Fuelly tracking electrical charges

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Originally Posted by Draigflag

It's just as easy to track as regular fuel, it tells you how many kw you put in the batter, and the cost per charge, it should be easy to implement it into an app like fuelly.

Talking of charging, has anyone seen the price of electrons at Tesla superchargers now? 61 pence per KW...that means £60 to charge an S with a 100 KWH battery, or $75 US dollars. Ouch...

How much would the gas cost for a comparable ICE car?

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Originally Posted by trollbait

How much would the gas cost for a comparable ICE car?

A similar sized diesel would be cheaper per mile in fuel (15p per mile Vs Tesla's 20p per mile estimate) but then that's just using the superchargers, there are many other chargers at half, if not a third of that price. Plus the diesel wouldn't have the performance of the Tesla.

Worth noting that there are even higher costs per KW/h, ionity for example charge 69 ppkwh, meaning it would cost $87 to charge a large battery EV for 280 miles of range. Not sure how that compares to running a gas gussler over there.

The difference in price to charge still varies vastly, whereas refuelling with fossil fuels only has a few pence difference in prices.

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Originally Posted by Draigflag

refuelling with fossil fuels only has a few pence difference in prices.

And that is just yesterday to today!

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Originally Posted by Draigflag

A similar sized diesel would be cheaper per mile in fuel (15p per mile Vs Tesla's 20p per mile estimate) but then that's just using the superchargers, there are many other chargers at half, if not a third of that price. Plus the diesel wouldn't have the performance of the Tesla.

Worth noting that there are even higher costs per KW/h, ionity for example charge 69 ppkwh, meaning it would cost $87 to charge a large battery EV for 280 miles of range. Not sure how that compares to running a gas gussler over there.

The difference in price to charge still varies vastly, whereas refuelling with fossil fuels only has a few pence difference in prices.

In the before times, Supercharger costs would be comparable to using premium gas in a performance oriented car. Superchargers are the cheapest fast DC charging network in most cases. Not having much luck finding Tesla's current rates; it varies by state, and even within one. In some locals, only an electric utility can directly charge for a kWh, so EV chargers have to go by the minute, which makes direct comparisons a little difficult.

Most people only use these fast chargers on longer trips though. Slower charging at home is much cheaper. Some EVs may never see a public charger.