So I finally got my energy monitoring system up and running. Had a very short errand to run today, probably didn't get above 35 miles per hour. Drove 3.6 miles.
My MS was already full when I left. When I got home, plugged her back in. My monitoring system showed just about 40 amps was being drawn. Didn't take long to charge; checked my monitoring and it showed I just used $.33 of electric (Our rate is $.14/kwh for anyone interested.)
Did the math and I used $.09/mile with the Tesla.
In my old TL, assuming $3.50/gallon for gas (I only used premium, as it suggested - shoot me) and assuming 22 miles per gallon (Probably high for the errand I ran, but 22 was a good overall average for me), that same trip would have cost me $.57/mile.
Wow. Just wow. Can't wait to do a longer trip to see what the numbers look like - I'll report back!
Also, if anyone is interested, I installed a Green Eye Monitor from Brultech (http://www.brultech.com/home/store/product.php?id_product=114) Very simply to install, runs over my wireless network. Can monitor all sorts of stuff. It, out of the box, doesn't really give you stats. You either buy their Dashbox, or tie it in to Smart Energy Groups (https://smartenergygroups.com), which is what I did. Here's a view of my garage sub-panel, which ONLY has the Tesla on it so far. I built this dashboard and can view it from anywhere and add different stats and such. I only spent a minute or two on it, so it's not necessarily the final view, but until I get some data in to it. . .
https://smartenergygroups.com/widgets/1c46e9d6670aa5d617bdb60d62eb10d7acd9abdb
My MS was already full when I left. When I got home, plugged her back in. My monitoring system showed just about 40 amps was being drawn. Didn't take long to charge; checked my monitoring and it showed I just used $.33 of electric (Our rate is $.14/kwh for anyone interested.)
Did the math and I used $.09/mile with the Tesla.
In my old TL, assuming $3.50/gallon for gas (I only used premium, as it suggested - shoot me) and assuming 22 miles per gallon (Probably high for the errand I ran, but 22 was a good overall average for me), that same trip would have cost me $.57/mile.
Wow. Just wow. Can't wait to do a longer trip to see what the numbers look like - I'll report back!
Also, if anyone is interested, I installed a Green Eye Monitor from Brultech (http://www.brultech.com/home/store/product.php?id_product=114) Very simply to install, runs over my wireless network. Can monitor all sorts of stuff. It, out of the box, doesn't really give you stats. You either buy their Dashbox, or tie it in to Smart Energy Groups (https://smartenergygroups.com), which is what I did. Here's a view of my garage sub-panel, which ONLY has the Tesla on it so far. I built this dashboard and can view it from anywhere and add different stats and such. I only spent a minute or two on it, so it's not necessarily the final view, but until I get some data in to it. . .
https://smartenergygroups.com/widgets/1c46e9d6670aa5d617bdb60d62eb10d7acd9abdb