Featured Cheep Gas, Less than electric Power?

Now that NJ is raising the fuel tax 23 cents, the difference will be looking better.

 

A big part is fuel taxes both State and Federal but it also turns out the 2016 Prius, Level 2 ECO without fuel taxes is within 80-90% of the cost per mile as our BMW i3-REx. In effect, the high thermodynamic efficiency of the Prius engine and optimized control laws makes up for the transmission losses of the local grid and burning cheap coal.

Now I've verified Prius driving techniques also work with the BMW i3-REx. So if I want, I could easily reduce my electrical costs 10-15% by driving it like a Prius (or Prius Prime.) But the 'free' electricity, about 1/3d of my kWhr, totally buggers efficient driving. The only frontier remaining is highway driving.

Later,
Bob Wilson

 

They need to do a comparison cost with public chargers vs gas. Public chargers in CA cost around 50-60 cent per kWh which might cost more than gas

 

Exactly! You have to use local rates and availability AND remember we are not uniform within our local EV range.

Bob Wilson

 

States continually add taxes onto gas prices to fund road maintenance. I can see if fuel becomes less consumed, states will find somewhere else to get their money.

 

That actually got through?

 

Just waiting for Christie to sign it and he's going to.

 

unfortunately, the map is wrong. but hey, if deliberately misleading people can get them into ev's, it's all good, right?

 

No, it isn't. There are so many good reasons to drive electric I see no reason for "deliberately misleading people".
However, saying the map is wrong without saying why can also be misleading.
Care to elaborate?

 

nuff said

 

All of UK is like that.... only worse!

 

How is it wrong?
It is showing the cash savings of driving an average electric car to an average ICE car(hint: not a Prius).
Mass. has the lowest savings, and it is in the articles 10 worse list. The 19.1 cents per kWh quoted on the table is lower than what you pay, but it is a state average.

 

headline says it all, not it isn't. most people aren't going to dive into the minute to find out it isn't, what kind of gas car qualifies or doesn't qualify for their statement, or what kind of ev would compare in comfort features and price to their current car, or cars they are looking at.
that's deliberately misleading.

 

I don't think I've ever read any article in which all the details are laid out in the title.
However, would "Driving on electricity, in the average electric vehicle, is cheaper than driving the average gas vehicle, for the average cost of electricity in all 50 states" be better?

 

it could just as easily, 'driving on gas is cheaper than electricity in all 50 states'.

 

Which many already believe because of "EV cost more than gas cars in fuel" studies that compare a Leaf to a Prius

 

One might do their own model using national and regional data from: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

One could also use www.fueleconomy.gov which has a savings per vehicle. Put your vehicle in as well as alternates that you might consider buying:

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I won't be doing a national model because I've already measured it locally:

• $0.25 / 10 miles - BMW i3 electric, Huntsville AL $0.10/kWh
• $0.37 / 10 miles - Prius gas, Huntsville AL $1.80/gal (Regular)
  
• $0.60 / 10 miles - BMW i3 gas, Huntsville AL $2.00/gal (Plus)

Bob Wilson

 

No, that would be even less accurate.
It would be true in some extreme cases, but not the majority.

All the information in an article is not available in the title.
Reading the body of the article gives a good layout of the spread of costs.