Charging History

[hammerg26]

I drive a lot - let’s start there; it’s one reason I went to an EV
I am a bit worried about the increase in power bill, now
Friends with Teslas say their electric bill hardly increased…
I did some quick math on my past two power bills, and it appears I pay $0.15 / kWh here in N GA If so, this may get a bit expensive…
I am HOPING I am doing something wrong
Any thoughts?

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[AKgrampy]

If that is FordPass the charge history is most likely not accurate. Your car is going to get approximately the same mi/kW that a Tesla gets so you should get the same results. If their home usage barely went up and you do not have the same results then they drive very little, charge away from home or are not being honest. Without doing any calculations (as I have no number except cost of electricity) I would think your increased electric charge will be much less than the fuel cost you are avoiding.

 

[hammerg26]

I am learning that FordPass is not very accurate at most things. ?

 

[geeklifer]

Your power bill will increase, especially since you drive a lot. It will NOT increase as much as your gas bill decreases, however. You'll get a little sticker shock with a new power bill, but compare that to your gas spend over the prior month.

If you want a really rough power bill estimate, take a guess of 2.7-3.4 mi per kWh (or lower if the majority of your driving is highway miles or poor/hilly conditions). Figure out how many miles you drive and divide by that efficiency number to get your kWh usage. Multiply your kWh usage by that kWh price by your power company. So 500 mi driven / 3.2 efficiency = 156.2 kWh used X 0.15 power cost = $23.44 - This would cost me about $50 or so in gasoline in my last vehicle. Frequent use of DC fast charging would be more expensive than home charging, usually by 2-3 times or more.

I pay roughly the same per kWh and I'm saving quite a bit. I also take advantage of the off-peak EV charging credits through my power company which gives me about $15 off my bill each month. I can still charge whenever I want, but they give a discount when it detects the charge was off-peak.

 

[hammerg26]

Well, considering I was spending about $750/ month in gas, I still will be on the plus side.
Will keep an eye on it and will talk to my EMC about off-peak charging.
In the final stages of Tesla Solar Panels and a Powerwall, so that may help, too.

 

[DugthePug Dad]

I charge at home pretty much exclusively.

I usually charge to 90%.

I forgot to unplug the other night and it charged to 100% later that night. charging history told me that I charged at a hotel that’s a block away from my house.

so I can confirm that the app has ghosts in the machine…

 

[4sallypat]

$0.15/kWh is a super nice rate!

So Cal Edison customer here -
Home rate during the afternoon is $0.61/kWh.

So during the week I charge at Tesla Superchargers in the afternoon at $0.39/kWh plus I get 4% back using my Costco CITI Visa card.

Weekends is the only time I charge at home where it's $0.21/kWh.

 

[Snakebitten]

Amazing that DCFC is le$$ than L2-home charging.

 

[4sallypat]

Amazing that DCFC is le$$ than L2-home charging.

Yup, welcome to California.

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