General EV Discussion

[Quickstatus]

Despite the price of fast DC charging being closer to petrol

I just add up all the cost of charging (whether at home or supercharging) to arrive at an annual cost to charge per 100km

....

I went to get a non mandatory inspection check for the Tesla at the 3.5 year mark (63,000km)
Cost me $267 less a service department $60 uber credit to use on anything while the car is in service plus they charged the car for free.

That was the first shop service since new
Also since new
Replaced wiper blades x1
Have not replaced HEPA or cabin filters - not needed
Wheel alignment x1
Wheel rotation x1
4 tyre replacement x1

I'm estimating the brake pads at 250,000km.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Would be interesting to know what % of EV owners have fast chargers installed at home?

 

[moa999]

Fast as in DC - almost none.
Fast as in, more than a regular 10A plug - id guess under 50%.
Some will use a dedicated AC wall charger, others a 32A point.

Really depends how much you drive, so how much you need to recover each day, and any cheap electrical plans or hours of solar.

Remember a normal 10A plug can add 2.3kWh of energy per hour (most electric car batteries are 50-80kWh) - or the equivalent of 12-15km or range per hour.

So plug in at 8pm for 12hrs and you add about 150km of range. For most people day to day that's plenty... And even if you arrive home with say 0, within two nights you are probably back to a normal charge level (not it's not recommended to regularly leave electric cars at 100%, though LFP cars need to go to 100% somewhat regularly)