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I'm wondering if it will make economic sense to plug it in or not, because I live in an area with relatively high electric rates...17.9 cents per kwh. I know the battery pack is 17.3 kwh (and 35 miles), but I don't know how to translate that into a dollar cost for charging the battery off 120vac. Do I just multiply $0.179 x 17.3 = $3.10 to charge up from zero? Can anyone help, please?
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I'm wondering if it will make economic sense to plug it in or not, because I live in an area with relatively high electric rates...17.9 cents per kwh. I know the battery pack is 17.3 kwh (and 35 miles), but I don't know how to translate that into a dollar cost for charging the battery off 120vac. Do I just multiply $0.179 x 17.3 = $3.10 to charge up from zero? Can anyone help, please?
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Thanks, kip1. Actually, gas is more expensive than average where I live, too. Maybe $2.80 a gallon for diesel. So still some savings running EV vs diesel.
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Actually you will save even more, because these Hybrids never use the full capacity of the batteries. In my BMW I only got about 5 from a 7kwh battery, so probably you will be getting the 35miles from about 14 kwh. These cars only let you use about 80% as discharging a battery fully or fully charging destroys the battery fast. Then again in the winter you wont be getting 35 miles from a cold battery and heaters on. That evens it up again! Then again you wont be gettin 23.5mpg from a suv in the winter also! Also wheel size affects, the smaller the wheel, the better
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