My car literally runs on water. Around 90% of British Columbia's power supply is hydroelectric. We are primarily self sufficient because of our many large-scale dams. In fact, our provincial electrical utility is named BC Hydro.
Today, my car sipped some of it while we were doing our grocery shopping. It is a perfect arrangement because my building still has not installed charging facilities. It is sheer logic to kill two birds with one stone.
The rates for charging in the province just had an increase. However, this is due to the implementation of a large, province-wide system of DC charging stations. British Columbia is larger than the US states of California, Oregon, and Washington State combined.
I do pay a bit more than if I were able to charge in my own garage, but most people have no idea of just how cheap it is to drive an EV. I tried to calculate once and figured out that it was magnitudes cheaper than buying gasoline. I know the calculation make even more sense today, much more sense. On top of that, there are about 20 or 30 moving parts in EV propulsion system compared to thousands in an internal combustion engine. I don't have oil changes and little maintenace whatsoever.
Today, I spent a total of nearly US$ 7.75. I'll probably have to do the exact same thing again after a few weeks.
