Should I Charge My Car?
See if charging your plug-in hybrid is cheaper than filling up on gas.
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Pick your car to start.
Select your car
Don’t see your exact year? Pick the closest one. A plug-in hybrid’s MPG and efficiency rarely change within a generation, so the result comes out essentially the same. Not listed at all, or want exact figures? Pick “My own car” at the top of the list to enter your own MPG, efficiency, and battery.
Car data: US EPA & DOE (fueleconomy.gov).
Adjust numbers
Auto-filled from your car. Only change these if you track your own real-world numbers.
Energy price isn’t flat?
Enter each price and the time it starts (it runs until the next one). We use your device’s current time to pick the rate now and flag a cheaper window.
Set the price from the start (0 min), then add tiers that kick in after a number of minutes of charging.
Charger fees (service, time, tax)
Add these only if the charger’s screen lists them.
An hourly fee for staying plugged in, on top of the energy cost. Example: free for the first 4 hr, then $5/hr.
A percentage added to the whole bill. Add one row per line on the charger’s screen (e.g. state 6.25%, city 1%); we total them.
Charge time & cost
Set your charger speed and how full you want the battery, then see how long it takes, the range you add, and the all-in price per kWh.
Charger speed
This car’s max AC charge rate is estimated from EPA charge-time data, so it’s approximate. It affects the time estimate and the Level 2 cap, not the charge-or-gas verdict. Edit it if you know your car’s exact rate.
PHEVs charge on AC only, so speed is capped by the car’s onboard charger. Power and battery affect the time estimate only.
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