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That's a wall of data. Did you draw any conclusions?Here is my 1st month of driving my Model S for work commuting.
@Daniel Scherer
Just curious to see if you got your electric bill yet? My first month over 3200 miles with about 1000 -1100 kwh cost me about $310 in electricty. Since i'm in CA, i'm on that the more you use the more you pay... and i have solar too. The cost of charging pushed me into tier 5 and thats what messed me up. I commute 150 miles round trip for about 21 days per month. Since i dont have any EV chargers at work, i have to charge about 50kwh. Thinking about putting a 2nd meter at home only for EV charging since its fixed .12 khw 9pm -12noon year round. Anyone have any similar experience?
Well think of it this way. 3200 miles / 25 mpg (generous for large car), * $4 per gal premium = $512 (so at least you saved some money)
Even at high mpg 41 mpg you would have broken even.
But I would get on a ToU, or at least get another meter on ToU. Because in the summer you are going to get killed using that much power.
150 miles/day is a pretty long commute (no idea what your actual commute is, I just divided 3,000 miles by 20 work days). I'm guessing most aren't driving that much and as others said it's still cheaper than gas even in high-priced California.I'm surprised i havent heard from other tesla road warriors about the spike in there electric bill.
150 miles/day is a pretty long commute (no idea what your actual commute is, I just divided 3,000 miles by 20 work days). I'm guessing most aren't driving that much and as others said it's still cheaper than gas even in high-priced California.
In mid-summer PG&E is switching to a new EV ToU rate. Details here: Big increase in PGE E-9 rates (N. Cal.))
Since I assume you run A/C during the day you're probably better off getting a second meter installed and running that one on a ToU.
On the other hand, could you add some more solar to keep you in the lower tiers? Wonder what the cost difference would be vs adding another meter?
Only problem w/ the EVSE credit is that it's eliminated of you pay AMT. EV (car) credit is not.Check all this out and see if any of it helps.
http://www.dsireusa.org/solar/incentives/index.cfm?state=CA&re=0&ee=0&spv=1&st=1&srp=1
26 USC § 30C - Alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit | Title 26 - Internal Revenue Code | U.S. Code | LII / Legal Information Institute
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8911.pdf
Kind of off topic, but wow, that is crazy what some people I see posting are paying for electricity.
We were paying $0.081/kwh and there is a big push for the municipalities in our area to negotiate for lower provider costs via competitive bid, so ours did and the rate is now down to $0.042/kwh. Also there are no tiers like it sounds like in California.
It definitely makes it easier to justify some significant cost savings vs. fuel!