How much did it cost me to fuel my car in 2025?

As a companion to this video (linked to here), I calculated what it cost me to charge my 2016 Kia Soul EV electric car in 2025: the total was $267.07.

Here’s a summary of where that charging happened, and how much it cost:

Charging at Home

At home I charge the car with an EVDuty level 2 charger. The EVDuty app lets me export my charging session data as CSV files, which I then totalled in a spreadsheet.

• I charged the car at home 78 times.
• Charging used a total of 1,036 kWh of electricity.
• At the going rate of 17.23 cents per kWh, the cost for that electricity was $178.50.

Charging on the Go

Most of the time when I’m on the go I’m charging using level 2 or level 3 chargers that accept the Flo system’s card. The Flo website allows charging data to be exported as an Excel file.

• I charged the car at Flo stations 18 times.
• Charging used a total of 189 kWh of electricity.
• Total Flo charges were $88.58.

Flo chargers bill by time, not by kWh. The effective cost per kWh of my charging at Flo stations was 47 cents.

Otherwise

There are a few other places I can’t account for.

When we’re out by the shore, I charge the card overnight using a level 1 charger plugged into a regular household outlet; I don’t account for that electricity. 

And there were a few times I used free chargers, like the old Sun Country Highway ones, a few of which are still around. 

Combined, I probably charged like this about 10 times.