A British study has just debunked the claim that electric vehicles (EV's) are cheaper to operate than gasoline or diesel vehicles.
Electric cars are up to twice as expensive as petrol or diesel vehicles to run, new figures have suggested.
Running an electric vehicle (EV) can cost more than 24p [about 32c US at current exchange rates] per mile, while a diesel vehicle is 12.5p [about 16.5c US].
It costs as much as 80p [US $1.06] per kilowatt hour to charge an EV using a rapid or ultra-rapid device on the roadside, according to data from the app ZapMap.
A typical electric car will travel 3.3 miles for every kWh of electricity used, meaning rapid and ultra-rapid chargers currently cost the equivalent of 24.1p [about 32c US] per mile, calculations by The Times suggest.
Slower chargers cost 16.4p [about 21.8c US] per mile.
This is about double the average diesel car, which will do 43 miles per gallon, resulting in a cost of 12.5p [about 16.6c US] per mile at current prices. A typical petrol car costs 14.5p [about 19.3c US] per mile, according to the analysis.
There's more at the link.
So much for the promises of greater economy offered with much fanfare by those trying to promote EV's! With numbers like that, I'll stick to gasoline or diesel as long as I can, thank you very much.
Peter
But, but!!!! All hail diversity....er sumtin......
ReplyDeleteWorst: EV vehicles
ReplyDeleteGood: ICE vehicles
Best: Plug-In Hybrid
With my plug-in, 25mi/day @ 48¢/gal-equiv electrons, then 500mi/tank on $5/gal gas. Plus some immunity to power outages and 1972-style gas lines.
Oh look! It's a diesel without any of the advantages of a diesel! (See what's at the charging stations. A DIESEL generator.)
ReplyDeleteIt is British, so it uses British prices for electricity and fuel.
ReplyDeleteI suspect the equation balances the same way elsewhere though.
It does demonstrate the stupidity of mandating electric vehicles while shutting down power plants.
ReplyDeleteI drive a Chevy Volt for my commuter. It'll go around 40 miles on battery before switching over to gas operation. That's enough to get me to work, where I plug it into a charger there for the drive home. I usually get to within a mile or two of the house before the car switches over to gas, so my fuel usage is negligible. It costs me about $1.50 to charge the car each way, as opposed to paying $4.60/gallon each way to go the same distance on gas, so for me it's working out. That being said, EV's have a place; just not EVERY place. They should NEVER be mandated, as they don't serve every purpose very well. Sometimes they don't serve the purpose at all!!! Just know that if you're contemplating an EV, obsolescence is baked into the cake. When the battery's done, so is the car, as a replacement battery costs more than the car is worth. In the case of my Volt, there IS NO replacing the battery, as the car was discontinued before sufficient numbers of them were on the road to justify the building of aftermarket replacement batteries. THAT being said, my Volt is going on 13 years old, and has almost 200K miles on it, so it's had a good run. Excellent build quality on that car, by the way. Very reliable as well. NOT what I was expecting from a Chevy...
ReplyDeleteI drive a F350 6.7L Diesel. Unloaded it gets 29mpg. Pulling a load I have as low as 10mpg. There is not an EV that can do what the F350 does.
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