Hi Peter, thanks for the
Hi Peter, thanks for the write up. It would also be great to see a cost comparison of a hybrid vs pure EV, say the Toyota Prius vs the Tesla Model 3.
I have a few suggestions regarding some of the numbers you've used. The average EV does not achieve 4 or more miles/kWh. The really efficient ones like the Model 3 do, but the average is closer to 3.5 miles/kWh. And due to charging losses, only about 90% of the electricity we pay for actually gets stored in the battery. So effectively, we get about 3.2 miles for every kWh we pay for on average.
The U.S. average price (May 2023) for electricity was $0.165/kWh and gasoline was $3.685/gallon. A higher gasoline cost and lower electricity cost are quoted as examples in the article, which make EVs seem a far better choice than they actually are.
Using these numbers, the cost per 100 miles comes out to $5.16 for EVs and $14.74 for gasoline vehicles. Still a pretty big difference.