Real Life data for the cost of the energy mix
First off, how far do I travel for 1 kWh?
No cheating here, screen shot from the car
Measured over 6500 kms : that is 16.8 kWh/100km.
How much do I pay to charge my car at home?
Here is an extract from my electricity bill
That is 15cents per kWh at night, or 65*16.8 kWh for my 6500 kms or 163€ for my 6500kms!
Let’s compare that to a Golf at 6 l per 100kms, that’s 390 l, at 2 €/l that is 780€
A difference of 617€: in my first year I managed 25000 kms, that is 3800 € difference!
These are real world numbers here in France, the photos come from the car display and my electricity contract.
And where does the energy come from? Well this is provided with the bill
So,
Gas, including Russian gas = 50 €
Oil, = 2,5 €
Coal = 1,9 €
Renewables = 75 €
Nuclear = 489 €
I could equally well have driven a Golf :
Oil = 100%
So yes there is also a feel good factor: I should say here that my car is having its high voltage controller changed, 3 weeks and counting, so yes, it also requires faith.
And lastly of course I have no control over the energy mix!
Just got an ID3 