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2019 · Electric · Consumers Energy

Volkswagen e-Golf charging cost with Consumers Energy in Michigan

Using CalcuRiver’s current verified Consumers Energy Smart Hours schedule, a recurring 11 p.m.–7 a.m. every day in 2026-10 charging window resolves to a duration-weighted 17.40¢/kWh. At 1,000 miles/month, Volkswagen e-Golf is estimated at $49.28 in wall electricity — $16.00 less than the Michigan statewide-average result.

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Utility default: Consumers Energy · Smart Hours · Recurring 23:00–07:00 charging · every day · 2026-10 · utility local time · last verified 2026-09-28
Michigan residential rate23.05¢/kWhEIA · 2026-07 · preliminary
vs U.S. average+25.9%U.S. average 18.31¢/kWh
year over year+12.2%vs July 2025
national rank#13highest residential price
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Consumers Energy Smart Hours: charging-window rate used

Recurring 23:00–07:00 charging · every day · 2026-10 · utility local time. The result is computed from the verified schedule rather than treating one advertised period as a universal flat rate.

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Effective charging rate

Weighted rate17.40¢/kWh
Volkswagen e-Golf · 1,000 mi/month$49.28/mo
State-average comparison$16.00 lower/mo

Tariff window breakdown

Off-peak · 100.0% of window17.40¢/kWh

Rate version cr.consumers-energy.smart-hours.undated.v1 · effective not encoded to open · last verified 2026-09-28.

Boundary. This is a marginal charging-energy estimate. Fixed charges, taxes, riders and account-specific adjustments remain separate unless explicitly modeled.

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Vehicle efficiency3.53 mi/kWh
Utility reference17.40¢ scheduled effective
Battery referencenot published in verified set

MPGe-backed vehicles use the EPA 33.7 kWh/gallon-equivalent conversion; EPA says the MPGe label value already includes charging losses, so CalcuRiver does not add another default loss. Where a manufacturer source gives usable battery and EPA-estimated range but not MPGe, the reference efficiency is battery ÷ range and a 10% wall-loss assumption is applied by default.

cost = miles × 0.283193 kWh/mile × 1.00 × $0.17400/kWh

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Vehicle sourceU.S. EPA / DOE FuelEconomy.gov all-model-year dataset

Reference efficiency: 3.53 mi/kWh from EPA / DOE. Data reviewed 2026-09-28.

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