Tesla driving across Canada in 74 hrs

noteven wrote:

Reisender wrote:

noteven wrote:

Reisender wrote:

bguy wrote:
Do they pay to plug in and charge?

Yep. Well, some of the earlier buyers got free lifetime charging but most of us pay to play. :).

What is your cost per km for energy in day to day use?

Well, life time kilometres per kWh for our leaf after 4 and a bit years was 6.4 kilometres per kWh. We pay 9 cents per kWh. There was no other maintenance other than washer fluid in four years.

We haven’t tracked the Tesla but I’m told it’s more efficient. We have had it a little over a year. Same thing. Only washer fluid for maintenance.

Superchargers are about 3 times as expensive as charging at home. They are generally only used on road trips. The vast majority of charging is done at home or work.

Hope that helps.

That is interesting - here in AB it is not uncommon for non city people to run a set of wheels for 300,000km. The electric vehicle would cost $4200 approx for energy at home. A fuel efficient gas passenger car about $27,000 for gas and my F350 about $54,000. :B

Even at 20,000 miles per year, that will take about 9 years to accrue that many miles. Using an EV that much, will the batteries last 9 years, and should that be figured into the overall cost?

noteven wrote:

Reisender wrote:

noteven wrote:

Reisender wrote:

bguy wrote:
Do they pay to plug in and charge?

Yep. Well, some of the earlier buyers got free lifetime charging but most of us pay to play. :).

What is your cost per km for energy in day to day use?

Well, life time kilometres per kWh for our leaf after 4 and a bit years was 6.4 kilometres per kWh. We pay 9 cents per kWh. There was no other maintenance other than washer fluid in four years.

We haven’t tracked the Tesla but I’m told it’s more efficient. We have had it a little over a year. Same thing. Only washer fluid for maintenance.

Superchargers are about 3 times as expensive as charging at home. They are generally only used on road trips. The vast majority of charging is done at home or work.

Hope that helps.

That is interesting - here in AB it is not uncommon for non city people to run a set of wheels for 300,000km. The electric vehicle would cost $4200 approx for energy at home. A fuel efficient gas passenger car about $27,000 for gas and my F350 about $54,000. :B

Yah. The golden number in western Canada is about 1/8 the cost to run an EV over an ICE. But of course it varies depending on what you are comparing it too and the price of electricity. When people ask as us how much their electricity bill goes up we tell them to look at their last months gasoline bill and divide it by six. So instead of a 240 dollar gas bill your electric bill will go up 40 bucks. Plus of course no oil, filters, hoses, belts or brakes to maintain. Kinda cool

bucky wrote:
What does this have to do with towing? I love the cars but...........

Well, within a year at least 4 companies will have EV 1/2 to trucks and come will tow with them. As well, people are already towing with EV SUV’s. Especially those little tear drop trailers. So there is some relevance.

Reisender wrote:

noteven wrote:

Reisender wrote:

bguy wrote:
Do they pay to plug in and charge?

Yep. Well, some of the earlier buyers got free lifetime charging but most of us pay to play. :).

What is your cost per km for energy in day to day use?

Well, life time kilometres per kWh for our leaf after 4 and a bit years was 6.4 kilometres per kWh. We pay 9 cents per kWh. There was no other maintenance other than washer fluid in four years.

We haven’t tracked the Tesla but I’m told it’s more efficient. We have had it a little over a year. Same thing. Only washer fluid for maintenance.

Superchargers are about 3 times as expensive as charging at home. They are generally only used on road trips. The vast majority of charging is done at home or work.

Hope that helps.

That is interesting - here in AB it is not uncommon for non city people to run a set of wheels for 300,000km. The electric vehicle would cost $4200 approx for energy at home. A fuel efficient gas passenger car about $27,000 for gas and my F350 about $54,000. :B

What does this have to do with towing? I love the cars but...........

noteven wrote:

Reisender wrote:

bguy wrote:
Do they pay to plug in and charge?

Yep. Well, some of the earlier buyers got free lifetime charging but most of us pay to play. :).

What is your cost per km for energy in day to day use?

Well, life time kilometres per kWh for our leaf after 4 and a bit years was 6.4 kilometres per kWh. We pay 9 cents per kWh. There was no other maintenance other than washer fluid in four years.

We haven’t tracked the Tesla but I’m told it’s more efficient. We have had it a little over a year. Same thing. Only washer fluid for maintenance.

Superchargers are about 3 times as expensive as charging at home. They are generally only used on road trips. The vast majority of charging is done at home or work.

Hope that helps.

Reisender wrote:

bguy wrote:
Do they pay to plug in and charge?

Yep. Well, some of the earlier buyers got free lifetime charging but most of us pay to play. :).

What is your cost per km for energy in day to day use?

bguy wrote:
Do they pay to plug in and charge?

Yep. Well, some of the earlier buyers got free lifetime charging but most of us pay to play. :).

Do they pay to plug in and charge?

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
Three days. Heck it took the Pony Express 10 days coast to coast 150 years ago. Pretty good progress. :)

And no poop along the way.:W

The trip in the video was called “across Canada” but it was really not. It was between 2 large coastal cities.

“Across Canada” by road from furthest west being the Yukon - Alaska border crossing to the Cape Spear lighthouse in Newfoundland and Labrador is 8570 km or 5360 miles give or take.

The Tesla still wouldn’t need an oil change.