<VV> Electric costs for electric cars?

[Charles Lee]

Until recently, since electric costs are cumulative starting at the
beginning of the billing period, with no regard for time-of-day, electric
costs were no lower in the middle of the night than in the middle of the
day.

In SoCal, KwHr rates start around 8 cents ('tier 1') and I would get into 33
cents per KwHr ('tier 4') in about 10-12 days, so EVERYTHING would cost 33
cents per KwHr, no matter what time it was, day or night.

Now they have 'smart' meters for many customers, not just electric car
owners.

Like home AC units, when it's running, nothing else matters.  A 100W bulb
takes 10 hours to use 1 KwHr, but my AC can use 5 to 7 per HOUR!   That
would take 50-70 100W bulbs.

Does anyone here have an electric car ?   Have you read your meter before
and after charging it up ?  How much did it use in that time.

What does a KwHr cost in your neck of the woods ?

Charlie


-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of John Beck
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 8:07 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Electric costs for electric cars?

I haven't done the math myself but the figures you see tossed around are in
the single digit cents/mile.  For electric cars to really make sense (at
least until their numbers become to big to matter) the utilities need to
provide incentives to charge them during way off peak hours.  In most
places, he electricity we use in the middle of the night in the summer costs
the power company almost nothing.  Might as well charge some cars.  Peak
demands for electricity at 5pm in the middle of summer are very expensive to
cover.  --J.B.


---- Charles Lee <chaz at properproper.com> wrote: 
> While the "electric car" commercials show the great gas mileage, has
anyone
> seen what their electric bill was for the same period, adjusted for
increase
> due to charging batteries ?
> 
> In SoCal, air conditioners can easily quadruple electric costs, (anywhere
> from 8 to 33 cents per KwHr, whereas upstate NY may be 1/3 of that), so
what
> does having to feed an electric car add to that cost?
> 
> Just curious, since they seem to ignore it in their commercials.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of jvhroberts at aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 1:10 PM
> To: dpleau at wavecable.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Is the Volt the new Corvair?
> 
> 
> 
>  Another hate piece by the anti car Nazis. Not to worry. The Corvair was
> unique. The Volt is the first of what is going to be a whole herd of
> extended range electric cars. There's already a Prius flavor due out any
> time now. And with the invention of reliable lithium-ion batteries, which
> are only getting better all the time, these are technically quite
practical,
> and soon will also be economically practical. 
> This is THE first serious attempt to power a car, even partially, by
> something other than a petroleum distillate and/or product. 
> 
>  
> 
> John Roberts
>  
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Pleau <dpleau at wavecable.com>
> To: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Tue, Nov 29, 2011 3:37 pm
> Subject: <VV> Is the Volt the new Corvair?
> 
> 
> http://news.yahoo.com/chevy-volt-corvair-193700844.html
> 
>  
> 
> Have fun.
> 
>  
> 
> dp
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