{"id":596,"date":"2013-04-06T15:02:17","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T22:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/?p=596"},"modified":"2013-04-06T15:02:17","modified_gmt":"2013-04-06T22:02:17","slug":"minimizing-gas-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/activee\/minimizing-gas-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimizing gas use…"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, about a month ago I was inspired by an article, on Plugincars.com regarding BMW’s plan to allow i3 drivers the ability to rent a traditional gas (internal combustion engine\/ICE)<\/a> BMW when they need it, to figure out how often my family uses ICE vs. EV.<\/p>\n

Seeing that there are two of us who use vehicles in the family, I figured to count the FAMILY’s usage of Gas vs. Electric.<\/p>\n

So, I decided to log my mileage of use for the period between March 6 and April 5, 2013<\/a>. It was a rather interesting log. We travelled a total of 2,948 miles in this period of which we did 2,499 miles Electric vs. 449 miles on gasoline. I anticipated a heavier gasoline use this past month as we were going to help our nephew move. Ended up not using the X5 for this and he only needed a few items which fit our ActiveE, so, score 1 for the EV use.<\/p>\n

However, as things do tend to go to the mean, the 328i ended up with a recall. Of all things, in the electric wiring of the vehicle. As a result, had to do almost 100 of those miles gasoline and 22 of the approximately 100 miles was using a 5 series loaner.<\/p>\n

Good thing the BMW ActiveE folks were not planning on the Morro Bay FB meetup until tomorrow, otherwise, I would be adding another 460 miles on gas as I’m not crazy enough to wait the hours needed<\/a> to charge the Active E on the drive north and south to the meet.<\/p>\n

Hats off to some of my fellow electronauts who live a fully electric life, I’m not sure if I can quite do that yet.<\/p>\n

These brave souls all live fully electric, or at least nearly so – check out the blogs of Todd Crook<\/a>, Peter Norby<\/a>, and Pamela Thwaite<\/a><\/p>\n

Todd<\/a> is impressive because the whole family uses the ActiveE, solely! Peter<\/a> has both an ActiveE and a Honda Fit EV, and Pamela Thwaite<\/a>‘s family has 3 Electric cars. A Tesla (roadster, I believe), Active E, and a Mitsubishi iMiev for the kids.<\/p>\n

Still, at 85% electric vs. 15% gasoline. I think I’m doing well… Saving a lot of money and enjoying the ride! \u00a0Figuring that my 2499 electric miles is closer to $21.64 and my 449 miles of gasoline is closer to $85 (using an inflated approximate $0.19 per mile as I do not have the cost per mile for the 5 series vs. my $0.17 per mile calculated convertible 328i cost.) \u00a0If I were to extend $0.17 per mile to the 2499 electric miles, I’m saving about $400 on not buying gas. \u00a0(not even factoring in $100\/hour per the currently controversial articles on Tesla’s leasing program<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

When we get a Tesla Model S (unless BMW comes out with a more aesthetically pleasing i3 or cheaper i8 BEV, not hybrid) and with that range, we would probably not need to drive as much gas as we do now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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