the Merc. Any charging costs lower than 85p then everything gets even better.
That's much better. ? £14.51 a month, that's amazing! Although I do appreciate that's probably the best case scenario. ?I counter your worst-case scenario with a best-case one ...
If you got 4miles/kWh in an EV (which I am getting right now in 'winter') then 150 miles a week would use 37.5kWh. At a cheap rate of 9p per kWh (available on Octopus Go) that would be £3.37 a week x 4.3 weeks (30 days) = £14.51 a month ... ?
And if you're charging overnight then you're not wasting any time filling up* (or getting stinking diesel on your hands and shoes in the filthy forecourt).
* apart from the 30 seconds it takes to plug in
Yep, "best-case" and not always achievable but if you drive carefully* - with minimal aircon/heating - it's quite easy to get 4miles/kWh average over the year (more in summer, less in winter). Charging at home with a cheap overnight tariff etc** is also key.
Agree, with what your saying. Been thinking about changing me car for a while now, so the considerable outlay as you say, doesn't bother me, as such. As it would be the same for an ICE car. As for not giving it the beans everywhere and sticking to national speed limits, I can't promise that! Especially as it would be the X Power! And I would pretty much only be charging at home, using the Granny charger over night at first and then perhaps getting a home charger at a later date. ?Yep, "best-case" and not always achievable but if you drive carefully* - with minimal aircon/heating - it's quite easy to get 4miles/kWh average over the year (more in summer, less in winter). Charging at home with a cheap overnight tariff etc** is also key.
* by carefully I mean not full beans all of the time, and never over the national speed limit
** or fancy solar/export/battery setup which gives you free energy, or pays for exported energy to grid.
Of course all of the above requires considerable outlay in the first place ... though you can get decent second-hand EVs for around the £15k mark these days ... it would pay for itself in 6 years ... food for thought
Brilliant! ?Even if you hoon it around and only get 2.5-3miles/kWh it would still only cost you £5 to do 150 miles if you were on Octopus Go overnight ...
How much is that EV to buy if it wasnt a Chinese saviour low cost EV? All European brands start in the mid 30s. Vauxhall Astra EV 40k?Get yourself an EV and save yourself £250 a month
Agreed to a certain extent. If you where thinking a an EV of say, £30,000 ish just to save on running costs, the sums might not add up, because of the price of the car in first place. But if your thinking of changing your car anyway, not to save money as such, but just it's time for a change, budget £30,000 ish for ICE or EV.
Sure, but if you compare apples to apples ... e.g. I did the sums on a Tweet comparing a new ICE Corsa v EV Corsa, total cost of ownership over 10 years and the EV was cheaper. Sorry I no longer have the sums, gave up on Twitter a long time ago.
