That's great. Thanks for being an early adopter and helping the rest of
the world get there.
I think one difference in your expenses versus mine is you probably
don't consider preventive maintenance as important. For example, I need
to replace the timing belt in my minivan this year. If it goes and I
ruin the engine and get stuck 100 miles away in the mountains, that's
bad news. If your truck gets stuck on the other side of the farm... you
go get the other truck and later buy a cheap replacement ;)
I hope your EV costs eventually get down to inflation adjusted ICE
costs.
Peri
------ Original Message ------
From: "Willie2 via EV" <[email protected]>
To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]>
Sent: 25-Mar-16 9:37:21 AM
Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: When will Tesla's electricity come to the Ag
farm?
On 03/25/2016 10:01 AM, Peri Hartman wrote:
Not to doubt you but I don't know how you get anywhere close $.10/mile
- truly amazing.
Well, let's see....
1981-86 diesel Isuzus could be bought new for around $8k. Good
condition used with less than 100k miles for ~$2k. I have several that
went 250k-300k miles with almost no repair. A $100 water pump once or
twice. So, if you could do 200k miles, that's $.04 per mile for new
and $.01 per mile used. 35-40 mpg on $1.50-$2.00/gallon diesel.
$.04-$.06 /mile. Annual expenses were about $50 for two $25 tires,
<$100 for insurance, $50 for license, $100 for oil etc. Throw in
another $100 for small items. $400 per year. For 30k miles/year, a
bit more than $.01/mile. On the low side, I make the total costs to be
$.06/mile and $.11/mile on the high side. 1980s dollars. Piling on
quite a few miles. Some of my trucks did not reach those costs because
I couldn't put the miles on quickly enough, maybe only 5k/year on some
of them.
I remember doing 3k-4k miles in Mexico in the 80s and figuring my fuel
cost was about $.0075/mile.
When the trucks were newish, I averaged around 38 mpg. Driving very
carefully, I've done 50 mpg. As they aged, it trended down toward 32
mpg. Mileage increase for the first ~10k miles and remained very good
up past 100k miles. I maintained a log in each truck and computed
mileage for each and every tank.
As these trucks aged out, I looked at all sorts of replacements. I
tried a gasoline Ford half ton, a Dodge-Cummins 3/4 ton, and the
Sprinter 3/4 ton van. All came up short but the Sprinter was second
best.
Can you see why I was so tardy coming to EVs? Good old days. Gone
forever.
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