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How much electricity does a car generate?
I just bought an electric car! Woohoo! It’s a 2022 Nissan Leaf, and I’m wondering about how much energy it's using when I take it on the road. I want to do some road trips this summer and I’m curious how much it might cost. How much electricity would you say a car generates?
Elaine Duvet · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
Congrats on the
Nissan Leaf
! A bunch of my friends own one and they love it! And that’s a great question. Getting to know your electric car
can be overwhelming at first, but the more you know, the better you can take care of your awesome vehicle!- To travel 100 miles, the average electric car uses** 30 kilowatt-hours (kWh)**.
- **30 kWh **is also the same amount of electricity an average household uses per day to run lights, heating, AC, and various appliances.
- It cost about 13 cents per kWh, using the average national residential utility rate.
With this new knowledge, you can now calculate how much energy each
road trip
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