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Old 04-11-2022, 09:42 PM   #11 (permalink)
Hersbird
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Originally Posted by Rcnesneg View Post
I'm sitting around 125 mpg-e at 80 mph on summer tires. Snow tires kills it a little. But MPG-e is a mostly useless metric when comparing to fossil efficiencies. 46 is pretty good for a hybrid!

Can't wait to get an Aptera and be around 300 mpg-e...
I feel the best way to compare a BEV to an ICE is to figure the cost to power the vehicle say 100 miles. This also works well for unleaded vs diesel. Sure diesel often gets better mpg, but around here unleaded is 20% less cost wise. My car also is great at using the low octane unleaded.

So then with electricity rates, for a highway trip you would have to consider the fast charger higher rates although on my example, a 240 mile each direction, you might be okay on your less expensive home rates.

So in my example I was $9.30 to go 100 miles at an average of 80mph (75-85mph)
My brothers EV6 would probably cost about $10.50 to go 100 miles using Walmart fast charging and $4 to go 100 miles charging at his home


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