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Originally Posted by Jay's Beagle
This may have been covered previously in this thread although what does your electric bill look like? That is one of the things were I pause when I think of an EV. Yes it may save me on gas although what will it cost in electricity to charge the vehicle.
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Depends on what cars you're comparing. If you're looking at sedans, most electric cars are in the 15-20 kWh per 100 km range, so if you're paying $0.10-0.15 per kWh, that's about $1.50-3.00 for 100 km. A new gas sedan uses about 6-8 l/100 km, so that would be about $8.50-11 per 100 km.
Obviously the math can change depending on what you pay for electricity and fuel prices, but it's hard to envision a realistic scenario where electric isn't always significantly cheaper. And in some cases the above isn't a fair comparison. Some electric cars that use 15-20 kWh per 100 km have much more in common with higher performance cars that use more fuel than the numbers I mentioned above.