Couple shocked after comparing the energy bills of two Teslas they each drove 500 miles a week in
One of the biggest reasons many decide to go electric for their cars is the price, and one YouTuber shared their shocking energy bills after him and his wife picked up two Teslas and drove around 500 miles a week each.
It is staggering to see quite how much people can save each month when making the switch from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles, and some have even managed to pay virtually nothing across an entire year with the right set up.
Certain car owners have shared the long-term savings they have been able to make when opting for a new Tesla car, as while the initial cost of entry might be higher, it often evens out down the road for everything outside of the car itself.
This became even clearer after one YouTuber shared their electric bill though, as the addition of two new Teslas produced results you might not expect at the end of every month.
What were the costs before buying Teslas?
As reported by LADbible, YouTuber Mac's Tech Toy Box gave a detailed rundown of his home's electrical bill before he and his wife made the jump over to electric vehicles with Tesla.
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For the first five months they spent living in their home without electric vehicles - which was also during the summer so it had high air conditioning usage - their bill averaged out at $225.
Some months were more expensive than others, but that is what he generally had to fork up every month without the extra burden of charging two cars on his front driveway.
How much did he have to pay after buying two Teslas?
After that, he picked up a Tesla Model Y, whereas his wife bought a Tesla Model 3 Long Range, so both should offer potentially different results due to their contrasting size - although both people drove on average around 500 miles per week.
As Mac bought his Model Y slightly before his wife picked up her Tesla, there is a short period where we're able to see the effects of just a single car, although the results are shocking.
"Just with looking at me charging my vehicle with my charging habits from the months of March until June [...] the bill actually went down to $214.81."
While it might seem strange and almost impossible for the bill to decrease with added load, the time of year does play a big factor, which Mac himself points out.
He didn't need to use the air conditioning as much both inside his home and in the car, and therefore the added load of charging the Tesla didn't cost quite as much as the AC would in the hotter summer months.
Now that his wife has her Model 3 Long Range though we're able to see what a month using both cars actually costs, with the added pressure of the heat in July.
"Moving on to this last month [July] where we had both vehicles charging at our charge habits, my bill was $267.32, so that's quite an increase from the $214 with just me, but only slightly more expensive than that average of $225 from before I got any electric vehicle."
What really hammers home the cost savings of opting for electric cars though is when you factor in the price of gas that isn't part of the $225 pre-EV bill, and it's something that Mac now doesn't need to think about.
He revealed that across both him and his wife they'd spend on average around $320 a month on petrol, which when combined with the $225 energy costs amounts to $545.
This is far more expensive overall than running the two Tesla cars across the same time period, working out as just over double the price which can definitely eat into your budget.
If this same discrepancy remained throughout the year then Mac would save around $3,332.16, which would make up a large percentage of the cost of either vehicle over time.