Lowest Annual Fuel Cost

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Puppethead said:
When I had my ICE MINI and was driving roughly 500 miles per week, it cost me over $300 per month in fuel and that was back when regular gasoline was under $3/gallon. I pay about $50 per month on electricity to charge my SE, still driving 500 miles per week. So my savings have been huge.

(Note: my EVSE is on a separate meter with an off-peak rate of $0.04/kWh, so each month I know exactly what charging my SE costs. It fluctuates slightly, but always between $50-$60 dollars. And I am aware of how low my electrical rate is.)
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My electricity provider Con Ed pay me 10 C a kWh as long I plug my car from 12 to 8 am as I have solar my bill for electricity is $0 as I retired to bad I don’t drive 50000 miles a year like I did for years but NY have few EV cars compare to West Coast and NY can afford free money for EV drivers to bankrupt a city on top of this if is snowing here I’m only one crazy to clean my solar panels from snow to get the most of it as my house aloud to do it simple way with bc is low roof.
 
I’d love to go solar but because our electricity up here isn’t from thermal sources (99.7% renewables), there are ZERO incentives or rebates from the utility. Even grid-tied solar only pays back in statement credits up to 100% of normal consumption (KWh-for-KWh).
 
We have a 6kw solar system on our roof and we only charge during the day and days when sunny where possible.
We've only had our SE since January but total cost to recharge has been around Aussie $30 for nearly 4000km of driving (US$21 for 2500Miles).
We actually had a very wet overcast summer, I think we would be at $0 if we had our usual sunny weather we get most of the time.
Luckily, solar still generates power even on a cloudy day.
Feeling pretty happy about going electric :D
 
Iamspeed said:
We have a 6kw solar system on our roof and we only charge during the day and days when sunny where possible.
We've only had our SE since January but total cost to recharge has been around Aussie $30 for nearly 4000km of driving (US$21 for 2500Miles).
We actually had a very wet overcast summer, I think we would be at $0 if we had our usual sunny weather we get most of the time.
Luckily, solar still generates power even on a cloudy day.
Feeling pretty happy about going electric :D
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Did you derate your EVSE to accommodate for the AC inverter? I'd imagine you would your DC/AC ratio is 1.2 on a 5kW AC inverter.
 
SameGuy said:
I’m shocked you didn’t question “we had a wet overcast summer.” ;)
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Well it's a little more complicated depending if you are in a net metering or net billing situation for solar PV. With a 6kW north facing system, it should be able to pull 2-3kW peak during wet overcast.
 
teslarati97 said:
Did you derate your EVSE to accommodate for the AC inverter? I'd imagine you would your DC/AC ratio is 1.2 on a 5kW AC inverter.
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Our mini is set to accept max charge and I guess its software regulates incoming charge.
We actually charge with the ac charger that came with the car. It charges at 8amps on our 240v system, so very sloooow charge rate.
So the power is generated by our solar panels, converted to ac by the inverter, then converted by the car charger back to dc (I believe).
Electricity is confusing for us dummies!
 
SameGuy said:
Summer in Australia. December to February. [facepalm]
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Yeh more like October to April here :cool:. We live in Brisbane, so similar latitude to Florida, just in the other hemisphere. Month after month of long hot sunny days. Even in (what we laughingly refer to as) winter we harvest plenty of sunlight.
 
Iamspeed said:
Yeh more like October to April here :cool:. We live in Brisbane, so similar latitude to Florida, just in the other hemisphere. Month after month of long hot sunny days. Even in (what we laughingly refer to as) winter we harvest plenty of sunlight.
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Lions (premium reserved seat) member here! I know Brissie weather well. :)
 
I took advantage of some EVSE rebates but the requirement was hardwire. My charger is derated from 32A to 20A so solar PV + battery energy is always available.
 
Still waiting to find out if my Roulez-vert EVSE rebate will be approved, four weeks since I sent in the docs. I really should try to sell the BMW Flex charger.
 
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