around 2 journeys a week which will be around 200 miles will I be spending a lot on superchargers?
Put your frequent journeys into
ABetterRoutePlanner choose Model and have a play with Winter and Summer temperatures (and dry / wet if you like)
200 miles is straightforward for a Long Range, even in Winter unless the temperature is sub-zero for the whole trip ... but ...
I see they are getting busier will I be losing a lot of time in my day
For my business journeys (unlike you I'm visiting one client) I make sure I can get there! that way I don't have to worry about charging making me late. So I aim to only charge on the return journey, and if I'm held up that's on "my time".
Do you have emails to do? - I either do mine whilst sitting charging, or I have to do them when I get home, so charging on the return trip is usually time-neutral for me (even if I had to queue, provided not too often / for too long)
I am fixed at 25p per kWh
You'd get about 3 - 4 miles per kWh - so 6-8p per mile. You'd need to be driving an "Eco box" to get down to 10p a mile on Petrol / Diesel, and a guzzler is going to be around 20p a mile. And that's before you've factored in that some of your charging will be on a cheaper Off Peak charging rate and that EVs have less maintenance costs per annum.
around 6 hours a day driving to different meetings I visit around 6 different places a day
Now this IS a snag.
In Winter there is a set-off penalty - both the cabin and, more importantly, the battery are cold. When leaving from home you can pre-condition the car (off the mains) and so you leave with 100% in the battery AND everything nice and warm. Winter temperature (5C average lets say, not -5C
) will use about 10-15% more than summer - but
that is for a single-leg journey.
Each time you stop, for an hour or so, your battery will get cold and you'll have the set off penalty. If you can plug in to even 13AMP whilst you are parked that would help negate that problem. I'm never shy about using a 13AMP socket that I find in a company / hotel car park
Maybe the places you visit have chargers?
So I think this is the one thing you would need to do some review of ... not sure how you would simulate that in ABetterRoutePlanner - perhaps learned folk here can come up with a guesstimate kWh "cost" each time you have to set off with a cold battery, so just add 5x that "set off cost". I have no idea what the number would be, but if I guess 3kWh then setting off "five times" (i.e. not the first one in the morning) in the day would use 5 x 3kWh - which would steal 60 miles of range
Consider in winter for sure you won't make 200 miles without finding somewhere to charge
That's very pessimistic compared to my experience, but the O/P's need to visit 6 sites would be a problem in winter.
All it takes in one failed charge overnight or one poorly car that takes weeks to get a service slot then that would be an issue
I've never had a failed overnight charge (I've had Tesla as daily-driver since 2015). Right back at the beginning I installed a commando socket as backup, and now I have two EVs I also have two wall chargers. My experience of getting a Tesla repaired is much the same / just as bad as any other brand I've owned.
Intelligent Octopus, providing you have a smart meter, will allow a full charge each night on the cheaper rate.
I think there is another, small, snag with this too ...
Typical "best" Off Peak rates are for 4 hours - that's 4 hours x 7kW x 4 miles = 112 miles (unless by some miracle you have 3-phase power ...) . So on days when the mileage was 200+ its going to take some Peak Rate charging too. It may be worth considering if Ecconomy-7 (7 hours Off Peak each night, but more expensive than the 4 hour Off Peak rates) would work out cheaper overall - 7 hours x 7kW x 4 miles = 196 miles
If the 200+ mile days are not back-to-back then you can partly charge (on 4-hour Off Peak) the first night, and again the second night ... to have more range on day 3
