I listened to that this morning! He apparently gets about $4 each and says the impact on his electric bill is negligible. I haven’t tried it, but definitely interesting to consider!
Quote from: lexde on March 13, 2019, 10:28:59 AMI listened to that this morning! He apparently gets about $4 each and says the impact on his electric bill is negligible. I haven’t tried it, but definitely interesting to consider!This is the part I really want more detail on. I don't trust the average person's attention to their electric bill!
Quote from: Tass on March 13, 2019, 10:34:21 AMQuote from: lexde on March 13, 2019, 10:28:59 AMI listened to that this morning! He apparently gets about $4 each and says the impact on his electric bill is negligible. I haven’t tried it, but definitely interesting to consider!This is the part I really want more detail on. I don't trust the average person's attention to their electric bill!The scooters have a 7800 mAh, 36 V battery. This is equivalent to 0.28 kwh. If you pay 12 cents per kwh, charging each scooter should cost 3.36 cents.You just have to hope that one of the batteries never starts on fire while you're asleep.
Yep - there really is almost no electricity cost to these electric mobility devices. I could ride my e-bike forever without really impacting my electric bill by more than a few bucks, even with very high electricity rates. Truth be told, the running cost - and net carbon output - of a regular bike is higher than an e-bike, due to the extra food intake. I imagine that if I ran the numbers for the electric scooter, they'd be even lower than my e-bike (which I always pedal, maybe a different story if I just rode it like a scooter), but where would be the fun in zero exercise?
Quote from: Arbitrage on March 15, 2019, 07:47:03 AMYep - there really is almost no electricity cost to these electric mobility devices. I could ride my e-bike forever without really impacting my electric bill by more than a few bucks, even with very high electricity rates. Truth be told, the running cost - and net carbon output - of a regular bike is higher than an e-bike, due to the extra food intake. I imagine that if I ran the numbers for the electric scooter, they'd be even lower than my e-bike (which I always pedal, maybe a different story if I just rode it like a scooter), but where would be the fun in zero exercise?My Kill-A-Watt meter says my ebike costs about a nickel to recharge. Think about that. A nickel to ride 30-40 miles vs buying one or two gallons of gasoline for a car/SUV.