This is EXCELLENT Brian. Excellent find. It should be sent out to as
wide an audience as we can. I.E. Plug-In-America, Sierra Club,
EVDL, etc. etc.
I will do my best to do so.... Should have a prominent SPOT on our Web
Sites also.
On 6/11/13 12:05 PM, Brian Henderson wrote:
A handy reference to questions on costs to run an EV, by comparing
cost of (r)e-fuel'ng.
Dept of Energy "*eGallon*" page:
http://energy.gov/articles/egallon-how-much-cheaper-it-drive-electricity
Displayed is the gallon equivalent energy (33.7 kWh/gallon) at
selected electricity prices. (33.7 * $/kWh) with simple clear design.
Comparison provides an effective message.
note: The comparison doesn't include number of gallons needed to
(r)e-fuel; a point that is a great lead for discussing efficiency of
EV vs. ICE. e.g. Leaf's 24 kWh battery is just an equivalent 0.7
gallon capacity tank, (24/33.7).A Tesla S's 85 kWh is still just 2.5
gallon equivalent.
I think just telling folks that a Tesla-S holds 2.5 gallon/equivalent is
looking at it from the wrong direction.
That would scare most folks who don't do the math correctly.
How about THIS !
I think a fair comparison would be the TESLA-S with a safe highway
range of roughly .. 260 miles. (85 kw pack)
And then compare how many gallons of High TEST to send an Audi A-8, or a
BMW 7 Series, or a comparable
Porsche Panamera the same 260 miles.
So at 9 cents a kwh, filling up a Tesla S to travel 260 miles = approx.
$7.65 Agreed ??
A Porsche Panamera gets 19 mpg combined city/highway. To travel 260
miles that is 13.68 gallons,
and at $3.90 a gallon that's $53 dollars and 36 cents !
Now THAT is a comparison worth mentioning. Two comparable Luxury Cars.
--
Steven S Lough
President: Seattle EV Association
206 524 1351
WEB: www.seattleeva.org
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