Initial Cost Per Mile over first 10k

I have found a myriad of reasons to enjoy my new MYLR, but my initial motivation was cost savings. I have zero regrets and love the car. That said, for anyone interested I'll share the costs associated with "fuel" for the first few months and 9,952 miles.

There are certainly other things to consider, maintenance, tires, etc. but I'm just going to focus in on electricity and the actually savings over my ICE cars that I've found.

Charging costs depend on how much you pay at home ($0.134 cents) and how often you use a Supercharger. My supercharger usage is going down, especially after I quickly discovered they are way more expensive, but after 10k I've supercharged about 38% of the time.



Total cost of charing, $641.18 or $0.064 per mile. Comparing it to the Camry Hybrid I would have purchased or my current Prius and Suburban the Tesla beats them all.

If I could have charged exclusively at home I would have paid only slightly under $0.04 per mile. That would have been great. But alas...

Probably not much to discuss here, but for anyone looking to take the plunge into an EV, I highly recommend it. Maybe these numbers will give you a picture of what you might expect if you drive a lot.

 

[asterothe]

Cheapest in Los Angeles is 26 cents per kWh with Edison’s EV plan.

I stand corrected for EV rate but daily rate wise I believe SDGE is still the worst.

 

[charlesoris]

Just to expand on what @baguette said:
Southern California Edison rates:

There isn't really much cost saving on a daily basis.
The local SuC rates are around $.46 during peak hours.

 

[baguette]

Just to expand on what @baguette said:
Southern California Edison rates:

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There isn't really much cost saving on a daily basis.
The local SuC rates are around $.46 during peak hours.

Yep. Crazy expensive in SoCal. Getting solar was a big reason for switching to EVs.

 

[zroger73]

In my first 4 months of owning an EV, I've been able to do 100% of my charging at home where I pay an average of 10.5¢/kWh.

I have used a Supercharger, but only for the experience - not out of necessity.

A couple of months into my ownership, I discovered some free-to-me charging locations around town - one of which is a NEMA 14-50 receptacle at a park that I exercise at every day.

In theory, my cost per mile could be zero.

In the past 31 days, I've done all of my charging at no cost to me except for one day when I did more driving than normal and didn't want to sit in the vehicle for 5 hours.

 

[tivoboy]

In my first 4 months of owning an EV, I've been able to do 100% of my charging at home where I pay an average of 10.5¢/kWh.

I have used a Supercharger, but only for the experience - not out of necessity.

A couple of months into my ownership, I discovered some free-to-me charging locations around town - one of which is a NEMA 14-50 receptacle at a park that I exercise at every day.

In theory, my cost per mile could be zero.

In the past 31 days, I've done all of my charging at no cost to me except for one day when I did more driving than normal and didn't want to sit in the vehicle for 5 hours.

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Are you able to take advantage of that NIGHTIME only rate that Elon spoke about in TX, where it’s either $30 a month and all charging is free (well, it’s $30 a month I guess) or very very low nightime rates?

 

[gt2690b]

Are you able to take advantage of that NIGHTIME only rate that Elon spoke about in TX, where it’s either $30 a month and all charging is free (well, it’s $30 a month I guess) or very very low nightime rates?

considering he only paid $4 to charge at home i'm thinking he doesnt want to pay $30

 

[tivoboy]

considering he only paid $4 to charge at home i'm thinking he doesnt want to pay $30

Yeah, since there was free around town charging he saved about $35 I guess, but convenience does have a cost.

 

[zroger73]

Are you able to take advantage of that NIGHTIME only rate that Elon spoke about in TX, where it’s either $30 a month and all charging is free (well, it’s $30 a month I guess) or very very low nightime rates?

Most of Texas is now deregulated so customers can choose between different power companies and plans such as Tesla Electric. I live in a part of Texas that is still regulated, so I don't get to choose my provider or plan. And, that's okay because my power is reliable and among the cheapest in the state.

I pay only two rates through SWEPCO - a flat 12¢/kWh from May-Oct and 9¢/kWh from Nov-Apr. It doesn't matter how much I use, when I use it, or what I use it for.

To make themselves look good (and fool customers), they DO offer an "EV charging plan" that includes a 2¢/kWh credit for overnight EV charging, but it would take anywhere from years to decades or never to break even when you factor in the parts and labor cost for the required submeter.

Even if I could switch to Tesla Electric, I wouldn't. My EV charging cost would decrease from $45-60/mo to $30/mo, but the cost per kWh for everything else would nearly double - it would cost me a lot more to switch to Tesla Electric.

 

[tivoboy]

Most of Texas is now deregulated so customers can choose between different power companies and plans such as Tesla Electric. I live in a part of Texas that is still regulated, so I don't get to choose my provider or plan. And, that's okay because my power is reliable and among the cheapest in the state.

I pay only two rates - a flat 12¢/kWh from May-Oct and 9¢/kWh from Nov-Apr. It doesn't matter how much I use, when I use it, or what I use it for.

To make themselves look good (and fool customers), they DO offer an "EV charging plan" that includes a 2¢/kWh credit for overnight EV charging, but it would take anywhere from years to decades or never to break even when you factor in the parts and labor cost for the required submeter.

Even if I could switch to Tesla Electric, I wouldn't. My EV charging cost would decrease from $45-60/mo to $30/mo, but the cost per kWh for everything else would nearly double - it would cost me a lot more to switch to Tesla Electric.

So, it sounds like - per usual, what Elon said was quite the tease if indeed switching to a sub provider (since it sounded as if one only had to ADD this $30 monthly charge to get unlimited free overnight charging), to get a cheap either nightly or overnight rate would require simply much HIGHER rates for everything else all the rest of the time?

 

[gt2690b]

So, it sounds like - per usual, what Elon said was quite the tease if indeed switching to a sub provider, to get a cheap either nightly or overnight rate would require simply much HIGHER rates for everything else all the rest of the time?

pretty much.. if you live in a mild climate and use your dryer at night and you drive a crapload of miles everyday you could probably save some money..

me with a family of 6 i could never manage the power useage we are all over the place and sometimes need to charge the car in the middle of the day

 

[zroger73]

Yeah, since there was free around town charging he saved about $35 I guess, but convenience does have a cost.

My free-to-me charging strategy started out on July 8 as week-long test out of curiosity to see if it was possible. When I realized that it was, I decided to extend the test to a month to see if it was practical. It wouldn't be for the vast majority of people, but I don't mind sitting in a climate-contolled vehicle and catching a nap or watching an episode or two of my favorite TV show or YouTube video followed by some exercise after work before heading home for the evening. This charging strategy has worked pretty well for me, so I might as well keep it going as long as it is convenient.

 

[tivoboy]

My free-to-me charging strategy started out on July 8 as week-long test out of curiosity to see if it was possible. When I realized that it was, I decided to extend the test to a month to see if it was practical. It wouldn't be for the vast majority of people, but I don't mind sitting in a climate-contolled vehicle and catching a nap or watching an episode or two of my favorite TV show or YouTube video followed by some exercise after work before heading home for the evening. This charging strategy has worked pretty well for me, so I might as well keep it going as long as it is convenient.

I have something like that here..it’s about 1/4 my at home cost, so about once a week or every 10 days I drive to town, plug it in (lvl 2 only) walk home .9 mile, walk back about six hours later and it’s added ~ 220 miles.

 

[gt2690b]

My free-to-me charging strategy started out on July 8 as week-long test out of curiosity to see if it was possible. When I realized that it was, I decided to extend the test to a month to see if it was practical. It wouldn't be for the vast majority of people, but I don't mind sitting in a climate-contolled vehicle and catching a nap or watching an episode or two of my favorite TV show or YouTube video followed by some exercise after work before heading home for the evening. This charging strategy has worked pretty well for me, so I might as well keep it going as long as it is convenient.

you could take it a step further get a 40A mobile connector

I have something like that here..it’s about 1/4 my at home cost, so about once a week or every 10 days I drive to town, plug it in (lvl 2 only) walk home .9 mile, walk back about six hours later and it’s added ~ 220 miles.

sounds like you need a scooter!

 

[tivoboy]

you could take it a step further get a 40A mobile connector

sounds like you need a scooter!

It only takes me about 13 minutes each way to walk it,, and with the scooter I’d probably hit a pebble and break a wrist or something and FSDb doesn’t work well enough at this point to get me back and forth to work with a cast on. ;-0

 

[gt2690b]

It only takes me about 13 minutes each way to walk it,, and with the scooter I’d probably hit a pebble and break a wrist or something and FSDb doesn’t work well enough at this point to get me back and forth to work with a cast on. ;-0

i actually got stung by a wasp doing about 30 on a scooter and broke a rib :|

 

[tivoboy]

i actually got stung by a wasp doing about 30 on a scooter and broke a rib :|

I‘ve broken nearly everything, at LEAST once.

 

[zroger73]

you could take it a step further get a 40A mobile connector

I really wanted to buy a $200 Corded Mobile Connector, but Tesla finally discontinued them on August 8.

sounds like you need a scooter!

I have an electric scooter that replaced my Onewheels. There's a Nissan dealer in town that has a charging station that is free to public use. It's located about a mile from a shopping center. I thought about plugging in and riding to the shopping center.

 

[gt2690b]

I really wanted to buy a $200 Corded Mobile Connector, but Tesla finally discontinued them on August 8.


I have an electric scooter that replaced my Onewheels. There's a Nissan dealer in town that has a charging station that is free to public use. It's located about a mile from a shopping center. I thought about plugging in and riding to the shopping center.

this corded mobile connector?

Mobile Connector

Stay charged on extended trips or when you need it most with Mobile Connector. Using a standard outlet, you can recharge up to 3 miles of range per hour with the NEMA 5-15 Adapter or up to 30 miles of range with the NEMA 14-50 Adapter depending on your vehicle. Includes: 1x Mobile Connector -...

shop.tesla.com

it is only 32A though.. the gen1 was 40A.. you can find them on ebay still

 

[zroger73]

No - the Corded Mobile Connector.

Comparison of Mobile Connectors (for those new to Tesla)

After leaving more than one email request over the past months with Tesla and never being contacted, I have posted want-ads for a Corded Mobile Connector (CMC) (which now seems to be officially and truly unavailable on the Tesla-USA website (and are too expensive on eBay, when available) in...

teslamotorsclub.com

I don't trust eBay.

 

[MikeChicago]

Very insightful original post. We bought 2 EV's and cost savings and the convenience of charging at home were the key selling points besides it being zero emissions, which was important to us. We used to spend about $8,500 a year in gas, so I expect we'll see significant savings with a fixed rate of about $0.10 KWh.

The only issue I see is reliability. It can turn this entire equation upside down.