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Originally posted by trapper189:
What do the at home chargers cost with installation? That’s a cost that should be included in the comparison.

Tesla level 2 charger - $500
Electrician to install 60A circuit $400

Power company rebate- $250

My total install was $650 (1 month of gas in my LX570)

Increase on electric bill monthly. Average about $90

I average 2500 miles a month driving for work, 500 personal

Wife and I did a road trip of @900 miles. Worked out that the gas equivalent MPG was 130 given $5 a gallon gas. However, that was buying electricity from public chargers while on the road. Highest was $.38kwh and lowest .22kwh I believe they said. Regardless, we only added up the total cost.

For comparison, at home, wife charges at night and the cost is only $.08 kwh. So X4 cheaper on average perhaps? So her car, Tesla Model Y, was getting @400 mpg on home charging and 130mpg with public chargers?

So dirt cheap to run, but most importantly, excruciatingly fun to drive. Her's does 0-60 in 4 seconds or so, and as it's got 4wd, great traction off the line.

Brother has the same car with over 42,000 miles and his only maintenance expense is 4 tire replacements at 30,000 when he cut a Lowes driveway to short and smacked and flattened 2 into the curb and they needed to be replaced so he did all 4 given the situation and miles on the 2 that didn't get flattened. Cost more than an ICE car at $1600 installed for all 4. That might have been exacerbated by coming into the tire shop on a flatbed tow truck though.

Son has a Chevy Bolt. Great little car, fantastically fun to drive and dirt cheap to run. Unlike Teslas, charging sucks on them as they charge at 50kwh max vs Teslas 250kwh max charging speed. Fine for overnight charging, horrific if you are on the road and in a hurry.