Monthly operating cost.

[RLXXI]

Let's see how much it costs to run your rig monthly.

I have a very short commute so...

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[Athrun88]

My ChargePoint doesn't have any fancy graphics, but I have a monthly average cost of $140 to 'fuel' my truck. Supported by my monthly electricy bill going up about $200, including charging the wife's EV, which would take into account any additional transmission/delivery fees my utility charges. I don't drive as much as I used to, but for the same driving distance, it would cost me 2-3x that in dino juice for my old ICE SUV, especially with fuel prices the way they are now.

The more people complain about gas prices, the more validated I feel about going with a full BEV and getting ahead of this particular curve.

 

[hturnerfamily]

if you 'per mile' cost is 5cents, then if you drive 1,000 miles, you have an out-of-pocket cost calculation of .05 x 1000 = $ 50.
I would guess that 'filling up' the average gas tank is now more than $75 every week or so, for most average consumers... much more for others with 1,000 miles per month... maybe more like $150 with a 25mpg vehicle.

and not including their cost of oil changes, and other 'regular' maintenance costs that we don't have... although an EV might typically be at a slightly higher cost than most similar gas vehicles.

we can certainly pay a higher cost for power when traveling, if you add that to the overall annual equation, but they are somewhat infrequent compared to the gas vehicle owners who's sole place to power is, well, the same place every time - the gas station.

 

[BhamDCam]

Last year my average was $0.05/mi, including the whopping two times I fast charged all year.

Total miles last year = 6,980
Total spent on charging = $345

This excludes the 20k mile maintenance cost, but that was minimal.

 

[Joe.....Montana]

The cost of sunshine...obviously I have money invested in solar panels so my initial cost to operate is quite significant...but it gets cheaper every day.

 

[Zprime29]

My solar barely covers the cost of the home, so I'm still paying for the truck's electrons. I ball park $70-80 a month for 1500-1600miles.

 

[boggle]

For those with Chargepoints you can pull .csv logs of your charge sessions (wish there was an api for non-station owners). Defaults to YTD view but can dig back further manually.
https://driver.chargepoint.com/charging-activity

$140 last month, but I usually average about $95/mo @ $0.29/kW (eversource).

 

[Timeless Epoch]

I work from home, so I use very little to begin with. My rate actually dropped a little from $.11 to $.10/kwh which I haven’t updated in the grizzl-e app yet.

 

[josh27292]

Current cost for May at $0.05 per kwh. This if for my Lightning and my wife's Tesla Model Y combined.

 

[Marc]

I love my Lightning. Since April 21st I added 309 KW at $0.022 KW so it costs only $6.80! I love Georgia Powers EV rate plan. I'm never going back to an ICE vehicle.

 

[StrikesTwice]

$38/month for unlimited off-peak charging. People really slept on this truck.

 

[pullinggs]

You guys musty have driveway queens.

 

[TaxmanHog]

2568 miles so far in 2026 28.5 cents a mile and 1.29 MPK, these value will improve over the summer now that winter is FINALLY over.

 

[seajai]

For the month of April:
3,019.2 miles driven
1,620 kwh used @$0.13/kwh cost me $210.60.
Which works out to be 1.86 mi/kwh

 

[RickLightning]

For the month of April:
3,019.2 miles driven
1,620 kwh used @$0.13/kwh cost me $210.60.
Which works out to be 1.86 mi/kwh

Math is flawed.
1,620kWh is what you paid the electric company for. 93% of that was used by the truck.

3,019.2/(1,620*.93)=2.0

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