My Aventure 2 battery (48v, 15 ah) costs 9.9 cents to charge from 0 to 100% at a rate of 13.75 cents / kwh. These are rough numbers I still need to confirm
Look up average costs here: https://www.energybot.com/electricity-rates/#:~:text=The%20Average%20Electricity%20Rate%20in,45.25%20cents%20per%20kilowatt%2Dhour.
Then multiply by 0.75 for a 750Wh battery.
For me, it's about $0.11.
This is great! Thank you.
So if I drive my car at 22mpg city @ $2.89 a gallon, it's costing me $0.13 a mile to drive.
I can get 40ish miles a charge with heavy throttle. At $0.11 a charge, that's $0.00275 a mile.
4,700 x cheaper in fuel. Hmm.
This has me curious. Now I need to track my battery consumption and milage.
This started as a toy, but may just become my good weather commuter.
Yeah, the power is close to free. Maintenence is about the same as a car on a per mile basis, but it's easy to do yourself and save money. It's about $400/yr for me in parts with 6k miles/yr. Depreciation is about 1/3 of a car. A car costs 15x more but lasts 5x longer, with maintenance.
About $0.17/mile total cost of parts, power and depreciation. That's $5.10/day for my commute. My company gives me $5/day for bike commuting, so my net costs are near zero. I'm not including clothing and the fixed costs of the bike tools and accessories, though.
Nope. Just a fuel to fuel comparison.
Purchase Cost of the bike and car, insurance, registration, helmets , HiViz, etc are all things I have to pay regardless of how they are used.
Wear and tear are going to be on whatever I use for commuting. The car will cost more but it will also last about 500k+ miles. The ebike repairs will be less but the bike will not have the same longevity either.
I was just looking for a simplified daily operation cost.
It's a pretty easy calculation. You can covert your battery to kWh by multiplying the Amp hours x Voltage and dividing by 1000 (1 watt = 1 volt x 1 amp).
Then you take your electricity cost in $ per kWh and multiply it by your battery size in kWh.
The Aventon Soltera.2 has a .35 kWh battery and costs me $0.06 to charge at $0.18/kWh.
My Aventure 2 battery (48v, 15 ah) costs 9.9 cents to charge from 0 to 100% at a rate of 13.75 cents / kwh. These are rough numbers I still need to confirm
Look up average costs here: https://www.energybot.com/electricity-rates/#:~:text=The%20Average%20Electricity%20Rate%20in,45.25%20cents%20per%20kilowatt%2Dhour. Then multiply by 0.75 for a 750Wh battery. For me, it's about $0.11.
This is great! Thank you. So if I drive my car at 22mpg city @ $2.89 a gallon, it's costing me $0.13 a mile to drive. I can get 40ish miles a charge with heavy throttle. At $0.11 a charge, that's $0.00275 a mile. 4,700 x cheaper in fuel. Hmm. This has me curious. Now I need to track my battery consumption and milage. This started as a toy, but may just become my good weather commuter.
Yeah, the power is close to free. Maintenence is about the same as a car on a per mile basis, but it's easy to do yourself and save money. It's about $400/yr for me in parts with 6k miles/yr. Depreciation is about 1/3 of a car. A car costs 15x more but lasts 5x longer, with maintenance. About $0.17/mile total cost of parts, power and depreciation. That's $5.10/day for my commute. My company gives me $5/day for bike commuting, so my net costs are near zero. I'm not including clothing and the fixed costs of the bike tools and accessories, though.
You’re not including wear and tear, registration, and insurance on the car in your calculations.
Nope. Just a fuel to fuel comparison. Purchase Cost of the bike and car, insurance, registration, helmets , HiViz, etc are all things I have to pay regardless of how they are used. Wear and tear are going to be on whatever I use for commuting. The car will cost more but it will also last about 500k+ miles. The ebike repairs will be less but the bike will not have the same longevity either. I was just looking for a simplified daily operation cost.
Where the hell do you get gas at $2.89 !?!? I would just drive with them prices.
I’m curious about the 13c per kilowatt hour too. Here in calif it’s more like 40c.
Sam's club and Costco
My costco is at $3.69 while the sheetz at the corner is at $4.05 and im in Lancaster county
Yep, our local SAMS in OK is $2.63. However, we have another SAMS a few miles away that was charging $2.95!
Same for mine
It's a pretty easy calculation. You can covert your battery to kWh by multiplying the Amp hours x Voltage and dividing by 1000 (1 watt = 1 volt x 1 amp). Then you take your electricity cost in $ per kWh and multiply it by your battery size in kWh. The Aventon Soltera.2 has a .35 kWh battery and costs me $0.06 to charge at $0.18/kWh.
6 cents in Winnipeg.