Graffi
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Hello Jesica, and welcome to the wonderful world of Electric Driving.jescny said:I just want to review: My bill says I used 2185 kWh between 2/18 and 4/17. As opposed to 969 in the same time period last year. Please don't think I'm an idiot, but can you help me understand if that sounds right if I got my car on March 10th? I'm sorry, ya'll. Electricity is not my strong suit. But I can tell you that NOTHING else in the house has changed. The bill says they are charging
1,000 kWh x $0.13938/kWh for tier 1 charges,185 kWh x $0.16741/kWh for teir 2. What's the difference?
Thanks for taking your time to help me with this. I love my new Leaf so much, and want so badly to understand it. I appreciate any help you can give me.
Jessica
Some of the basics to help you understand.
Depending on your driving your car will go somewhere at or over 4 miles for each killowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity. You should be able to see the current effeciency on your dash display. Since you pay $0.14 to $0.17 per kwh, your cost per mile would be about $0.03 to $0.04 per mile. Depending on the effeciency of your gas car your costs would be in the $0.20 to $0.25 per mile, so EV driving is much cheaper using the electricity at home.
To better help you determine how much your electric bill is effected by EV usage please give us the following:
1. Miles driven per day commute, and total miles per week.
2. The Energy effeciency of your driving from the dash (if you are able to locate it).
3. Describe your driving environment (how much freeway at 65 mph, how much city streets at 20 mph or less, how much hills because climbing them uses lots of extra electricity, etc.). The faster you go the effeciency is reduced.
4. Any other data you think that will help.
I also recommend that you let us know what part of LA you are in so more experienced EV users in your area can become more involved in helping you maximize your enjoyment of your new Leaf. There are Gatherings where you can meet other EV drivers. Maybe one will be near your area.