The US Department of Energy has published an app that will calculate how much it costs to fuel an electric car vs. a gas car. They created a concept called an eGallon which shows how much it would cost to drive an electric car the same distance as a similar gas car would go on a gallon of gas. Here’s the average for the US:
Click on the image to see the active app and enter your own state.
As they point out in the article, on average it costs about 1/3 as much to drive electric, more in some states, less in others.
So it’s cheaper to drive an electric car than a gas car? 😉
Is there even more difference if you have solar?
Comment by Donna — June 11, 2013 @ 4:55 pm
I’m saving a little bit by running on solar!
Comment by Dale — June 12, 2013 @ 11:00 am
Dale, did you disconnect the alternator? If not I’m not so sure you saved much by running on solar. Even if you did I suspect it was very little.
We have a hybrid now so we should save on gas.
Comment by Don — June 14, 2013 @ 6:50 pm