Originally posted by Bucky:
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Originally posted by Will Harrison:
So far my experience has been that commuting with a tesla costs about 8x less in gas then the Tahoe I had before. It's considerably more simple and convenient to plug in and charge from home then going to a gas station and waiting for a pump, fling up and going about my way. Instead it takes me like and extra 5 seconds when getting out of my car at home from work to plug in, and I'm done. I don't sit there and wait for it to charge. When I get up in the morning it's all ready, full tank and off I go again.
My wife used it the other day because she had to work in San Francisco, 60 miles and 2 hours away, it took 20% of the battery to get there. Total round trip was 38% battery use on a 4 1/2 round trip. That trip cost a whopping $8. Gas here is $6 - $6.50 a gallon. How many gas cars are able to drive in commute traffic for 4 1/2 hours, 120 miles on a gallon and quarter?
Just sayin, I thought teslas were stupid too a couple years ago. But as a commuter car, I wouldn't have anything else at this point. And I'll bet most everyone under 60 will own one in their lifetime.
How are you figuring the electric consumption?
