Cost of EV charging in Vancouver

[chronoreverse]

If you wanted to simply save on fuel costs, the only EV's that make sense are cheap Leafs from 2015 that have the "lizard" battery that doesn't wear as fast.

A Prius only costs twice as much per KM as an EV in Vancouver and costs way less. You'll never ever break even vs an EV whether new vs new or used vs used.

 

[Double_J]

True,

I wasn't expecting to break even. Even when I charge at work for free the savings still do pay for the difference in the vehicles. I was just expecting the difference to be greater. When I ball parked the numbers it got slightly more savings then previously mentioned.

 

[ecarfan]

A Prius only costs twice as much per KM as an EV in Vancouver and costs way less.

I agree with you about the costs but comparing a Prius to a well engineered EV like a Model 3 is like comparing a Civic to a Lexus sedan; not comparable at all.

 

[chronoreverse]

I agree with you about the costs but comparing a Prius to a well engineered EV like a Model 3 is like comparing a Civic to a Lexus sedan; not comparable at all.

I meant EVs in general hence the comment about an old used 2015 Leaf.

I began with the statement that it doesn't make sense to be looking for fuel costs breakeven for a reason

 

[Thomas7]

The truth is I wish the electric company would make something to calculate EV charging easier. Maybe a tool in our profile that can view that. - If you work for BCHydro. Please feedback this to your team!

 

[chronoreverse]

What do you mean? You can see your daily kWh energy usage down to the hour. If you want anything better you'll need dedicated hardware like a Chargepoint EVSE that can keep track further.

BC Hydro won't pay for that but they'll give you a rebate for installing it so what more can you ask?

 

[Vawlkus]

Grab a power meter for about $100 and track it yourself.

I have an induction clamp power sensor that I can even program in my local power rates and it’ll give me how much power my charger uses in kWh and cash cost.

 

[iJak]

Here's a good way to get an idea...assuming no one really stays in step 1 rates with EV...so it will be based on annual 20k km + step 2 rate of 14 cents.

I've driven about 20000k with an 209w/km average on my SR+ with 18" and 19" rims... doing the math:
209w = .209KW * 20000km = 4180kW * $.14 step 2 rate est = $586 of electricity / 20k km.

Model 3 Sr+ conservative driving = 160w/km @ 20k km a year = 3200kW * $.14 = $448
Model X Performance heavy foot = 370w/km (high est) @ 20k km a year = 7400kW * $.14 = $1036
gunning everything = 500w/km @ 20k km a year = 10000kW * $.14 = $1400

Based on that you should have a pretty good idea how much charging will cost.

 

[iMoe]

Holy smoking electrons, how does one do 500Wh/km? Live at a racetrack?

I think my 20k km average was 148Wh/km. Granted I'm not a lead foot but I do enjoy a launch or two every now and then, especially accelerating up the hills

 

[CFinVancouver]

I picked this device up several years back, you set the price in cents, plug it in and let it run for a a while.
The displays shows the cost of my wife's Y after 309 hours. She plugs in sporadically and commutes 20km daily to work. Displayed is the monthly cost.