Driving an EV pickup

[kaelc]

What are these cents you speak of?

 

[sly_karma]

Using $2.00/L gas price, mby Silverado would have used about $270 in gas for that trip. Charge costs for Lightning: $86

 

[zurk]

$86 for electricity to whistler and back ? oh wow.
290km/180 miles at 20mpg in my gas guzzling SUV or minivan is 9 gallons or 45 bux at 5 bux/gallon or $61 in canadian.
11.76l./100km at 2 canadian per litre is 35.28 x 2 = $70.56 canadian.
math isnt mathing here. my towing minivan cost me $12K to buy and its more economical on fuel than a $80K lightning.

 

[Alex_c]

$86 for electricity to whistler and back ? oh wow.
290km/180 miles at 20mpg in my gas guzzling SUV or minivan is 9 gallons or 45 bux at 5 bux/gallon or $61 in canadian.
11.76l./100km at 2 canadian per litre is 35.28 x 2 = $70.56 canadian.
math isnt mathing here. my towing minivan cost me $12K to buy and its more economical on fuel than a $80K lightning.

Whistler to Penticton is about 450 km

 

[zurk]

Whistler to Penticton is about 450 km

ok that makes sense if the distance was 900Km vs vancouver - whistler. so $210 in fuel for my minivan vs $83 for a lightning to go 900km or slightly over double in fuel costs compared to an EV.

 

[Alex_c]

Keep in mind, that’s a body-on frame pickup EV. Compare to a lighter/more aerodynamic EV and I suspect those charging costs would be even lower.

 

[sly_karma]

Keep in mind, that’s a body-on frame pickup EV. Compare to a lighter/more aerodynamic EV and I suspect those charging costs would be even lower.

For sure. Lightning uses 32-35 kWh/100 km on the highway, Tesla 3 or Y both in the 22-24 range.