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Driving/owning EVs not for saving money (at least for now). Initial purchase price of EV is so high that your gas saving is not even close to the difference in purchase prices of EVs vs. ICE cars.Just curious, but how much has everyone really saved on gas?
I thought so….I was really like thinking how much am I saving on gas. But honestly I wasn’t driving much and now I have a Tesla sitting in my garage paying monthly on it. When I had my ice. I was maybe going to the gas station once a month.Driving/owning EVs not for saving money (at least for now). Initial purchase price of EV is so high that your gas saving is not even close to the difference in purchase prices of EVs vs. ICE cars.
I can get a Mazda CX-5 for less than $35k with a full tank of gas can get you way more than 300 miles. Model Y is starting at $60k or more now, so there is no way you can offset that $25k just get even with the ICE cars.
Just curious, but how much has everyone really saved on gas?
The only problem is that the oldest Model Y on Earth is about 2 years, and you don't know if it will last 10 years with usable battery capacity left.I save about $200 per month compared to my Jeep Grand Cherokee I replaced or the Jeep Grand Cherokee I would have purchased if the Model Y wasn't available. Considering a new Jeep Grand Cherokee would have cost about the same as the Model Y I bought, I will save a lot of money over the next 10 years on maintenance and fuel.
This isn't even factoring in resale value...I would assume my Model Y will hold its value much better in 10 years than a Grand Cherokee would.
Of course I don't know what each car will be worth in 10 years. That is why I said it was my assumption. I only know what I sold my 10+ year old Grand Cherokee for.The only problem is that the oldest Model Y on Earth is about 2 years, and you don't know if it will last 10 years with usable battery capacity left.
Realistic expectation for the MYP range during hot summer days on highway (75 - 95 mph) is 200 miles with about 6%-15% range left at the destination depending on how you drive. Other than that I totally agree with you.I'm back in an ICE (or will be in December when my LR Defender arrives). I traded in my MYP last month seeing prices drop significantly in my neck of the woods.
Highway range, for me, was worst than I even expected. I anticipated I'd only get around 200 miles of realistic highway range in the summer (going 80mph, AC on etc., which is flow of major highways here in Canada), but that's 100% to near 0% SOC, which I wanted to avoid as much as possible to limit battery degradation, and be able to drive around a bit at destination which might not have a level 2 or supercharger access. So realistic range from 95% to 15-20% (allowing for a bit of driving at destination or to even get to a destination charger) was maybe 160 miles before I'd seriously worry about charging. Then it became a real problem if I wanted to take the family on a 130-140 mile round trip in a day with no supercharger access. Never mind the even larger hit to range in the winter months here in Canada. And while the SC network is growing in Canada, it still does not cover most of the rural areas where one would go camping or to a cottage.
I found myself thinking about charging way too much too, always worried about battery degradation etc. and final nail in the coffin was harsh ride meant I could not exploit the MYP's performance for 99.99% of my driving (that's not a hit on the MYP per se, any car with low profile tires and a sporty suspension would have the same issue). EVs are great transportation appliances for around town. The Model 3 RWD is probably the best Tesla to buy unless money is no object. As a main family car, an MYP didn't make sense for me (too expensive for how you can realistically use it), but as a second car (with an ICE car as primary) a M3 RWD is hard to beat.
I will miss the tech though, it really proved that just a screen is quite usable and intuitive to control basically everything in a car, when the UI is well designed. I think we will replace my wife's car with a M3RWD in a year or 2 when prices come back down to earth.
According to my Charging Stats in the app, in the 31 days I've saved about $350 in gas -- the app uses a national average gas price, but right now that's pretty much in sync with local prices. That's about average for me - $350-$400 a month. I have a 2021 Model Y with exactly 53,000 km on it in the last 18 months (about 33,000 miles)
I actually went from 95% to 22% in 131 miles (it was 90F, sunny outside) with cruise control at 78mph on a somewhat flat highway, with one stop near the end of that leg of the trip for a 1h picnic. Car was parked in the sun and cabin overheat protection came on while we were eating outside, but yeah 73% used for 131 miles would yield roughly 180 miles of range from 100% to zero in the case of this trip. I drove normally, accelerated normally etc.Realistic expectation for the MYP range during hot summer days on highway (75 - 95 mph) is 200 miles with about 6%-15% range left at the destination depending on how you drive. Other than that I totally agree with you.
Keep in mind that not everyone bought their Tesla with that in mind. I never expected my gas savings alone to pay for the increased price of the car, though I expect with other savings (like maintenance costs), it will make up the difference over 4 or 5 years.Factoring in the vehicle price for the offset of "Gas Savings"
My gas savings for last month, which was local driving and 2 trips to the big city 100 miles away came to $138.View attachment 859528
This is mine
I think it also depends on how often you drive. For me, I don’t drive a lot. That goes for maintenance as well.Keep in mind that not everyone bought their Tesla with that in mind. I never expected my gas savings alone to pay for the increased price of the car, though I expect with other savings (like maintenance costs), it will make up the difference over 4 or 5 years.
That's why I feel that this is an individual calculation and Ones person perspective/reasoning may not match anothers. If you want a true apples to apples comparison that is relative to everyone, you would need to leave an alternate vehicle price out of the analysis.Keep in mind that not everyone bought their Tesla with that in mind. I never expected my gas savings alone to pay for the increased price of the car, though I expect with other savings (like maintenance costs), it will make up the difference over 4 or 5 years.