16c per kilowatt hour. The 35k car battery is what 45kwh? So 7.20 to fill'er up Johnny. That charge is good for what 60 miles? So enough to get to work and back and maybe stop at the store, every day. 25 days of driving per month, you're tossing a 180 in e-fuel per month, or ~$2000 a year. In two years you'll use up the $4,250 without driving 100k miles. I'm a moron with absolutely average intelligence and I ain't buying it chief.
You get a hybrid, then you use fuel for everythang. No need to suck off the grid directly. With a $35k hybrid you're paying $4.50/gal for gas, you're getting 450 miles out of every tank, which costs you ~$45. That's $190/mo in gas, with the convenience of not having to charge your thingymajigy. I'll pay that extra $10, no problem, won't even lose sleep over it. I like my vroom vroom.
If you start putting your foot down the battery car becomes much less efficient than the other car.
Plug-ins are the best of both world. Get a battery that covers your commute, so you save a ton there plus there are no anxiety of running out of electricity since you have a fuel tank and you'll still get great mileage as a hybrid.
16c per kilowatt hour. The 35k car battery is what 45kwh? So 7.20 to fill'er up Johnny. That charge is good for what 60 miles?
A 45 kWh battery is good for 180 miles if you're an average driver. If you're careful it's enough for 220 - 270 miles. That completely destroys your calculations.
I seriously doubt that, when the Tesla 60kwh battery can hardly pull off 150 miles in realistic driving. In realistic driving maybe maaaaybe 90 miles for 45kwh.
You can doubt it, but it's fact. Teslas are shit for efficiency, but even they average 4 miles/kWh. The reason you're not hearing millions of electric car owners complaining that their cars can only go 1/5th as far as advertised is because they're not.
Of course there are ways to drive like a moron and waste your fuel. That's true in any car. I hear about retards complaining that their car's mileage was overstated on the window sticker all the time. If you can't beat the EPA rating you're driving like a retard. You can easily drive 75+ all day long and still beat the EPA ratings ... gas or electric.
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