Surely you think your electricity bill will rise, after buying the car, which is charged with electricity, is not it? However, this is not always the case. One freshly baked Chevy Volt owner recently expressed great surprise at this point in the forum, after he had a Volt, but he got a bill for electricity, which was significantly lower than the average before.Specifically, in his case, was one reason why it happened, but there are a few key points that can lead to similar results.
To start a new owner shall sound a comment Chevrolet Volt:
I bought my Volt in the hope that the savings on gasoline compensates for any possible increase in electricity bills. The strange thing is that my electric bill dropped rather than increased.
I never thought of how much I can save you replace all light bulbs to energy-saving, but it turned out that the energy savings after replacing all the bulbs, more than compensates for daily charging Volt. Never before was so nice to get the electricity bills.
Chevy Volt - a gift that never ceases to make gifts.
So, in this case, a simple installation of compact fluorescent lamps (which are not even as effective as LED lamps), instead of the outdated light bulbs, more than compensate for the electricity that the owner of the house used to charge your electric car. With this example, the reader may change his point of view on how much electricity is consumed by ordinary bulbs (more than many of us think) and on how much electricity is consumed electric cars (probably less than many of us think). For example, one member of the forum said that his Volt consumes electricity as a small refrigerator for drinks.
However, replacement of lamps, according to other participants in the debate, it is not the only way to reduce the cost of electricity, after buying an electric car.
For many, it makes sense to switch to charging time depends on the usage (Time of Use - ToU), which offers cheaper electricity outside peak usage (especially at night), but also more expensive during peak demand (primarily in the middle of the afternoon and early evening). Owners of electric cars is very easy to take advantage of such a tariff, because it is very convenient to charge the car is at night - you can program the charger to do it at the right time. These rates also have their own advantages for utility companies, as well as for the environment. The fact that it is often produced electricity at night, which simply do not have time to use it, because of the low demand, at the same time, the increased demand for electricity during the day, forcing public utilities to burn more fuel and creates an additional burden on the grid.
In California, about 80% of the drivers use of electric charging time according to the use.Indeed, respondents to the forum GM-Volt.com referred to the use of such tariffs as one of the ways they themselves or their friends cut their energy costs, after buying their Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf.
That's one of the comments from the forum:
At first I did not notice any difference when purchased his Volt. Then we all went to the home charging, depending on the time of day that is specially designed for owners of electric transport (eg electric tariff for owners). Savings, on average, was about 25% and that's not counting savings that I do not visit a gas station once or twice a week. Buying a second Volt has not changed much now - the whole car charging takes place in off-peak time for maximum savings.
The third of the main ways that can benefit the owners of electric vehicles, in order to obtain lower (much lower), electricity bills, according to several participants of the forum is to use solar energy. Movement on solar energy has many advantages, but the key stimulus transition it is to reduce the account (if not all zero) for electricity. Here is a comment from another user forum on this account, which allows you to come up with many other simple ways to save energy:
Not surprising. Electric makes you think about kWh as a resource. Once you understand that, you begin to see a variety of ways to save this resource. We to buy Volt, walked along this path, I have written many articles on this topic. And now the utility company pays us for the annual excess power generation of the solar installation. Unfortunately, they pay you for electricity at wholesale rates, so now I do not have much, save a little more kilowatt-hours, whether in the office or at home.
One of the main advantages of electric cars, in fact, is that they encourage people to save energy, the use of energy-efficient products and solar energy. For example, about 40% of California's electric vehicle owners already have solar power systems. On the other hand, the possession of a solar installation as well predispose people to buy electric cars. A recent survey showed that of the owners of solar panels and electric cars at the same time, 86% began their journey with solar energy.
In addition to the above methods, there are other proposals to significantly reduce energy consumption. For example, buying a smaller or more efficient refrigerator, a habit to dress in warmer or contrary to lose those extra clothes to save on air conditioning or heating. Using a fan instead of air conditioning. Drying clothes in the dryer is not, and in a natural way. Better insulate your own home or to paint the roof white. In other words, in order to save energy, there are hundreds of ways of methods and approaches.
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