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When we all realized we needed a commuter car in the family to save a crap ton of money. Rather spend $4 in electricity than $25 in diesel for a 100 mile commut

When we all realized we needed a commuter car in the family to save a crap ton of money. Rather spend $4 in electricity than $25 in diesel for a 100 mile commute.

Marsymars 1y ago
That’s a weird comparison, given you can commute 100 miles for like $8 of gas with a $10k car. Breakeven on fuel costs is in the order of decades on that commute.
- dyauspitr 1y ago
  I have an electric truck and I get ~300 miles on $9 worth of electricity vs $115 for a full tank of gas on the ICE model for around 400 miles.
  - johnea 1y ago
    Ditto, my off-peak charging costs about 1/5th the cost per mile of burning gas. And we have some of the most expensive electricity in the US. If you can charge at home, electric is much cheaper. I don't know about "public" charging, since I don't use it.
    - dyauspitr 1y ago
      In my experience public charging is about as expensive as using gas. But 99% of my usage is with home charging.
  - Marsymars 1y ago
    Right, but I'm saying comparing like-for-like models of big truck vs. EV for commuting is a bad/weird comparison. You can cut your fuel costs by like 2/3 by moving from a big truck to a compact ICE car for commuting. (Or even a smaller/more efficient truck - e.g. a hybrid Ford Maverick costs about $25 in gas for 300 miles.) And sure, you might have a legit reason to need a full-size pickup for commuting, but that doesn't apply to 90% of people who actually commute with full-size pickups.
    - dyauspitr 1y ago
      My comparison was pretty apples to apples. I have a big EV truck and I’m comparing it to a big ICE truck. They’re both Ford F150s.
      - Marsymars 1y ago
        Yes, it was apples-to-apples, and my point is that it's still a bad comparison, because it's like there are a hundred people comparing whether whole Cripps Pink or Fuji apples are more cost-effective for feeding their pets, but 90 of those people have pet grasshoppers that they could feed with leftover lettuce.

When we all realized we needed a commuter car in the family to save a crap ton of money. Rather spend $4 in electricity than $25 in diesel for a 100 mile commute.

Marsymars 1y ago

That’s a weird comparison, given you can commute 100 miles for like $8 of gas with a $10k car. Breakeven on fuel costs is in the order of decades on that commute.

dyauspitr 1y ago
I have an electric truck and I get ~300 miles on $9 worth of electricity vs $115 for a full tank of gas on the ICE model for around 400 miles.
- johnea 1y ago
  Ditto, my off-peak charging costs about 1/5th the cost per mile of burning gas. And we have some of the most expensive electricity in the US. If you can charge at home, electric is much cheaper. I don't know about "public" charging, since I don't use it.
  - dyauspitr 1y ago
    In my experience public charging is about as expensive as using gas. But 99% of my usage is with home charging.
- Marsymars 1y ago
  Right, but I'm saying comparing like-for-like models of big truck vs. EV for commuting is a bad/weird comparison. You can cut your fuel costs by like 2/3 by moving from a big truck to a compact ICE car for commuting. (Or even a smaller/more efficient truck - e.g. a hybrid Ford Maverick costs about $25 in gas for 300 miles.) And sure, you might have a legit reason to need a full-size pickup for commuting, but that doesn't apply to 90% of people who actually commute with full-size pickups.
  - dyauspitr 1y ago
    My comparison was pretty apples to apples. I have a big EV truck and I’m comparing it to a big ICE truck. They’re both Ford F150s.
    - Marsymars 1y ago
      Yes, it was apples-to-apples, and my point is that it's still a bad comparison, because it's like there are a hundred people comparing whether whole Cripps Pink or Fuji apples are more cost-effective for feeding their pets, but 90 of those people have pet grasshoppers that they could feed with leftover lettuce.