When charging your electric car, PG&E's EV Plan is your best bet

When charging your electric car, PG&E's EV Plan is your best bet

PG&E's EV Plan gives you electricity at $0.17/kW-hr during off-peak times (12 midnight to 3 pm).  Over the weekend I used an EV Go charging station.  I was charged $13.50 for a 45-minute session.  In that session my Chevy Bolt was charged 29.210 kW-hr.  This comes out to $0.46/kW-hr which is almost four times the energy rate PG&E gives me.  As calculated before, the Chevy Bolt claims to give 3.8 miles/kW-hr.  For the 29.210 kW-hr charge, Bolt will run for 111 miles.  A gas car running for 111 miles will consume 3.7 gallons of gasoline (assuming 30 miles/gallon); gas being $3/gallon in northern California, the total cost of 111 miles will be $11.10.  In short, charging your EV at commercial charging stations is a bad idea.