Just for a bit of fun, let’s see who has the cheapest/priciest overnight home charging among this friendly global community. Just state your off-peak per kWh price (local currency and US$ to help us compare) and your country.
I’ll go first: China, 0.35 RMB per kWh, which is US$0.05 (yes, five cents!) per kWh.
Essentially, filling up with a tank of gas would cost 10x more than filling up my 75 kWh battery.
Bonus: my Nio ET5 pic!
Off-peak is $.0445 per kWh with Portland General Electric (PGE) in Portland, Oregon.
I also get a $25 rebate each month for enrolling my home charger in PGE’s Smart Charging program, which allows PGE to control the rate of charge on my EV overnight. I get a $25 rebate each month if my charger participates in a minimum number of charging “events” (2 to 4-hour long windows where the rate of charge is reduced somewhat).
Given how few miles I drive my 2013 Leaf (487 miles per month on average) and how often my car participates in the Smart Charging events, I’m basically being paid to charge my car.
Oh, and my ChargePoint EV charger and panel upgrade were also paid for with a PGE rebate.