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[quote=Anonymous]We have 2 EV’s, both teslas. We drive a lot because we live in a mountain town next to a larger city, so everything is spread out. We have solar on our house. From April - October, about 90% of charging is done by solar for both cars. From Nov - March, it is much less, like 20-30%, but even so, it’s cheaper than gas. During those months, we rely more on charging on the free chargers at our workplace, which run on renewables or has a carbon offset (part of vail epic 100% renewable promise).

It feels great to have close to zero emissions from solar/ev combo for part of the year and for the rest of the year, we try our best. I can sit in a toasty parked car in the winter and blast the air conditioning in a parked car in the summer. I can preheat and precool the car. I can leave our dog in the car with the temp at 68 degrees in the middle of summer. The acceleration is awesome. I haven’t been to a gas station in 6 months. The only maintenance is tires, wipers, and air filters. No oil changes, brake pads, brake fluid, transmissions, transmission fluid, jumper cables, radiators, catalytic converters, coolant, spark plugs, fuel pump, water pump, fan belt, ignition, etc.

In April, I drove 1500 miles on my ev. Average gas cost for ice vehicle is 11.29 per 100 miles, so this would have cost me $170 in gas. Instead, I paid $9. Over the course of the year, I would have paid $2000+ in gas and instead I pay about $500 in electricity. [/quote]

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