If you're a homeowner or can install a dedicated charger that boils down to what you pay for electricity per kWH. I pay ~$0.11 / kWH so a 75 kWHr Tesla would run $8.25 to 'fill up', and assuming I hit claimed range of 334 miles (224 Wh/mi) cost all of $0.0247 per mile. There's some cost to amortize with the charger + installation of course, but that's apt to be <$1000 and thus not move the needle significantly.But nobody mentions how much it cost to charge these electric cars
It's also worth considering that electric rates vary, and in some of the higher-cost areas, there was a point in time a couple years back when it was cheaper to run a plug-in hybrid purely on gasoline than to plug it in (a combination of low gasoline prices and high electricity prices). Using data from the EIA, the cost of electricity is about $0.22 kWh in New England, California, and New York, but closer to 14 cents/kWh US average and lower than that in most of the US. That puts the Tesla at closer to 5 cents/mile for fuel. At $3.40/gal (US average gasoline price for the same time as that electricity cost), you'd need to be at 68 mpg to hit the same cost per mile as the Tesla. But back when gasoline was closer to $2/gal, the break-even was 40 mpg, which is achievable in a modern hybrid.If you're a homeowner or can install a dedicated charger that boils down to what you pay for electricity per kWH. I pay ~$0.11 / kWH so a 75 kWHr Tesla would run $8.25 to 'fill up', and assuming I hit claimed range of 334 miles (224 Wh/mi) cost all of $0.0247 per mile. There's some cost to amortize with the charger + installation of course, but that's apt to be <$1000 and thus not move the needle significantly.
Conversely, my daily driver gets perhaps 25 MPG on 93 octane, which at something like $3.10/gallon runs me about $0.124 per mile to run.
Of course if you can't arrange for charging at retail electric rates then it can get considerably more expensive. Short of grandfathered Tesla owners that get free supercharging you're going to be paying considerably more than the retail cost of electricity for most public charging - especially fast charging.
There are several other factors to consider as well:It's also worth considering that electric rates vary, and in some of the higher-cost areas, there was a point in time a couple years back when it was cheaper to run a plug-in hybrid purely on gasoline than to plug it in (a combination of low gasoline prices and high electricity prices). Using data from the EIA, the cost of electricity is about $0.22 kWh in New England, California, and New York, but closer to 14 cents/kWh US average and lower than that in most of the US. That puts the Tesla at closer to 5 cents/mile for fuel. At $3.40/gal (US average gasoline price for the same time as that electricity cost), you'd need to be at 68 mpg to hit the same cost per mile as the Tesla. But back when gasoline was closer to $2/gal, the break-even was 40 mpg, which is achievable in a modern hybrid.
Of course, for extra complexity on the calculations, there's also the retail charger markups and the lower than average cost of charging from a residential solar array.
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A back-of-the-napkin exercise using example data I had immediately available.There are several other factors [...]
Both more expensive in NorCal vs DFW for a nominal 25MPG vehicle.Idle, last time NorCal folks gassed up at Chevron Supreme cost $5.10 gal.. and average .24 kWH during off peak hours.
Unfortunately for all CA residents our current state legislature has just okayed a 9% power rate hike
Three reason I can think of offhand:i see this whole idea as a vandalism. why would you destroy classic cars, they are valuable for what they are. You gut them to install teslas drivetrain, you will neither have a tesla nor a classic car that worth anything.
Three reason I can think of offhand:
1) It's hard and getting harder to find parts for older cars. My brother has several 1960s cars as a hobby. He grabs any parts which commonly break because he may never be able to get them again down the road. Some companies make aftermarket parts, but not for every type of older car.
2) Reliability. One common theme with older cars is how hard it is to keep them running. Even in their prime, many were flaky. So replace the old, problematic drivetrain with an electric one.
3) Eventually the time will come when gasoline is either not available at all, or costs a fortune. At that point these unconverted older cars will just be static museum pieces.
That said, there are less drastic conversions than putting an old car body on a Tesla chassis. You can electrify older cars while keeping most of them intact, including most of the chassis.