So long Pip; Hello Prime

Great run with the PiP! Your stats are meticulous. But they illustrate the wide variation in the "advantages" of charging. Looking at your penultimate fill-up (#74), we see that using 72 kWh saved 6 gallons of fuel. In my NY suburb, gasoline costs about $2.20/gallon, so 6 gallons are $13.20. But even at the low rate charged by the fully-renewable sources in my community-aggregation ESCO, I would pay $16.37 for that 72 kWh. My solar panels do not fully cover my home's energy use, so I have no "excess" electricity to use up. I still charge my car to reduce carbon emissions, but it's not economical in the short term. If I had a Prime, or the pure EV car I hope to have someday, my "contribution" to the environment would be proportionately greater. Wish I could tax-deduct it like other contributions!

 

congrats crewdog, see you on the flip side!

 

that is an exceptional electric rate

 

(Edit to add something important: Congrats on the Prime!!)
As long as we stay under 1,000 kwh/month (and we've never gone over in the 2-1/4 years we've lived here), our rate is about 9.6 cents per kwh. So those 72 kwh would have cost us $6.48. Thinking seriously about swapping the ol' 2005 for a '13 PiP available here. Even at our prices, payback will be slow, but then again, I'll have a much newer car on top of that.