Anyone tracking Lightning charging costs?

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Been keeping tabs on how much juice my 2024 Lightning is pulling and figured I’d share in case anyone’s curious.

I’m in Virginia, charging at home on off-peak hours (11 PM onward) at $0.08 per kWh. Getting around 3.11 mi/kWh on average, which works out to about $73 a month for 50 miles a day. Cost per mile is roughly 2.5 cents — way better than my old gas truck that would’ve run me over $250 a month.

Anyone else tracking their numbers? Winter definitely knocked my range down a bit, but I’m still pretty happy overall. What are y’all seeing?

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3.11 mi/kWh? You sure you’re not getting towed to work?

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Thorn said:
3.11 mi/kWh? You sure you’re not getting towed to work?

Lol, right? I’m in SoCal babying mine and barely crack 2.5.

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Ren said:

Thorn said:
3.11 mi/kWh? You sure you’re not getting towed to work?

Lol, right? I’m in SoCal babying mine and barely crack 2.5.

Same here, but even at 2.4 mi/kWh, still way cheaper than filling up with gas.

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Thorn said:
3.11 mi/kWh? You sure you’re not getting towed to work?

Man’s defying physics out here.

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3.11 is wild… I see numbers like that coasting downhill. Winter hits here, I’m lucky to get half that.

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I’m paying like 28 cents/kWh in Cali… plus fast charging on trips. Honestly, between that, the payment, and insurance, I’m not really saving anything compared to my old diesel.

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Vega said:
I’m paying like 28 cents/kWh in Cali… plus fast charging on trips. Honestly, between that, the payment, and insurance, I’m not really saving anything compared to my old diesel.

Yeah, but at least you’re not smelling diesel fumes at the pump anymore.

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What’s your setup, man? Tonneau cover? Tire pressure? Driving 35mph with the heat off? We need answers.

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Off-peak rates are great, but people forget those plans usually jack up daytime prices. Gotta look at the whole bill, not just the kWh rate.

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Jessie said:
Off-peak rates are great, but people forget those plans usually jack up daytime prices. Gotta look at the whole bill, not just the kWh rate.

Not always. I got a plan in NM where off-peak is dirt cheap and daytime stays the same. Absolute cheat code if you’re charging overnight.

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Shoutout to the DMV squad :raised_hands:. I average around 2.4-2.5 mi/kWh commuting into Alexandria. Free charging at work definitely helps… fingers crossed they don’t pull that perk.

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Wait… your math ain’t mathing. You’re saying you’re using 920 kWh a month at 3.11 mi/kWh… that’s like 2,700 miles a month. But then you’re comparing it to your gas truck doing half that? Something’s off here.