Here's another tool. http://www.viamotors.com/vehicles/quote-request/
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 4, 2014, at 12:14 AM, brucedp5 via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > Are you driving the right car for an oil crisis? > > http://earthtechling.com/2014/07/will-a-plug-in-electric-vehicle-save-you-money/ > Will a Plug-in Electric Vehicle Save You Money? > July 29, 2014 > > Ladies and gentlemen: Start your chargers! > > Wondering whether a plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) could save you money? > Check out the UC Davis [EV Explorer], a cutting edge web-based tool that > helps consumers see if a plug-in electric vehicle is right for them. > > Designed by the team at Plug-in Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Research Center > (PH&EV) of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of > California Davis (ITS-Davis), EV Explorer allows consumers to compare > simultaneously up to four different vehicles on an energy cost basis. Just > enter your start and finish commute locations and frequency of travel, and > the yearly energy costs for the four vehicles will instantly appear > side-by-side. You can even specify the location of a public charging station > you use and its charging price to get an accurate cost for public charger > use. > > Moreover, the user-friendly EV Explorer also works with all types of > vehicles—PEVs, hybrids, and traditional gasoline vehicles. With the tool, > you can calculate the annual gasoline and electricity fuel costs of your > commute or other travel in an easy-to-use chart that you can share with your > friends. > > To date, most products developed by the PH&EV Research Center have been for > use by researchers and in scientific applications. But here at ITS-Davis > we’ve enjoyed creating a tool that’s useful for everyone, and even learned a > few truths about plug-ins ourselves. For example, the exact distance at > which my older model hybrid Honda Insight actually beats a PEV is useful for > examining my own vehicle needs. Since my commute was so short, I wanted to > look at longer trips, a very easy process in the EV Explorer. I just dragged > the blue marker to a new destination and changed the frequency. > > EV Explorer inputs are endlessly customizable, designed to fit your charging > and driving profile. You can personalize your inputs by: > > Selecting the vehicles you would like to compare from any of the more > than 34,000 available in thefueleconomy.gov database > > Changing the frequency of travel > Dragging the destination m _______________________________________________ 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)
