Seeing someone parked in our apartment building's loading dock the other day to use the power point to charge their BMW i8, I was curious how much this is actually costing strata (which we as owners end up paying)?
Apparently owner offered to reimburse strata $10 for charging their car but I was curious if that's more or less than the amount of electricity something like that uses.
(I'm mindful electricity rates vary by plan/etc but just a ballpark estimate)
i8 has a 7.1kwh battery, electricity costs like what…. 22 cents per kwh?
So about $2 per charge?
It can only go about 20-30km on a charge.
Tesla would be pushing about $20 per charge
The i8 is a hybrid, so the battery is much smaller than a full electric car like the Tesla.
Drew22 has the right figures in his post. 7.1kwh battery is relatively small so relatively cheap to recharge.
Apparently owner offered to reimburse strata $10 for charging their car but I was curious if that's more or less than the amount of electricity something like that uses.
Depends on how flat the car is. Just like saying how much does a car cost to fill up with petrol. Is the tank empty or not?
say the worst case for this car is 7kwh, at 30c a kwh, is $2.10.
I'd almost double that for the inefficiencies of charging. (charger and battery)
yeah nah, inefficiencies are nowhere near 50% loss. Lets say 10%, so that 7kwh used is now 7.7kwh, so add a extra 20 cents on to that figure.
Should contact him about charging his car, elon musk just built a battery station in SA using the left over Eneloop batteries I had from dick smiths. Maybe a ozbargainer can help him out.
Contact BMW to find out, problem solved :)
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