08-01-2022, 06:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-01-2022, 11:57 PM by HereOnThePrimalEdge.)
Kept the Leaf.
It still gets 40 miles on a charge. Plenty for driving around HPP, Pahoa, Keaau. Enough for Hilo too, if I plug in for a little while in town to avoid range anxiety.
Cost to run: $0. Charge from solar panels.
EV6. 1000 miles on it, cost for fuel so far $0.
(For comparison, a truck getting 10 miles per gallon at $5.00/gallon - - $500 for fuel)
Added:
The EV6 has a 10 year, 100,000 mile warrenty on the battery.
If you buy a gas vehicle that gets 20 miles per gallon, you drive 12,000 miles a year, and gas prices average $5.00/gal over the next 10 years*, it will cost $30,000 in gas to operate. Plus the cost of buying the car. With near zero trade in value in 10 years because no one will want a gas powered vehicle.
* most likely that price is quite a bit on the low side
It still gets 40 miles on a charge. Plenty for driving around HPP, Pahoa, Keaau. Enough for Hilo too, if I plug in for a little while in town to avoid range anxiety.
Cost to run: $0. Charge from solar panels.
EV6. 1000 miles on it, cost for fuel so far $0.
(For comparison, a truck getting 10 miles per gallon at $5.00/gallon - - $500 for fuel)
Added:
The EV6 has a 10 year, 100,000 mile warrenty on the battery.
If you buy a gas vehicle that gets 20 miles per gallon, you drive 12,000 miles a year, and gas prices average $5.00/gal over the next 10 years*, it will cost $30,000 in gas to operate. Plus the cost of buying the car. With near zero trade in value in 10 years because no one will want a gas powered vehicle.
* most likely that price is quite a bit on the low side