When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

[ScottyP]

I don't like the Rivian headlights (sorry Rivian superfans), but the rest of the vehicle looks good and would still might buy one in the future. I drive a 14 year old vehicle and plan to drive it into the ground so not planning to get anything for a while.

 

[RedlineSi]

I don't like the Rivian headlights (sorry Rivian superfans), but the rest of the vehicle looks good and would still might buy one in the future. I drive a 14 year old vehicle and plan to drive it into the ground so not planning to get anything for a while.

Doesn't bother me.

My dad doesn't get the headlights either lol.

 

[Taz4President]

Austin Energy about 5 cents per KW on the sell back?

I’m not sure of the number but it’s not 1:1 net metering. There’s two meters so they know what you consume and you pay Austin Energy for all energy used regardless of the source and then they pay you for what you produced at a set rate.

I think the buyback rate just went up so maybe the economics just got better.

 

[Taz4President]

What is the compensation, and what do you consider fair? My agreement with the electric company for over production is what they buy electric for. To me that seems fair, why should the company pay me more than they can purchase it? If they do, that means solar is raising the rates for all the other customers. Then throw in that they own the infrastructure to move the electricity from my transformer to the other customers and I didn’t pay a cent for that.

Fair points and I haven’t gotten that far in my analysis. There’s a couple scenarios I’d like to evaluate. One is trying into the grid and trying to cover the majority of my consumption and the other is just trying to build a system that can charge my EV and also maybe run a split unit in my garage along with the 3D printer I have in there.

No, I don’t think I should get compensated for more than the utility can purchase it and it’s also not that easy to determine a fair number.

Every hour, each utility is estimating their demand and looking to fill that demand with their own gen or from the market. If the utility has to use natural gas peaker units - those are expensive. My point is that it’s a constantly changing incremental cost analysis.

 

[BCClone]

Fair points and I haven’t gotten that far in my analysis. There’s a couple scenarios I’d like to evaluate. One is trying into the grid and trying to cover the majority of my consumption and the other is just trying to build a system that can charge my EV and also maybe run a split unit in my garage along with the 3D printer I have in there.

No, I don’t think I should get compensated for more than the utility can purchase it and it’s also not that easy to determine a fair number.

Every hour, each utility is estimating their demand and looking to fill that demand with their own gen or from the market. If the utility has to use natural gas peaker units - those are expensive. My point is that it’s a constantly changing incremental cost analysis.

I know it changes. I get the monthly average each month. Easiest for them. On average that amount is in that 2.5 to 3 cents. Why solar doesn’t pay to overproduce unless you are with like Alliant who has govt mandates that forces them to pay higher than wholesale.

 

[Taz4President]

Austin Energy about 5 cents per KW on the sell back?

Austin Energy about 5 cents per KW on the sell back?

It’s currently at 9.91 cents/KWh. Sounds great, however any excess is given as a credit that can’t be cashed out or transferred. So, there’s no incentive to build a system larger than what you consume. And obviously what you consume varies a lot by the season. I guess you’d size it to your average consumption and bank credits during the winter and use up the credits in the summer.

 

[brianhos]

Yikes, filled up the gas car I never drive today, $66! Going EV was great, that is months worth of charging at home.

 

[Thomasrickj]

I don't, but I'm really intrigued by the iX3 that's coming soon. If it has decent sized rear legroom, I may be in.

The iX3 is out and it seems nice. Guessing it's similar rear leg room to my regular X3, which is not great. Price tag on the iX3 is steep though, starting at $61,500. And let's face it, nobody wants the minimum so it's probably closer to $70,000 for one with the options people will want.

 

[dmclone]

The iX3 is out and it seems nice. Guessing it's similar rear leg room to my regular X3, which is not great. Price tag on the iX3 is steep though, starting at $61,500. And let's face it, nobody wants the minimum so it's probably closer to $70,000 for one with the options people will want.

Yeah, when you compare it to something like the R2, it seems way overpriced. With that said, I trust the reliability of the BMW more than Rivian.