My niece said the same. Why is it costing so much to charge my Tesla? Tried to explain it to her how batteries are actually charged. Went over her head.
There are losses, but its fairly minimal. It's in the 96% efficiency from the wall to the car. Tesla's API lets you monitor consumption and log it. Here's the last few charges on my car.
My model 3 gets about 250-290 wh per mile depending on how much fun I'm having with it. If we use 250 wh as the measurement, that's a nice even 4 miles per kwh.
100 miles is 25 kwh. 13 cents is the national average, so $3.25 for 100 miles.
But as I said in the other posts below, my solar panels on my roof covers 100% of my car's power.
My niece said the same. Why is it costing so much to charge my Tesla? Tried to explain it to her how batteries are actually charged. Went over her head.
Surely these people realize it takes more energy to charge the battery than what the battery puts out, right?
There are losses, but its fairly minimal. It's in the 96% efficiency from the wall to the car. Tesla's API lets you monitor consumption and log it. Here's the last few charges on my car.
My model 3 gets about 250-290 wh per mile depending on how much fun I'm having with it. If we use 250 wh as the measurement, that's a nice even 4 miles per kwh.
100 miles is 25 kwh. 13 cents is the national average, so $3.25 for 100 miles.
But as I said in the other posts below, my solar panels on my roof covers 100% of my car's power.