I think in certain situations, an EV could be a very good purchasing decision -- just based on cost, nothing else. I was looking at the numbers for leasing a leaf vs leasing a prius (which I am now doing), and the lease cost is about the same (if anything, the Leaf is a little cheaper to lease), and the fuel cost is quite a bit less with the leaf, if the primary use is just for commuting. If used for more longer trips, the prius might win out (vs using another vehicle for longer trips that doesn't get as good of mileage as the prius would), but it's close.
I've always wanted the EV for the environmental reasons, but looking at the Leaf leases was the first time I realized that it might make more sense just be be cheap, too :) On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Alan Brinkman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > A few vehicle manufacturers did offer, and I think a few still do offer a > car or truck that runs on compressed natural gas. You can fill at a public > station or have a small cng compressor installed in your garage if you have > natural gas at your home and a minimum supply flow. Consumers with a cng > compressor at home and a cng burning car or truck will understand the > transition to a battery electric vehicle and filling up with energy at home > in the garage because that is what they have become used to. > > -----Original Message----- > From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Lee Hart via EV > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 12:04 PM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Batteries that can be recharged to 70 percent in just > 2 minutes > > Rick Beebe via EV wrote: > > I have two EVs and a PHEV so I'm well aware of the advantages of > > starting out with a full vehicle every morning. But there are millions > > of people who live in places where they can't plug their car in and I > > bet some number of them are wishing they could get away from gas. > > Most people are fearful of change. They already know the gas pump model, > and would only tolerate an EV if it works the same. I.e. they expect to > drive to an "electric fuel" station, where there is a big box like a gas > pump. It has a hose and a connector that plugs into their car, just like a > gas pump, that will charge their car in about the same amount of time it > would take to fill a gas tank. And, they want it to be *cheaper*, or > they'll never change away from gas. > > ----rest of message cut---- > _______________________________________________ > 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/20141020/1c02ab05/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)
