THE 2023 MILEAGE REPORT: Electricity, gasoline, and combined energy consumption
We consumed 2,844 kilowatt hours of electricity and burned 0 gallons of gasoline driving in 2023. Our energy use was down 35 percent on 22 percent fewer miles driven compared to 2022.
THE 2024 MILEAGE REPORT: Introduction
Here it is, dummies. It’s the big one: Poor Hartnett’s Almanack of Annual Mileage Reporting, Bird Migration Forecasts, Liniment Formulae & Homeric Fan Fiction, 18th Edition.
LISTEN, ALL DAD WANTED IN LATE 2021 WAS A COMPACT CROSSOVER THAT WOULD SAFELY, EFFICIENTLY, AND EFFORTLESSLY TRANSPORT HIS FAMILY OF FOUR ON REGULAR ROAD TRIPS WITHOUT FUCKING AROUND WITH AN OBSOLETE AND UNCIVILIZED PETROCHEMICALLY FUELED, SPARK-IGNITED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE.
Our two vehicles in 2024:
How much did charging our cars add to our home electricity use? It accounted for 2.35 MWh out of a total 14.49 MWh, about 16.2 percent.
THE 2024 MILEAGE REPORT: Energy cost per mile
Taking only the price of electricity into account, the Model Y cost $588.83 to operate in 2024, or $0.055 per mile. Electricity for the Leaf cost $130.47, or $0.035 per mile.
The first chart above shows the complete cost per mile dataset, and the second focuses only on our current vehicles.
THE 2023 MILEAGE REPORT: Electricity by source
We used 1,666.4 kWh of electricity from a single 120-volt outlet in our garage at home in 2023, 58.6 percent of the total. A further 680 kWh, or 23.9 percent, came from Tesla Superchargers, while 414.5 kWh were from various free sources, accounting for 14.6 percent of the total. The remaining 82.6 kWh, 2.9 percent, came from assorted other paid sources.
THE 2023 MILEAGE REPORT: Electricity cost by source
In 2023 we spent $207.93 to charge at home, $243.72 fast charging at Tesla Superchargers, and $18.22 at various other charging stations.