Mike's wife's monthly Kona EV efficiency report

I calculate ~ $0.02/km for electricity only for November - this far. No DCFC charger used and charged at the lowest TOU rate in Ontario.

 

I compared my November bill using the calculator. Apparently I overpaid $CAD 2.48 on TOU. (About the cost of a cup of espresso. )

 

I am not a 'data nerd' like someone here .... - my wife would disagree though.

In any case I did a year end cost to drive analysis based on the data I collected. Here are the results.
1. In 2021 we drove 17,550km using our Kona Preferred.
Total cost of power (including DCFC use) was C$412.16 (2.35/100km)
2. Driving our former Prius - assuming 4litres/100km & gas at C$1.36/litre
the cost of gas would have been C$954.72
3. Doing the same analysis, for a car consuming 6l/100km (Corolla non-hybrid)
the cost of gas would have been C$1432.08.
4. For a car consuming 8l/100km (Average RAV4 non-hybrid)
the cost of gas would have been C$1909.44.
5. Compared to my hypothetical RAV4 we saved $1,497.28.
Other variables, like the average gas prices over the year at various locations will yield different results.
You can all do the math but saving $1,000 (Corolla) or $1,500 a year on fuel is huge! Stretch it to a 5 year ownership will buy your electric car, if not quite, definitely a PHEV.

To finish it up other costs, since we bought our Kona; Set of all year Nokian WRG4 tires $1,100; Grizzl-E charger $524.60; touch-up paint $16.95 and a discounted #1 service call $63.22.

The average power consumption over 9298km is 14.5kWh/100km (it was reset at some point by accident). With winter weather it is climbed from 14.4 lately.

 

Check my updates or the numbers will not work out!

 

That's what I got in my Prius C, which was my previous car to the Kona. It was as good as 3.6 in the city, and was around 5.0 on the highway. Most of driving with that car was in the city.

Was actually a pretty good car for its mission (2nd car and primary car for around town). And I got a great trade-in value, 60% of what I paid, after 5 years of use and 95K kms. Never a problem and almost zero maintenance, just oil changes and tires. Was never a good business case for going to the Kona.., but we wanted a new car.

 

There were some assumptions, but I can assure you that my last Prius was pretty close to that in real life. In my experience with Toyota cars - had a few - they were always good to keep close to the mileage on the sticker.

The total kms driven were 17,550 not 17,750 as in my first note. But it did not involve the math. The $412.16 for power was correct. That was copied correctly from my spreadsheet.

 

I just checked the average price of a new car is about $40,000 in Canada. The money saved on fuel will pay the difference for a Kona EV. Of course it will not be a good fit for all users but .... a point is made.

Canada Talks EVs ZOOM webinar on Feb 1 at 7:30 EST will have Dr. Jeff Dahn, the 'battery professor' as the guest speaker. On his request this session will NOT be recorded so if interested you must sign on. Spread the word!

 

Correct. My 2008 Prius performed the same way. I am not a hypermiler but as you know the way the car is used (short/long trip mix), and the terrain (hills anywhere?) all make a difference. My second, 2016 Prius was a considerably better car with a close to the advertised 4l/100km 'petrol consumption'.

 

It's interesting to compare the energy consumption in kWh between BEV and comparable ICE cars.

Regular unleaded contains roughly 9kwh per litre. The vehicle that our Kona replaced was a Mazda 3, a comparable vehicle. The way we used our Mazda, it averaged 8l/100km, = 72kWh/100km. The Kona averages 13kWh/100km. In energy consumption the Kona is 5.5 times more efficient.

Translating that to daily fuel costs, in Australian fuel prices the Mazda would cost us about $12.40 per 100km. The Kona $2.60, nearly one fifth.