In which I ponder a pointless consumer decision

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by katiesue

Are there any groups/message boards of current Volt owners where you could get some information on what people are seeing as their actual charging costs?

Yeah, I've looked around. I have a good idea of how much electricity it takes. The complicated part is in what that amount of electricity costs as it's a function of time-of-year/time-of-day/location/rate plan/overall household usage. There's no "this is what it costs to charge" answer, the only thing for it is to sit and do the math, recalculating past bills against the various rate plan options, and then getting an estimate on what it would cost to install the 2nd meter.

That's the point where I decide my time isn't worth that and just accept the default "Slightly cheaper than gas but not as cheap as it could be if I optimized my rate plan etc." option. Which puts a bit of a dent in the overall savings.

[Moonliner]

At $200/Month it sounds hard to resist. I know when I was looking at a new car I just missed a similar deal I might have jumped on. Of course then I would have ended up in suburban snoozeville rather than driving a land rocket that makes me smile every day.