http://www.torquenews.com/1/nissan-leaf-cheaper-free-hummer-math-explained Nissan LEAF is Cheaper Than a Free Hummer, Math Explained By Armen Hareyan 2015-05-08
[image http://www.torquenews.com/sites/default/files/image-%5Buid%5D/%5Btitle-raw%5D/nissan_leaf_vs_hummer.jpg (leaf_vs_hummer) ] The general public thinks electric cars are still expensive and may be it will take another ten 10 years to match the range and ICE price. However, one Nissan LEAF owner does the following math, explaining how his LEAF is cheaper than a free Hummer. Thomas Crummett comments, doing the math on LEAF price vs a free Hummer under our discussion at SF Bay Area LEAF Owners group. Depends on how you look at it. MSRP is rarely a useful metric. When people ask me why I bought an electric car, I tell them it's cheaper than a free Hummer. Most people are quick to figure it out, but I do get some very confused expressions. "How can a $30,000 car be cheaper than free?" Well, it comes down to the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Gas isn't free. At an average of 12k miles per year, and $4/gal for gas, that Hummer will use about $18,000 in fuel alone. Add that to the $7500 federal, and $2500 state tax rebates, and you're looking at a price delta of $2000. Given the Leaf also doesn't need oil changes every 3000 miles, you're looking at another ~$2000 in oil changes, assuming you don't self-service. That's just after 5 years. Average car ownership is 7 years. I think BEVs are already cheaper than ICE. Edit: Not fair to assume the Leaf only recharges for free. Using the EPA rated efficiency, and average electric price, the Leaf will use about $1400 in electricity over 5 years. As with all things, locations will vary, and affect prices. [© torquenews.com] ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=subject%3Aevln+subject%3Aleaf+NOT+subject%3Are&days=0&sort=date Read more Leaf EVLN items on evdl For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ http://autoomobile.com/news/2015-nissan-leaf-teslas-biggest-competition/10021168/ 2015 Nissan Leaf: Tesla’s Biggest Competition http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d7443714-f404-11e4-99de-00144feab7de.html A day in the life of a London electric car station http://www.shorelinebeacon.com/2015/04/28/electric-vehicle-charging-stations-coming Two dual L2 EVSE @saugeenshores.ca http://www.thehour.com/business/bruce-bennett-nissan-unveils-dc-fast-charger/article_d3ed860a-119c-510d-a8d3-7bc08386d365.html Nissan dealer installs free-4-all-plugins 2use L3&2 EVSE in Danbury UK + EVLN: We have already reached EV vs ice parity {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Leaf-EV-is-Cheaper-Than-a-Free-Hummer-ice-tp4675526.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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)
