RickLightning
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Many of the people that say that EVs are more expensive on a trip either a) never took a trip and have no factual basis or b) didn't plan their trip to be as economical as possible, or c) don't do maths because it's hard 
They often forget that the truck was 100% full at home, and that was at a reduced cost as compared to traveling.
When they're on a gas trip, they skip Shell and fill at Costco or BJs. With electric, they don't look at the costs. A Mach-E owner proudly posted yesterday that they paid near $1 per kWh at a Ford dealership. When asked why they went there, they had no answer...
Sign up for EA or Tesla, or both the morning of your trip, and then immediately downgrade, takes effect in 30 days. Payoff is easily on the 2nd charge with Tesla, on the first with EA.
When you plan your trip using tools like ABRP and PlugShare, you still need to research costs with apps like Tesla and EA. Similar to using GasBuddy with a gas vehicle. These tools ignore cost. EA is 64 cents before discount, Tesla is 52 cents, yet there is a Tesla 2 miles away that's 42 cents and it doesn't send you there. 10 cents x 100kW of energy is $10.00....
We aim to arrive home with 10% or less. Sometimes I roll in with 2 or 3%. Why pay more than I have to for electricity?
As to complaining about not ever paying for itself, these type of comments point to the lack of intelligence of mankind. I owned a 10 year old F-150 that had 50,000 miles on it, and looked brand new. I then spent $80,000 on an electric truck. Breakeven? Yeah, right. Of course had I spent $60,000 on a gas truck, that wouldn't have a breakeven either.
They often forget that the truck was 100% full at home, and that was at a reduced cost as compared to traveling.
When they're on a gas trip, they skip Shell and fill at Costco or BJs. With electric, they don't look at the costs. A Mach-E owner proudly posted yesterday that they paid near $1 per kWh at a Ford dealership. When asked why they went there, they had no answer...
Sign up for EA or Tesla, or both the morning of your trip, and then immediately downgrade, takes effect in 30 days. Payoff is easily on the 2nd charge with Tesla, on the first with EA.
When you plan your trip using tools like ABRP and PlugShare, you still need to research costs with apps like Tesla and EA. Similar to using GasBuddy with a gas vehicle. These tools ignore cost. EA is 64 cents before discount, Tesla is 52 cents, yet there is a Tesla 2 miles away that's 42 cents and it doesn't send you there. 10 cents x 100kW of energy is $10.00....
We aim to arrive home with 10% or less. Sometimes I roll in with 2 or 3%. Why pay more than I have to for electricity?
As to complaining about not ever paying for itself, these type of comments point to the lack of intelligence of mankind. I owned a 10 year old F-150 that had 50,000 miles on it, and looked brand new. I then spent $80,000 on an electric truck. Breakeven? Yeah, right. Of course had I spent $60,000 on a gas truck, that wouldn't have a breakeven either.
Yes. New England and parts of California are very expensive as compared to the rest of the country. People make blanket statements, but that isn't reality.
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