I will confirm what @Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> is saying as an EV owner. 90% of my travel is inner city 30miles or less all stop and go. Just an overnight charge on a 110v plugin charger and good to go. I've not seen a noticble change in my electric bill. It's like driving for free.
On Tue, Apr 5, 2022, 6:42 PM Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wrote: > > >> I don't see the point. Why spend four times more money than you need to? >> Electric cars are far cheaper per mile. >> > > It is actually 5.6 times more money per mile, because the power companies > offer a huge discount for recharging overnight. In Atlanta, the power > company estimates it costs $19 a month to charge an electric car versus > $107 per month for a gasoline car. See: > > > https://www.georgiapower.com/residential/billing-and-rate-plans/pricing-and-rate-plans/plug-in-ev.html > > As I mentioned, in parts of Texas the cost is $0.00 per month. Granted, > they also charge a flat fee for electricity, but the incremental additional > cost of charging an electric car at night is zero. You can't beat that! The > oil companies cannot compete with that. Which is why they will not be > selling gasoline cars much longer. People will not pay for Exxonmobil for > something that the power company gives you for free. > >
