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Bill Minarik

We replaced our 16yr-old Subaru with a #Kona electric. This year, we used 3780 kWh of electricity -assuming 85% charging efficiency, that’s 4450 kWh. In #Quebec, we pay about CAD $0.10/kWh, but fast charging is higher (~CAD $15 for 50 kWh). That’s $380 for charging on the road, assuming a third of our energy, and $300 at home; CAD $680 total.

The same distance in the Subaru would have burned 2037 litres of gasoline; at avg. CAD $1.556/l, that would have been $3,150 in fuel. #EV #ElectricVehicle

Dec 31, 2023 at 5:59pmWeb
Show threadBill MinarikDec 31, 2023

The equivalent distance in the old Subaru would have emitted about 4.8 tonnes of CO2.

#Quebec mostly uses #HydroPower so the electricity generation to recharge the #Kona emitted about 155 kg of CO2 equivalent.*

*Levasseur et al. (2021) Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 136.

#EV #ElectricVehicle #GreenHouseGasses #CO2 #Transportation

Show threadDoug Baker - Elbows Up! 🇨🇦Jan 1, 2024
@silicatefondue On a trip last September we drove 1800 kms in our Nissan Leaf. All charging was commercial. I compared to our previous car, RAV4, and figured the cost was about 43% what the RAV would have been. Far less with home charging.