What is cost to charge your EV?
 

I read all the EV info I can. One thing I can say is I've never read any info of what it costs to charge an EV out on the road not at your home. As a future owner of an EV I would like to know what the experience is here for all the EV owners here.

With the converters available now what does a non Tesla pay at the Super chargers compared to Electrify America and Chargepoint?

I suppose it depends on the State you are in regarding taxes etc. Does the price go up and down like gasoline? What is the cost bottom line with no deals or discounts?

Thanks for your consideration.

That's an excellent question. I can only answer the costs of charging while travelling from my experience in California. For non Tesla owners who use the Electrify America charging network, the cost of charging for Guests is 0.48 cents a kWh and for members, 0.36 cents a kWh. So a trip in my Polestar to my brothers house from Northern Cal to SoCal (380 miles one way) costs between $80 and $85 one way.

Tesla charging rates are different. On my last trip to SoCal where I did a total of 1,100 miles, the average rate I paid was 0.44 cents a kWh. The total cost was $98.35. Had I taken our Sienna, the cost would have been around $240.

Hopefully that answers your question. If you have any others, I would be happy to answer them

trying to process the math there...
EA, 380mi. at $85 = 22c/mi.
SC 1100mi. at $98 = 9c/mi. (less than half EA)

yet you say cost per kWh for each is similar, between .36 (EA) < .44 (SC) < .48 (EA).

how can cost be similar yet trip cost is hugely different per mile?

I just pulled up my last Polestar trip to SoCal on May 1st, and the total EA charges were actually $43.67:

Stop #1
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.clu...0f1e785a53.jpg

Stop #2
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.clu...5cee302a2a.jpg

I accidentally stated an estimate of the "total trip" cost, which was probably around 800 miles round trip

I believe I am paying ~ 1/4 the price vs fueling an ICE vehicle to go the same distance. This is, of course, charging at home. DC charging is also cheaper but obviously savings are not as significant.

This is a pretty good comparison article.


https://electrek.co/2021/07/27/ev-vs...state-for-100/

Thanks for the replies. The link in the last post has a lot of data. It will take me awhile to digest that.

gotcha...

revising:

EA, 800mi. at $87 = 11c/mi.
SC 1100mi. at $98 = 9c/mi.

comparing to ice just for grins... mine gets about 25mpg at say $3.50 a gallon so that's 14c/mi.

so basically on the road ev charging is 20-30% cheaper.

the bigger win on ev of course is at home charging and with solar even better.

Electrify America is generally cheaper that Tesla in California, and with Pass+ it's much cheaper. EA members get 25% discount, so a 48 cent per kWh standard EA charge costs 36 cents per kWh. Pass plus would have reduced @AMIRZA786 's cost above by 25%. Pass plus does have a base cost, currently $4 which is going up to $7 in a couple of weeks, but it will generally pay for itself in one charge.

I actually have two years free charging that came with my Polestar, so I actually didn't pay a penny :D. But since I'm technically not a member (The plan is listed as "Polestar 2 Charging Plan"), the charges showing are the 0.48 cent per kWh guest rates. I showed the charges just as a reference. If I were to have took a snapshot of Total payed, you would see this:

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.clu...85477fc637.jpg

You definitely pay a lot more with the Tesla charging network, anywhere from 0.33 cents to 0.50 cents per kWh, but to be fair, you get a hell of lot more:

Electrify America:

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.clu...45339f61c9.jpg

Tesla Super Charging:

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.clu...b68a76e9bb.jpg

Yes, if you're having to pay then EA pass plus is worth it and it ends up being quite a bit cheaper than the pay rates at a Tesla charger.

And yes, that SC is very nice indeed but you know as well as I do that not every Tesla supercharger is like the one in the pic :p

The big thing Tesla has over EA is reliability. I've never really had any problem with EA, but others do and it's something they need to work on.

The Tesla SC in the pic is the one in Kettleman City between NorCal and SoCal, and I would only use them when travelling. The EA in the pic is the Bakersfield EA, which is the last stop before crossing the Grapevines. When travelling it's more important to have SC's like the one I posted than locally. Locally it doesn't rally matter, they just need to have enough and for them to be reliable

Your primary method of "refueling" should be charging at home, where it is the cheapest. Here in the bay area, it's .24 off peak. If you intend to always supercharge (dc), then it varies wildly, but most SCs near me are around .30-.35 off peak.

Better yet, if you jump on one of the deals Teslas occasionally has, your SC can be free for years.

How do get reduced or free charging from Tesla other than referrals? I do only charge at home unless I travel. So far it's been 50 percent or more cheaper than gas, but getting the price reduced would even be better!

It was deal they gave with purchase of new Tesla.. as for the Supercharger, take a look at the times and charge rates. They vary a lot depending if on peak or off..

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.clu...9cc6a9a68f.png