Cost to charge on a public level 2 charger?

[Carbonfiber]

I have Charge Point chargers at my work and it costs about .05 cents a mile to charge. Is this considered a good rate?

 

[jcanoe]

$0.05 per mile is a good rate (you need to compare with what it would cost you to charge at home.) When I charge at home my cost is between $0.04 and $0.05 per mile.

 

[Madsen203]

In addition to post two, consider the cost of gas in comparison.

I can charge at my works charge point system and for 4 hours at 7kwh, it is $3 which equates to about $0.03/mi. Charging at home is about $0.08-0.11/mile past what solar generates. For me, once I’m over my net annual production, I charge mostly at work as it is 1/3 the cost.

 

[Sophias_dad]

I have Charge Point chargers at my work and it costs about .05 cents a mile to charge. Is this considered a good rate?

I'd be surprised if ChargePoint is actually charging per mile. Have you done some math before asking this question? I mean, how do they know if the kwh they delivered is going into a Model X or a short range model 3?

 

[Carbonfiber]

I'd be surprised if ChargePoint is actually charging per mile. Have you done some math before asking this question? I mean, how do they know if the kwh they delivered is going into a Model X or a short range model 3?

I’m just doing my math base off this.

 

[Sophias_dad]

So... assuming its 0.05 per mile(which looks correct per your picture), that's 0.20/kwh, assuming 250wh/mi or thereabouts. A quick search of average los angeles electricity rates shows a kwh goes for around 0.13 residential or commercial. The average residential rate in all of CA is around 0.15.

So I'd say that while its still a much better rate than an ICE vehicle, its probably NOT a good rate for charging a car in CA. Notably it would be a good rate in maybe a third of the country with electric rates over 0.20/kwh.