Monthly EV Fuel Cost Comparison
Great news! It looks like the average savings per mile over the winter is going to stay around $0.061 per mile. Electricity for the Bolt is turning out to be really nice savings over the cost of gasoline. In four months, the fuel savings is $587.85! Just as a reminder, this comparison is made with a Ford Taurus which averaged 26 miles per gallon while I drove it. That's pretty good mileage for a really excellent car. The Bolt continues to be rock steady in its performance and I still love driving it. Our power provider WFEC, recently held an EV segment as a part of a recent short conference and there was a ride and drive event that afternoon. There were 11 cars that took part in the event including 3 Teslas, (the high end ones), several Nissan Leafs, several Chevy Bolts and a couple of Chevy Volts, the hybrid Chevy with a small gas engine as well as batteries. The folks who drove our Bolt were quite impressed with the ride and especially the accelerati