Electric car (Chevy Bolt) vs Garage door opener: which costs more to run? (2026)
Estimates use U.S. average $0.180 $/kWh, typical wattage, and typical hours/day from our catalog. Adjust on each appliance page.
Electric car (Chevy Bolt)
- Typical watts
- 7000 W
- Hours/day
- 1.5
- Monthly est.
- $56.63
- kWh/mo
- 315.0
Garage door opener
- Typical watts
- 200 W
- Hours/day
- 2
- Monthly est.
- $2.16
- kWh/mo
- 12.0
Electric car (Chevy Bolt) is estimated to cost more per month at typical use.