How much does it cost in electricity to operate?
The short answer is between $.02 and $.04 per mile. The long answer is that in the Puget Sound area in Washington we have two tiers of pricing, Tier I is a little less than $.04/KWh and Tier II is about $.08/KWh. So if it would average $.07 KWh it would cost you about $1.20 to “fill up” your 50 mile Subaru or $2.10 for your 60 mile light truck/SUV or $1.68 to fill up your 80 mile Mini Cooper. Remember this is not what it will cost you every time you charge up, it’s only the cost when the batteries are fully depleted, which they will never be.
