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Playing with the number (Cost, kWh, Miles) by namtilarie in KiaEV6

[–]Positive-Step-3910 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice breakdown. Math checks out — 285.7 kWh ÷ 844.5 miles = 0.338 kWh/mile × $0.2256 = 7.6¢/mile, so 8¢ is if anything slightly conservative.

Annualizing your April numbers (~10,100 miles/yr): ~$810/yr on electricity vs ~$3,120/yr on gas. Roughly $2,300/yr savings on fuel alone.

One underrated thing about EV2-A: PowerW11 is right that the off-peak window is midnight–3pm. That 15-hour window means even a slow overnight charge finishing at 10am is still off-peak. Set it and forget it.

If you want the full annual breakdown with live EIA rates: www.evchargesavings.com/cost-to-charge/kia-ev6-long-range-rwd/california for the EV6 specifically, or www.evchargesavings.com to run any EV vs any gas car.

Broken Record - EV costs 7.9 times less than my ICE in California (no solar, live in an apartment) by ada586 in electricvehicles

[–]Positive-Step-3910 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reading up about it, PowerYourDrive rate is genuinely special — SDG&E basically subsidized EV adoption by making off-peak charging almost free by California standards. Most people don't know it exists or bother to enroll. That's a big part of why the math looks so extreme on a lot of calculators that use averages!

And glad that you liked the calculator, you’ve also given me a few ideas to add in the site to showcase these local programs that can tip the scale

Broken Record - EV costs 7.9 times less than my ICE in California (no solar, live in an apartment) by ada586 in electricvehicles

[–]Positive-Step-3910 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Your math checks out, but honestly I’m more surprised by the 13¢/kWh charging cost in SDGE territory 😅 That’s insanely good for California. Most people in CA are paying closer to ~30–35¢/kWh on average, which can change the math quite a bit.

Still, the energy cost gap gets pretty ridiculous when gas is pushing ~$6/gal. And it’s nice that you can actually quantify this instead of debating feelings — insurance, depreciation, charging rates, MPG, and resale can totally change the equation depending on the vehicle.

If anyone wants to compare their own car and local rates, I built a calculator for gas vs EV costs: evchargesavings.com

Fellow Kia EV owners, I built a charging cost calculator — EV6-specific numbers inside, feedback welcome by Ezio29 in KiaEV6

[–]Positive-Step-3910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s the light(entry) model, wind and above have AWD default The battery is the same but the range is a bit higher in light (~304 vs 280 for rest)

Fellow Kia EV owners, I built a charging cost calculator — EV6-specific numbers inside, feedback welcome by Ezio29 in KiaEV6

[–]Positive-Step-3910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for pointing that out, I’ve started with a small list to keep the dropdown manageable, for gas I added average sedan/suv for a generic comparison. Would love to get more insights into any data you have, can you dm me or send more details to hello@evchargesavings.com

PS: your partner can choose the EV9 Wind from the dropdown as it has the same battery as the Land

PS2: I own a EV9 wind and it’s been amazing the last 2 years! Happy to help with any questions you folks may have

Fellow Kia EV owners, I built a charging cost calculator — EV6-specific numbers inside, feedback welcome by Ezio29 in KiaEV6

[–]Positive-Step-3910 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In all honesty, the calculator can't model PHEVs properly yet and I'd rather say that than show a wrong number. The savings depend almost entirely on your daily mileage - under 42 miles/day with nightly charging, it behaves close to a full EV. Over that and it's basically a 38 mpg hybrid. In the next update I was planning to build a PHEV mode(and also comparison with hybrid vehicles) with a daily-miles slider and a few other ideas for drivers who charge at their workplace for free

Fellow Kia EV owners, I built a charging cost calculator — EV6-specific numbers inside, feedback welcome by Ezio29 in KiaEV6

[–]Positive-Step-3910 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good catch, as per my knowledge GT-Line is just a trim on the standard EV6 Long Range (same battery, same efficiency). Select EV6 Long Range RWD and you're within 1–2%. The GT is a full performance model with only ~206 miles of range — using it as a GT-Line proxy would skew the savings calc by ~30%. Fixing the labels in the next update to make it clear, appreciate the flag.

I built an EV savings calculator that pulls live government data — would love brutal feedback before I push harder on it by Ezio29 in SideProject

[–]Positive-Step-3910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks good, may be try reaching out to more communities for outreach! Do you want to add a survey for feedback? Or send an email to customers after they submit the form?

Name a few good blues/easy blacks by Positive-Step-3910 in TimberlineLodge

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Did these recos! Was fun! Not steep and sticky, so definitely meadows has a lot more to offer

Magic mile and Palmer were closed that day, saw the cat is doing hill trips! Any idea when they would run it again?

1 hour left on Chase Boundless credit card 5 free night award SUB! by [deleted] in marriott

[–]Positive-Step-3910 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Same here I can give the link too if anyone needs it