My Chevy Volt and the Electric Bill - Pleasantly Surprised
I don't think I've ever been this excited to get an electric bill. The answer to the question so many of you have asked can now be answered.
The metering period started about a week before taking delivery of my Volt and concluded last Friday. Accounting for a few days away for my NASA adventure, the bill covers two weeks of daily Volt charging in the evenings and occasionally during the day.
The total difference? Only an $11.23 increase over last month's bill. I traveled about 500 miles using just electricity during that period of time. Projecting this usage out over the course of a month, the impact should be between $25-30 per month to power the car.
By comparison, my other car which gets an average of about 23mpg would have consumed about 21 gallons of gas to go the same distance. Melissa's diesel VW about 12 and a half.
