How much to charge your truck from say 20% to 100% and milage from that 80% use

[hemiarch]

Don't buy a Cybertruck to save money, lol.

Seriously though….lol

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[ABILISK]

Obviously it depends on the electricity rates in your area and where you charge - home vs. commercial Superchargers or 3rd party chargers.

For me, I rarely road trip, almost all of my driving is around metro Atlanta and my charging is done at home with a Tesla Universal Wall Charger. In my use case, I'm saving a ton on gas, here's a rough breakdown.

First off, energy rates in Georgia are generally low compared nationally. My rates are variable by season, but break down like this:

• Summer (June-October): 8¢ per kWh for the first 800 kWh, and 8.7¢ per kWh for all over 800 kWh.
  
  
• Winter (November-May): 7.8¢ per kWh for the first 400 kWh, 5.5¢ per kWh for the next 700 kWh, and 4.6¢ per kWh for all over 1100 kWh.

The Cybertruck has a 123kWh battery, so assuming $0.08/kWh and my lifetime average of 369Wh/mi (FS AWD CT):

• 20% = 24.6kWh, ~$1.97 worth of energy for 66.6 miles of range
• 80% = 98.4kWh, ~$7.87 worth of energy for 266.6 miles of range
• 100% = 123kWh, ~$9.84 worth of energy for 333.3 miles of range

An important thing to understand about electric vehicles is how incredibly efficient they are with energy usage. A single gallon of regular gas contains about 33.7kWH of energy. That means a fully charged Cybertruck holds the equivalent of ~3.64 gallons of gas, yet can travel 330 miles on that amount of energy - the equivalent of ~90mpg.

And for that 90mpg-equivalent vehicle, I have a nearly 6800lb, 600hp truck that goes WAY faster and handles WAY better than it has any right to do.

I was about to go full math mode, thanks for saving me the trouble

 

[chaosmarine92]

Looking at my charge stats I "spend" about $50 a month on charging at home. In reality it's more like $10 because most of my charging comes from solar. doing an 80% charge from the grid would cost about $12 with my electric rates. The times I've gone on a road trip and used a supercharger it's usually around $20-30 to fill up.

 

[eswimm]

Tesla has never been about being the cheapest form of transportation, but it is usually cheaper than equivalent transportation. My BMW X6M was costing me $600/month in gas (11 mpg, premium fuel requirement) and I replaced it with a Model X P100D which cost me $60/month charging at home. In addition to drastic fuel costs differences, I saved $1,000s in maintenance.

If you're comparing costs with a different class of vehicle or have requirements that would leave you using only the most expensive methods of charging a Tesla, then it's probably not the right choice of vehicle.

 

[BeFamousVideo]

I've had my 2025 AWD for almost 6 months. I use my nearby Supercharger for all "fill-ups", I don't have a home charger. I only fill up to 80% (recommended for daily driving). 100% is only recommended for cross-country. That said, I pay approximately $27 to go from 20% to 80% charge and that requires sitting on the charger for 40-45 minutes.

As far as range, I get approximately 3 miles for every % of battery. This matches the advertised 300 mile range on a full charge.

If I divide my cost by miles driven, I get $0.20/mile. For comparison, our 2016 Prius costs $0.05/mile, our 2020 Ford Expedition 3.5L turbo V-6 costs $0.14/mile (both these are on regular gas) and our V-12 Mercedes costs $0.20/mile on Premium gas.

Hope this helps.

Your 5 yr old Expedition has a lower cost to operate than your CT? That seems like the math is off.

 

[Beetlebug62]

Hope you all are having a good week and just wondering now after reading a few newer posts, I wonder if anyone knows how much it cost to charge from say 20% to 100% in a Cybertruck. I know electric rates can be a bit different in parts of the U.S. but just wondered how much you are saving over buying gas for the same amount of miles. Also how many miles will you really get on that 100% charge down to 20% (combo hiway/city).

Using my Hybrid Mavrick as a base line. it costs around $30-32 to fill up from when the "E" comes on to full. For that I will get about 525-550 miles after a fill up to full. So I can go from my home in Liberty Hill to Houston (190 Miles) and back and still have 1/4 tank at least and no need to stop between going or coming back. The Mavrick has a 13.8 Gal tank with a 2 Gal reserve still once the "E" comes on so it is not really empty. That is why I ask from 20% for you as I figure that is like my 2.7 gallon reserve.

Enjoy your Cyber and be safe and careful out there. Remember if you are in Austin area and see a Older guy in a Medium Blue Hybrid Mavrick waving to you it may be me. I got no issues with your choice and hope you are truly enjoying each day with it.

If it costs you $32 to drive 525mi, then it costs you 6c/mile, which is great. A non-hybrid vehicle typically costs ~10c/mi.

The average national electricity cost is ~12c/kWh. I've driven a Model 3 for about 6 ½yrs and my cost for 50:50 driving is a little over 3c/mile.

I only got my Cybertruck 2 ½months ago, so I can't say for sure, but so far, under optimal weather conditions because April/May are pretty optimal, 65:35 driving, 65% urban and country roads with speeds 35-55mph; and 35% interstate speeds of 75-80mph; my lifetime average efficiency is 353Wh/mi, which means it costs about 4.24c/mile.

If you look in the red boxes, you can see my last 10mi in 80°-90° weather driving on country roads, since we're having a heatwave right now. 285Wh/mi is 3.4c/mile. My last 100miles shows 320Wh/miles, and that's the same as 3.8c/mile.

It all sounds great, but remember, I've only driven in fairly optimal conditions. I only turned on AC this week in the truck and house! And, if you are roadtripping, and charging at superchargers, then the cost I typically see is 40c/kWh, not the 12c/kWh I pay at home. That's going to put your per mile cost over triple of everything I wrote above. Roadtripping will not save you money, driving locally will save you money.

One caveat. Some people have gotten "free supercharging for life", as part of a promotion, and that obviously makes roadtripping incredibly cheap!

 

[TJCJr9999]

Hope you all are having a good week and just wondering now after reading a few newer posts, I wonder if anyone knows how much it cost to charge from say 20% to 100% in a Cybertruck. I know electric rates can be a bit different in parts of the U.S. but just wondered how much you are saving over buying gas for the same amount of miles. Also how many miles will you really get on that 100% charge down to 20% (combo hiway/city).

Using my Hybrid Mavrick as a base line. it costs around $30-32 to fill up from when the "E" comes on to full. For that I will get about 525-550 miles after a fill up to full. So I can go from my home in Liberty Hill to Houston (190 Miles) and back and still have 1/4 tank at least and no need to stop between going or coming back. The Mavrick has a 13.8 Gal tank with a 2 Gal reserve still once the "E" comes on so it is not really empty. That is why I ask from 20% for you as I figure that is like my 2.7 gallon reserve.

Enjoy your Cyber and be safe and careful out there. Remember if you are in Austin area and see a Older guy in a Medium Blue Hybrid Mavrick waving to you it may be me. I got no issues with your choice and hope you are truly enjoying each day with it.

Real world data for my 2024 Beast (>10k miles so far) driven in upstate New York, takes roughly 5-6 hours to totally recharge after 250 mile trip (NEMA 14-50 plug, draws 32 Amps max) scheduled during wee hours of each night eating up 45 kWh of juice, at $.17/kWh, costs $7.65 to charge, or better yet go 250 miles vs 250 miles in a 20/25 mpg truck at $3/gallon ($30). You can charge on a regular 110 volt outlet but it would take roughly 9 hours to charge back those 120 miles every night.
And Tesla had a program where you could get unlimited supercharging for the life of the truck....... Image Ford, Chevy, Dodge selling a gas/diesel truck with unlimited GAS/DIESEL for the life of the truck, yeah sure !!!!!!!!!!

Then there's the "but the CT is so expensive", yeah sure, go price a 2025 two motor CT, $80k, and go price a 2025 Tundra,,,,,,,,,2025 Silverado,,,,,,,,, F150,,,,,,,,,,,, all in the same range......

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

dw wrote
You need to add in oil changes, brake pads, lubrication - normal hybrid maintenance

I got 6 years worth of maintenance in my truck built in with Ford via the purchase. Sort of like you who got the free supercharger promo.

So I get oil changes, wipers (every 6 months), brake pads, etc. Any schedule maintenance in the 6 years is also covered at no cost to me. Also the battery is covered and all the hybrid stuff for 6 years. Also in my area some of the stuff they come to my home to do like recalls which is super nice.

So my actual out of pocket costs are really just for tires and about $10 in gas a week for the next 5 years. Was a 6 yearservice contract but 1 year is done.

It is a 2024 XLT and we purchased it with the maintenance contract and was just under 32K out the door for us. I know you CT is A LOT more nice then what I have and it sure does look nice inside and sounds like the ride is super nice and sound system also. Not sure if I would like to buy tires for it though, that has to cost a pretty penny.

So if you see a blue hybrid waiving at you in Austin area or Houston (we go visit grandkids every 3 months) that may be me....

Be safe and have a great time and enjoy life and you "GREAT" Cybertruck....

 

[Beetlebug62]

I drove across the country and back last year with my CB. After calculating the cost for my f350 diesel from the average cost of diesel through the trip that I saw ($3/gal) and low balling my mpg that my truck gets (I estimated 20 mpg when I know I usually get 22-24 for highway driving) I found my CB cost me an extra day of driving one way due to the 11 (as I recall) charging stops (versus 2 or 3 fuel stops for my f350) and $200 more in electric costs from the super chargers versus diesel and def (for the entire round trip). Now that being said, that roughly 7k miles would have use up most of my oil change (7500-10k miles) and that truck has about a 16 quart oil pan. So that would have been about 150 to 250 for an oil change when I got home.

So the cb ended up taking 2 more travel days aka 2 more hotel rooms or about $300 more overall. Superchargers are typically 4 to 12 times as expensive as the electricity I pay for at the house. Even more so if I charge my tesla via the off grid solar system I built with the gas savings for 2 years of driving my model y after I sold my jeep for it (was spending over $600/mo on gas on my jeep to commute and that dropped to about $40/mo for my model y or $60/mo for my CB).

TL;DR: You will generally save a good chunk of cash for commuting unless you are in a state that has very high electrical costs (CA, HI, CT, ETC) but don't expect to save much if any for long distance driving or towing.

As I plan to do a big 6000+mi roadtrip this Winter, I'm always interested in other people's roadtrip experiences. What stuck out to me is you did only ~11 stops to cross the country!?! Wow. I could never do that. I'm too old, my bladder is too small.

Back in 2021 I drove my Model 3, 2200mi to Denver and back, and I stopped 21x, each way! Charged on avg 17mins. But, I drove fast, about 115% of the speed limit. 700-800mi a day.

Looking at my CT-dual, I'm thinking it should be about the same. I'm older, my bladder is not getting larger. I'll still need close to 20 stops to drive the 2200mi to Denver.

 

[carsly]

To the OP, on a fixed budget and unless you need every last square inch of load space, I'd suggest a used Model Y. You can get 4 mi/kwh as opposed to 2.5-3.0 mi/kwh with Cybertruck, interior is still very comfortable and it goes and goes. At some point, maybe look at a used Cybertruck in 3-4 years but a used Model Y might do everything you need at a more desirable price point with higher efficiency.

 

[Hunter71294]

I’m currently in South Florida. It’s about $21 to go from 0-100%. 7¢ / mile.
I’m moving back to KY where it’s even cheaper and it’s $13.50 to fill up or 4.5¢ / mile.
I was driving a 99’ LX470 which got about 13mpg and I used premium gas so 31¢ / mile for fuel ?.

 

[wshunter]

80% of the battery would be about 98kWh or a bit under $11 charging at home. That's about 255 miles of driving, a bit over $0.04/mile.

That’s about how it works out for ours.

 

[shopaholic]

Reading all the rates around the country, PGE rates are insane- thank you Gavin and PUC.

PG&E Residential EV Plan (EV2-A)

The EV2-A plan is a time-of-use rate that bundles home and EV charging consumption, designed for customers who can charge during off-peak hours. Rates are per kilowatt-hour (kWh) and vary by season (summer: June–September; winter: October–May) and time of day.


• Peak Hours (4 p.m. – 9 p.m. daily):
• Summer: ~$0.57–$0.62/kWh
• Winter: ~$0.45–$0.50/kWh
• Off-Peak Hours (midnight – 3 p.m., 9 p.m. – midnight):
• Summer: ~$0.34/kWh
• Winter: ~$0.34/kWh
• Partial-Peak Hours (3 p.m. – 4 p.m., 9 p.m. – midnight):
• Summer: ~$0.40–$0.45/kWh
• Winter: ~$0.38–$0.40/kWh

 

[Loudness]

Reading all the rates around the country, PGE rates are insane- thank you Gavin and PUC.

PG&E Residential EV Plan (EV2-A)

The EV2-A plan is a time-of-use rate that bundles home and EV charging consumption, designed for customers who can charge during off-peak hours. Rates are per kilowatt-hour (kWh) and vary by season (summer: June–September; winter: October–May) and time of day.


• Peak Hours (4 p.m. – 9 p.m. daily):
• Summer: ~$0.57–$0.62/kWh
• Winter: ~$0.45–$0.50/kWh
• Off-Peak Hours (midnight – 3 p.m., 9 p.m. – midnight):
• Summer: ~$0.34/kWh
• Winter: ~$0.34/kWh
• Partial-Peak Hours (3 p.m. – 4 p.m., 9 p.m. – midnight):
• Summer: ~$0.40–$0.45/kWh
• Winter: ~$0.38–$0.40/kWh

Wow, that's insane. You're paying 5x what I pay in Georgia!

 

[shopaholic]

Not just the rates, but what the 3rd party charging companies charge after receiving Billions in the infrastructure mandate giveaways ! Total ripoff by corporations backed by politicians.

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