Electric Bill

[Drytellsr]

I hear that you get about 5 miles per hour of charge, Is this correct?

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[nelson55917]

I hear that you get about 5 miles per hour of charge, Is this correct?

Can fully charge on a level 2 charger just over 2 hours. For 21 miles give or take.

 

[GATORB8]

In my view, if your reason for buying a 4xe is lower fuel costs, I think you are looking at the wrong vehicle. Similar to buying a diesel, it takes a very specific use case to justify financially.

There are other things to consider, not all of them are reasonable, of course:

1. It's kinda cool, and it satisfies the early adopter in you
2. Special parking spots at some locations
3. 375 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of instant torque
4. It's surprisingly satisfying to drive or off-road in near silence
5. At least when we got ours, the $7500 tax credit makes it almost a "free" upgrade

 

[RubiSc0tt]

"Seat of the pants", second hand info from my buddy who has a 21 Rubi 4xe: his electric bill went up $40/mo charging his Jeep at home. Compared to what he was paying in fuel daily in his past Jeeps, that's nominal.

 

[stickling9]

we estimate $1.50 for 17KWh charge. every day so the $40 works out. but we were filling up every two weeks on a yukon at 90 a pop. So 40 vs. 180 with very smart driving/planning. But overall, estimate around $1500 annual fuel savings.

 

[HushJeep]

Here in BC, Canada, gasoline prices are ridiculous at $1.70-$1.80 per liter CAD. The US equivalent would be $5.07-$5.37 per US gallon USD.

I can't speak to long driving trips, but for my daily commute which is 40 km round trip (25 miles), it would cost me $7.50-$8.00 CAD round trip for gasoline.

We have a 2-step electricity rate structure that varies between $0.0939 and $0.1408 per kWh depending on how much total electricity is used.

At the most expensive rate, a full 17 kWh charge costs me $2.39 CAD which covers my round trip commute.

Therefore, my commute costs are roughly 1/3 to 1/4 the cost when using electricity compared to gasoline.

 

[Semivies]

Been charging at home for a few months now and my bill went up, but not crazy. Works out cheaper than fuel for me. My rate’s around the mid-teens per kWh, so manageable. I signed up with Octopus using a referral code for octopus: bold-lion-941 and the little credit helped smooth out the first bump.

 

[WXman]

My truck has a 123 kWh battery and I'm at 0.13 cents per kWh. It's less than $15 bucks to charge it fully. Not bad.

 

[R3TRO]

In my view, if your reason for buying a 4xe is lower fuel costs, I think you are looking at the wrong vehicle. Similar to buying a diesel, it takes a very specific use case to justify financially.

There are other things to consider, not all of them are reasonable, of course:

1. It's kinda cool, and it satisfies the early adopter in you
2. Special parking spots at some locations
3. 375 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of instant torque
4. It's surprisingly satisfying to drive or off-road in near silence
5. At least when we got ours, the $7500 tax credit makes it almost a "free" upgrade

This is pretty much the right take. I'm in SoCal and unless you have an efficient EV and can LV2 charge at home, pretty much everything else doesn't make sense as it's a wash in terms of savings vs ICE. If you can get a good deal on plug-in hybrid with around 50mi of range, that too is pretty good savings. We got a used Volt on the cheap and it goes 45mi on electric only and cost about $2.50 to charge. So that is around equivalent of $2.50/gal.

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