This plug in hybrid economy calculator takes the figures you already have and applies the relationship behind plug in hybrid economy calculations for you, giving distance traveled, total distance traveled and costs of electricity from car cost, regular car price, charging station cost, gas price, government incentives, consumption rate, average distance traveled, mpg gas only, mpg of a regular car, trips per month, trips per month, charging at basic price, charging at tier 2 price, electricity price, electricity price (tier 2), range on battery and average distance traveled.
What Is the Plug in Hybrid Economy Calculator?
The plug in hybrid economy calculator works out distance traveled, total distance traveled and costs of electricity from car cost, regular car price, charging station cost, gas price, government incentives, consumption rate, average distance traveled, mpg gas only, mpg of a regular car, trips per month, trips per month, charging at basic price, charging at tier 2 price, electricity price, electricity price (tier 2), range on battery and average distance traveled.
Biological relationships are usually approximations rather than exact laws, so the output is best treated as an estimate with a sensible range around it.
How the Plug in Hybrid Economy Calculation Works
The calculation applies the relationship as published, step by step, so each intermediate value can be checked against the underlying theory.
Keep the units consistent throughout. Mixing a percentage with a proportion is the single most common source of an answer that is out by a factor of a hundred.
Assumptions Worth Knowing
Any relationship used here assumes a constant rate, a representative sample, or a stable population. Real populations rarely meet those conditions for long, so treat the answer as a guide.
Where the inputs are field measurements, a single misread value can shift the result noticeably. Measure carefully and record what you used.
A Worked Example
Working through an example, with car cost set to 10, regular car price set to 5, charging station cost set to 2, the calculator returns distance traveled of 20, and distance traveled (monthly long trip mileage) of 10, and total distance traveled of 30. Substitute your own figures and the same steps produce the same kind of answer.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do I need to work out distance traveled?
Enter car cost, regular car price, charging station cost, gas price, government incentives, consumption rate, average distance traveled, mpg gas only, mpg of a regular car, trips per month, trips per month, charging at basic price, charging at tier 2 price, electricity price, electricity price (tier 2), range on battery and average distance traveled. The calculator then works through the relationship and reports distance traveled, total distance traveled and costs of electricity.
What does the plug in hybrid economy actually calculate?
It takes car cost, regular car price, charging station cost, gas price, government incentives, consumption rate, average distance traveled, mpg gas only, mpg of a regular car, trips per month, trips per month, charging at basic price, charging at tier 2 price, electricity price, electricity price (tier 2), range on battery and average distance traveled and converts them into distance traveled, total distance traveled and costs of electricity using the standard relationship for this problem. Each step is applied in turn, so every output is traceable back to the numbers you typed in.
How should I enter car cost?
Use the value you actually have, in the unit shown next to the field. Enter every value in the same unit system. The calculator assumes the figures you supply are consistent, so it cannot correct a mistake that happens before the calculation starts.
Do I have to fill in every field?
Only the fields a particular result depends on. If you leave one blank, the results that need it simply show a note instead of a number, and everything else still works.
Does anything you type get stored?
No. The whole calculation runs inside your browser, and nothing you enter is uploaded, logged or sent anywhere.