Just to add fuel to the fire copied this from FB
Hi, in case it interests anyone wondering about longevity of an EV and use of public charging, its now 4 years I've been driving an EV and it has worked out well, so thought I'd share my stats today. Here are some stats as of today, with my EV now 4 yrs old.
Odometer: 100,041km
Average lifetime driving consumption: 15kWh/100km
Battery storage capacity: The battery is now at 90% of original capacity
Average real world range at 110km/hr: At new it was ~460-500km, now after 4 yrs ~ 410-450km.
Charging Lifetime History:
I usually park on the street and mainly use public charging, with a split of about 20% home and 80% public charging.
AC home and public charging for 54% of charges
DC charging for 46% of charges
Public Charging networks used most in the last 12 month period: AC networks - Chargefox 32%, Exploren 31%, Non networked 15%, Enevi 5%, Seavolt 3%, SolarHub 2%, ChargePost 2%, Charge N Go 2% Other networks 8%.
DC Networks - Tesla 30%, Evie 24%, Jolt 21%, Exploren 16%, Chargefox 3%, AmpCharge 2%, BP Pulse 2%, Other 2%.
Cost of public charging: As an example, my charging cost, using a variety of public AC & DC chargers, for my trip to Townsville from Sydney 4,849km return, was $7.35 per 100km, ($356.35 total). But if I charge at my local public AC charger its 35c/kWh, so $5.25 to travel 100km
Charging time: varies but as an example, my fastest charging rate was when the charge rate peaked at 196kW at the DC charger at Holbrook NSW, taking my EV from 16% to 80% in 25 min.
Type of roads travelled: Travel has been across eastern states of Australia including all the coast from Townsville Qld to Port Fairy Vic. Inland travel included only out to as far west as Nhill and Mildura in Vic and Balranald, Hillston, Cobar and Bourke in NSW.
Type of EV: A Tesla 3 AWD LR 2021 Model with 75kWh battery.
