Mike's wife's monthly Kona EV efficiency report

I am sorry to say but a very large percentage of the American car (truck?) buying public simply would not understand this chart. Never mind clever manipulation of the truth. The only thing they get is money $$$$.
Hopefully the electric F150 at ~$30,000 will help.

 

I should have said at ~$40,000. Now GM is also in the game, same starting price promised. Good for the track guys. https://chargedevs.com/newswire/2024-chevrolet-silverado-ev-faces-off-against-2022-ford-f-150-lightning/

I get it that if you own a business you need a truck, but just to show up with the biggest brute in the hood, used for picking up milk for the baby? I guess I will never get the American dream.

 

$275 for a month is pretty good. We need an app for this stuff like Fuelly has.

 

Thats even better!

 

I am taking a slightly different view of cost to drive - ignoring capex. I am generally driving in NORMAL mode but switched to ECO to reduce torque steer, slips in the winter. Hope the attachment works out. Note that I have reduced the Heat to 20C from 22C to get a bit more distance.

I found out that one can save the image as a png file and open it and enlarge it. Hope it helps. Going back to Normal mode now. I enjoy the bit of extra pep.

 

Here is my 2021 year end summary.

 

See if this works.

As you see the DCFC charging raises the cost quite bit. Still peanuts compared to gas. I calculated the cost of driving an 'average' car with 8l/100km and a RAV4 at 10l/100km for my 2021 year 17,550km. Using $1.39 per litre for gas. You guys do the math!

 

No. I use 5.7kw (30A source) shown on the car as absorbed power. So what, this is not intended to be rocket fuel calculation.

 

I get it and you are technically correct. But I have no easy means to meter the true energy the car absorbs from the net when charging. I am not trying to make proper, accurate analysis. Let's say I 'ballpark' it. The difference in fuel cost between driving our Kona and our previous Prius (4l/100hm), never mind any other ICE, is so huge that it tells a clear story. Even if I am 20% off, which I doubt, it is still far cheaper to drive electric.

 

I came to the same conclusion. As the price of gas keeps going up it is getting even less than 2 litres. There are issues which will need to be addressed at some point, like EV drivers don't pay road taxes collected at the gas pumps to fix pot holes. But the Ont. Govt. is so eager to be reelected, does not worry about pot holes. Actually they are repaying some 'pot hole taxes', collected already for license plate stickers.
So let's not try to explain to their kind the 20% difference between your calculations and mine.