$0.05/mile EV ($0.15/kWh / 3mi/kWh)

vs

$0.17/mile Gas ($5.00/gal / 30mi/gal)

Ridiculously cheap. We’re in the UK and our old IC car cost about £0.196 ($0.26) per mile (at today’s fuel prices) and our EV costs us £0.009 ($0.01) per mile; so around 20 times more expensive to drive an IC over an EV.

[We very rarely (i.e. twice) use public chargers. All charging is at home]

The longer eco story is even more astonishing, and I honestly wouldn’t have believed the figures 3 years ago.

We were lucky enough to be able to build an eco house. It took us over 2 years and I wouldn’t do it again, but that’s another story. However, the fuel bills are a real eye opener.

Our average monthly energy bill is around £30 ($40) (plus £20 ($26) standing charge - a fee you have to pay even if you don’t use any power). That works out to £360 ($483) a year, INCLUDING running the car!

Our old (much smaller) home was costing around £2000 ($2683) (plus 2 x standing charge, one for electricity and one for heating gas) and about £1200 ($1610) on fuel for the car.

So we’ve gone from a total energy bill (for living and travel) of £267 ($358) a month to £30 ($40) a month.

Obviously there are some huge capital costs in building an energy efficient house and buying an EV. But the recurrent costs are insane.

of course gas prices are 'volatile' compared to electric. one is hardly regulated, is based on the whims of the wealthy and producers, affected by regional 'issues' on the other side of the planet... while the other is regulated in most parts of the u.s.

my per kwh rate has rarely strayed more than a half cent higher or lower than it was in 2000 and is nearly the same now as it was then (public utility and hydro). meanwhile, gas prices the last 20 years look like a sharpie scribble.