And if the ICE and EV they are similar, then why keep on burning all that fossil fuel (lots with blood on it, and sending our $$$ overseas) and ruining the air and the environment when you could actually be part of the clean, renewable energy future just as easily? Bob
On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Michael Ross via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > Surely you don't mean only maintenance. Isn't there even a little fuel in > that? > > My Scion xB has used up about $18000 in gasoline if I call it an average of > $3 / gallon times 6000 gallons. > > The only repair that is ICE related is $250. I have maybe 35 oil changes > in it at $25 (I do them myself), call it $30 to cover air filters and stuff > - $1050. > > I won't add in the tires and brakes, they are in ICE and EV. > > Never tallied the fuel cost before - that is frightening. > > At a purchase cost of $11,900 with 9000 miles on the clock I think you > don't get a much less expensive ICE. > > I guess the power for an EV might be a quarter of the gas cost. If I > hypothesized an xB EV then I would have saved $13500. Still, there are no > EVs comparable that would compete with the xB on economy and utility. I > have a deal at work where I could get a Leaf for dealer cost, maybe $23K. > That is in the neighborhood, but not as flexible as the xB due to current > charging options. Still it is getting close. Here is wishing for > dependable used leafs that will go 200K+ miles. If I paid show room > prices for an xB the Leaf then looks nice. But, I would be more likely to > get an used xB for maybe $8K. > > > > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Peri Hartman via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I just looked at the total maintenance costs for my ICE vehicle (Honda > > Odyssey 2000) and it is just under $20,000. Grant it, I take it on long > > trips which I can't do with the Leaf but from a cost perspective, even > if I > > need to replace the battery every 6-7 years in my Leaf (and it will > likely > > be 10-12 years), I would come out probably about half that cost. There > are > > just too many things to go wrong with ICE vehicles. So far I've spent > $21 > > on the Leaf, for a tire repair. > > > > And the $20K doesn't include fuel! > > > > Peri > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/ > > group/NEDRA) > > > > > > > -- > Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain > happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? > *Dalai Lama * > > Tell me what it is you plan to do > With your one wild and precious life? > Mary Oliver, "The summer day." > > To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. > Thomas A. Edison > <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> > > A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. > *Warren Buffet* > > Michael E. Ross > (919) 550-2430 Land > (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google > Phone > (919) 631-1451 Cell > (919) 513-0418 Desk > > [email protected] > <[email protected]> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140728/0936e584/attachment.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140729/dce9febb/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
