Most cars still cost more to charge than to fill up with gas — when you take other expenses like home charging and fees into account
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Fueling a regular F-150 and charging a Lightning may cost the same, but fueling smaller cars may still costs less than plugging in, on average.
  • kescusay@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, this is bullshit. I charge my car at home by leaving it plugged in overnight. Costs me literally a few bucks a month to keep it charged. I don’t even notice it on my electricity bill.

    If I were charging at fee-based charging stations all the time, the story would be different, but who the hell does that?!?

    • Zeshade@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      We were looking at getting an EV without being able to charge it at home. Charging it at public chargers here in the UK would’ve cost about the same as petrol. But having to rely on the public charging infrastructure in its current state made us decide against it, at least for now.

      • kescusay@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Out of curiosity, why couldn’t you charge it at home? Most electric cars can have their chargers plugged into a standard wall outlet. It’s slower, but it works fine.

        • Munkisquisher@lemmy.nzEnglish
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          1 year ago

          I live in a hilly suburb, there’s a parking pad at road level which is far from my house and on council land. No way for me to install charging equipment. It’s very common in my country.