Slarti wrote:DrFfybes wrote:OK, I've read this several times and still can't work it out. I'm obviously missing something.
You are saying that at 25,000 miles a year you will save £30k on fuel using an electric car? That's about 6mpg.
Besides, many (possibly most) people doing that sort of mileage don't pay for their own fuel, it is BIK tax they consider.
I obviously slipped a decimal point when doing that calculation
But my point was that electric cars are close to free to run, especially for those with solar panels.
Slarti
Well I have solar panels at home so know how much free energy I get in my part of Essex. Its very easy to generalise and get a completely wrong idea.....here are a couple of things to bear in mind.
1. Without suitably sized additional domestic battery storage e.g. Tesla Powerwall or similar its unlikely that Mr or Mrs average would be able to have access to all the daytime solar energy......cos they won't be at home.
2. Even if they are at home during the day, there is a large part of the year when it's grey and overcast......like now. Solar energy October through to March is way down on April to September. Average daily solar energy production for my 14 panel array is as follows:
October = 8.3kW, November = 3.6kW and December up to & including yesterday 9th = 2.2kW
By the time you run the home.....washing machine, dishwasher, hot water, cooking etc......there ain't much left available for charging electric cars. It's fine during April to September.....lots of spare energy but not now.