Thursday, March 8, 2012

Volt Myth #2: The Volt Will run up your electric Bill

Facts:
As I mentioned in Myth #1, the Volt has a smaller battery than other electric only EVs. 16 KW-Hrs total, and since it only will charge to 80% full battery and will only discharge to 30% full to maximize battery life, you only ever need to charge up 8KW-Hrs per charge maximum.

I drive over 40 miles every day, often 80-100 miles, So I take on a full charge every night. When I am charging each KWhr costs 8.7cents, so a full charge is 69 cents a day, or about 18 dollars a month.

So in summary, I can go 40+ miles for less than 70 cents. and I only add 18 dollars to my electric bill, and eliminate the purchase of more than 25 gallons of gas.

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