Electricity Costs vs Gallon of Gas

[WetEV]

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Electric power is high quality energy, gasoline is less so. So a direct kWh to kWh comparison is misleading.

For instance, if the average comparable 2012 passenger car adjusted combined fuel
economy, mi/gal is 28.2 mi/gal and the average efficiency for the top selling U.S. EV
brands in 2012 is .35kwh/mi, the price of an e-gallon would be:

28.2 mi/gal * .35 kWh/mi * .1233 $/kWh = $1.22/gal

In other words, it costs about $1.22 to drive an EV the same distance that a vehicle
powered by an internal combustion engine (ICE) can go on a gallon of gasoline.

Based on this, I pay about $1.00 per egallon.