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Originally Posted by Berwil
According to this article, a 240volt-30amp power cord will charge 30 miles in an hr, so it's closer to 4 hours for a 115 mile charge. 240 x 30 = 7200 watts or 7.2 kW. If electric cost $0.10/kW, 7.2x.1= $.72 an hr to charge your car. It would cost $2.88 to go 115 mile everyday. Generally, circuits are only loaded to %60 ampacity for continuous loads, so realistically it's probably closer to $1.73 for 115 miles.
This of course is after you buy the more expensive electric car, the $600+ power cord (charger) and pay someone (like me) to wire it up in your garage.
http://www.plugincars.com/quick-guid...er-126875.html
Bill |
The Tesla estimator is based off a 240V, 48A charger. I believe that is the standard one that comes with the car, but I can't find that for sure anywhere.