Showerthought: my neighbor's new electric car uses less power than his old air conditioner

I was chatting with him in his driveway yesterday and he showed me his home energy app. His EV, a Chevy Bolt, added about 300 kilowatt-hours to his bill last month. But his old central AC unit, which he replaced last summer, used over 400 kWh in July alone. I always figured a car would be the biggest power hog in a house, but nope. Has anyone else seen their actual numbers for stuff like this? It kind of flipped my thinking on what really uses energy.

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simong7925d ago

Heard the same from my buddy with his Tesla.

emery87925d ago

Wonder if the charging network strain is making all EVs feel slower lately.

wyatt_shah855d ago

My last charge felt like it took forever too.