What happens when everyone who currently owns a gasoline car buys an electric car and is charging overnight? Would it make sense for the utility companies to continue offering huge discounts for over night charging?
Harry On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 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. > >
