Working out running costs

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JOL54
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Post by JOL54 »

Done 500 miles now (only had it on the 21st Feb) - but stuck how to work out fuel costs. Is there a formula to work out from KW used or hours charge time the elec cost?
Use free public charger mainly (so Polar plus monthly fee has to be added).

i.e. to date charged for 44hrs + 34.37 litres. Petrol works out at 66mpg which seems rather poor. I know it has hardly bedded in yet tho and of course the last few days have been so cold the engine has run a lot.

Any ideas please?

Suman
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Post by Suman »

Having the heater on appears to have a huge impact on fuel economy. Try using the Driver only setting where possible and, as the weather warms up, turn it off completely to improve your MPG.
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niroal
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Post by niroal »

The lack of electric used info from the car is a major bugbear of mine (especially as our other car is a Renault Zoe full BEV) that gives all the info you need plus from the phone you car find out how charged it is.
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