{"id":945,"date":"2013-11-28T13:25:07","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T21:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/?p=945"},"modified":"2013-11-28T13:25:07","modified_gmt":"2013-11-28T21:25:07","slug":"ev-thanks-on-thanksgiving-2013-50000-all-electric-miles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/activee\/ev-thanks-on-thanksgiving-2013-50000-all-electric-miles\/","title":{"rendered":"EV Thanks on Thanksgiving 2013&#8230; 50,000 all electric miles!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\n  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){\n  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),\n  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)\n  })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga');<\/p>\n<p>  ga('create', 'UA-49483645-1', 'pascual.co');\n  ga('send', 'pageview');<\/p>\n<p><\/script><br \/>\nSo, my favorite EV News site at <a href=\"http:\/\/transportevolved.com\/2013\/11\/27\/you-tell-us-what-are-you-evthankful-for-this-year\/\">transportevolved.com asked what do you have to be EV Thankful for<\/a>&#8230;  (Interestingly they&#8217;re based in the UK, but with a LARGE audience of the American EV Community)<\/p>\n<p>After over 21 months of EV driving and meticulous postings of my electric mileage, it&#8217;s finally happened.  Sometime in the past few weeks I&#8217;ve passed 50,000 all electric miles of driving!<\/p>\n<p>I would have been more precise, however.  Sharing EVs with my wife, I can&#8217;t tell which are her driving miles versus my driving miles.  I do know that I drive 95-98% of the time, so I can claim most of the miles.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;  What does that mean&#8230;  Well, I&#8217;ve calculated a cost of approximately $0.008 per mile since I&#8217;ve moved to Solar power on my roof.  Well, let&#8217;s assume that with the addition of the Tesla Roadster and Model S to the fleet, my costs have gone up to $0.012 per mile.  I&#8217;m using this figure because both the Roadster and Model S exhibits more Vampire Drain (defined as the energy consumed by the EV while idle) than the Active E has in its approximately 48,000 miles of service.  So, using this figure, let&#8217;s say that we&#8217;ve spent approximately $600 during these 50,000 miles.  Well, I&#8217;ve used paid EV Charging Networks as well.  Not too often, but enough to approximate an additonal $50, let&#8217;s double this figure to be really conservative.  So, we&#8217;re talking $700 for the 50,000 miles.  Now, if we had driven all those miles in our least expensive ICE (Internal Combustion Engine (gasoline engine)) car was at $0.15 per mile.  These same miles would have been $7,500 in energy costs.<\/p>\n<p>So, I guess after 50,000 miles, I have at least $6,800 to be thankful for.<\/p>\n<p>What else do I have to be EV Thankful for&#8230;  Frankly, living in Southern California has given me the ability to choose amongst the widest selection of Electric and Plug-in Hybrid vehicles on the market.  I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to have been able to drive this gallery of electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Ranging from failures like the Coda (which <a href=\"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/2012\/04\/checking-out-the-lower-end-of-the-electric-car-range-introducing-the-coda\/\" title=\"Checking out the lower end of the electric car range\u2026 Introducing the Coda\">I reviewed early on the blog&#8217;s existence<\/a>) and Fisker Karma.<\/p>\n<p>Coda<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/6953047244\/\" title=\"IMGP6037 by dennis_p, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5462\/6953047244_f50f36e0c6_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMGP6037\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fisker Karma<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/8018067561\/\" title=\"IMG_3943 by dennis_p, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8179\/8018067561_99a96a71fe_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_3943\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To California Compliance limited production run EVs such as the Honda Fit EV and Fiat 500e.<\/p>\n<p>Honda Fit EV<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/8906123239\/\" title=\"IMG_4837 by dennis_p, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3689\/8906123239_85db81d80a_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_4837\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fiat 500E<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/9347854328\/\" title=\"IMG_2501 by dennis_p, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2828\/9347854328_5caeef7bf2_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_2501\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is the Spark EV a compliance car or production?<\/p>\n<p>Chevy Spark EV<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/9094117434\/\" title=\"Glendale-20130619-00008 by dennis_p, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7441\/9094117434_e94ecf97e2_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Glendale-20130619-00008\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To hand converted beauties like the <a href=\"http:\/\/zelectricmotors.com\/\">ZElectricbug<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ZElectric Bug #1<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/9053314325\/\" title=\"IMG_1888 by dennis_p, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3813\/9053314325_e494759253_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"IMG_1888\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To full production EVs, like the Mitsubishi iMiEV, Ford Focus EV, Nissan Leaf, Smart 3rd Gen ED, and my latest temptation the BMW i3.  Not pictured are the Chevy Volt, 2nd Gen Toyota RAV4 EV, and the Plug-in Prius.<\/p>\n<p>Mitsubishi iMiEV<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/7255456938\/\" title=\"Untitled by dennis_p, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7238\/7255456938_3a00aba653_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ford Focus EV<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/7896577734\/\" title=\"IMG_1236 by dennis_p, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8458\/7896577734_d3ef8ddb52_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_1236\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nissan Leaf<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/8125710088\/\" title=\"IMG_1583 by dennis_p, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8185\/8125710088_71c4556f5c_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_1583\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smart 3rd Gen ED<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/8673533941\/\" title=\"IMG_4745 by dennis_p, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8398\/8673533941_b949b65f21_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_4745\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BMW i3<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/11001432645\/\" title=\"IMG_5427 by dennis_p, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2818\/11001432645_ec8fd684e8_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_5427\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And of course, our EV fleet&#8230;  The Tesla Roadster, Tesla Model S, and the one that got me hooked on EVs our BMW Active E.<\/p>\n<p>Our Tesla Roadster<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/9712364810\/\" title=\"IMG_2694 by dennis_p, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7385\/9712364810_62728143be_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_2694\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our Model S<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/10780681645\/\" title=\"Untitled by dennis_p, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7418\/10780681645_7e15865cd1_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our BMW ActiveE<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/6857969568\/\" title=\"2012-03-08_11-55-27_944 by dennis_p, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7088\/6857969568_082b68d45d_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"2012-03-08_11-55-27_944\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;  EVeryone in the EV world.  From rEVolutionaries and those that are curious (join us, the water is fine)<\/p>\n<p> Happy Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, my favorite EV News site at transportevolved.com asked what do you have to be EV Thankful for&#8230; (Interestingly they&#8217;re based in the UK, but with a LARGE audience of the American EV Community) After over 21 months of EV driving and meticulous postings of my electric mileage, it&#8217;s finally happened. Sometime in the past &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/activee\/ev-thanks-on-thanksgiving-2013-50000-all-electric-miles\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">EV Thanks on Thanksgiving 2013&#8230; 50,000 all electric miles!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,12,21,23],"tags":[87,149,223,225,299,419,569,723,733,735,742,756],"class_list":["post-945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activee","category-bmw-i","category-other-electric-cars","category-tesla-model-s","category-tesla-roadster","tag-activee","tag-bmw-activee","tag-comparing-gas-vs-electric","tag-comparing-other-electric-cars-to-activee","tag-electric-car","tag-i3","tag-nissan-leaf","tag-tesla","tag-tesla-model-s","tag-tesla-motors","tag-tesla-roadster","tag-thanksgiving"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}