Re:Leasing an Electric Car Is a Better Deal
by iwanttocomment on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @03:38PM
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Austin. Fully loaded - all electrical costs and monthly surcharges - we're still paying <$80/m for our (detached) house and both cars. Obviously summer costs are way higher than winter costs here. (We have a high-efficiency HVAC system installed 2018, decent windows and various efficiency improvements, thank god.)
We bought our BEV in California and were on Schedule EV with PG&E, and it was always a delicate dance of "charging at the right time" to make things cheap. Here, our EVs just don't cost us much.
Re:Leasing an Electric Car Is a Better Deal
by heattemp99 on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @03:42PM
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If I leave my home unattended for a month on vacation, but leave my fridge and water heater going, my gas and electric cost is about $70. California is a special place.
Re:Leasing an Electric Car Is a Better Deal
by iwanttocomment on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @03:47PM
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Used to live there! Don't any more, for good reason.
Re:Leasing an Electric Car Is a Better Deal
by lockhouse on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @04:06PM
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Just remember to vote accordingly, don’t California Texas on us!
Re:Leasing an Electric Car Is a Better Deal
by exhilaration on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @04:23PM
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Check out this comment from 4 months back by a guy that's paying $0.08/kWh in Georgia: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35063397
I just signed up for $0.0949/kWh in Pennsylvania, but I'm paying a little bit extra for that feel-good wind power.
Re:Leasing an Electric Car Is a Better Deal
by JohnFen on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @04:29PM
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> Where is electricity that cheap?
It's even cheaper in my part of my state: 0.029/KWh
Re:Leasing an Electric Car Is a Better Deal
by gpapilion on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @06:29PM
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Yes power in CA is expensive, and might be right for a Volt. However, here is a comparison of a Polestar 2 using $0.36 electricity:
Full charge (.36 * 78kwh) = 28.08
Range = 276 mi
Cost of fuel per mile = $0.10
Subaru Outback Full tank of gas (ca avg 4.89 18.5 gallon capacity) = 90.46 Range = 476 mi Cost of fuel per mile = $0.19
Its still almost half the cost of gas. That said, experientially at times it feels more expensive. Also, there are rate plans that move the cost lower to something like $0.21 instead, which really relies on you managing your charging times.
Re:Leasing an Electric Car Is a Better Deal
by slotrans on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @07:40PM
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$0.084/kWh in Colorado (in summer, lower in winter)
Re:Leasing an Electric Car Is a Better Deal
by amanaplanacanal on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @09:04PM
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I’m up in Oregon, and I pay .076, verified 95% carbon free. The rest is probably mostly renewable, just not guaranteed.
People with plugin Priuses actually need gas to be $5 or higher for plugging in to payoff at my energy costs.
Californias love complaining our fuel costs 30% more than most states. Yet most don't know our electricity is 300% more.