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Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption (www.theverge.com)

submitted 6 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] blady_blah@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (14 children)

That's all great, but the real thing that will stop it is economics. We have a PHEV and I calculated it out and we pay $8 per gallon equivalent compared to $5.50 for regular gas. That's a pretty big difference. Right now we ignore the EV part of the vehicle. (Live in California and I pay $0.50/kwh.)

We're planning on getting solar shortly and that may make it feasible, but until then, it's not.

[–] DjMeas@lemm.ee 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Where in California are you? Here in SoCal with SCE their PRIME Time Of Use plan is $0.26/kWH from 9PM - 4PM. Totally works for my family since we work from home and drive EVs locally. We also have a 2019 Prius which gets us about 50-55 MPG and 500+ miles on a full tank for longer drives.

Edit: I should add that the standard Time Of Use plan is $0.38/kWH from 9PM - 4PM. Peak hour usage from 4PM - 9PM is somewhere between $0.53 - $0.62/kWh I think.

We mainly charge our car overnight and it works out well for us.

[–] blady_blah@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I'm in the SF bay area.

The off-hours rate for my electricity is $0.04 cheaper than the prime hours rate. It's laughable. $0.51 vs $0.47. Why bother even thinking about it at that pathetic difference? It's certainly not going to change the math much.

[–] DjMeas@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ouch!! That is brutal. Do you see a lot of EVs on the road there?

[–] blady_blah@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

This is the home of Tesla. There are a million EVs here.

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