Mike, Do you already have an EVSE? Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info
http://www.proxim.com This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Beem via EV Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 4:03 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: [EVDL] If it seems too good to be true... I think you all know the rest of that experiential wisdom; I was inspired by one of Bruce the EV-angelist's post "CA Low-Income Electrified Rebates Raised by $500" last Wednesday (which I read on Thursday) to do something I have never done before-->lease a NEW EV for myself. I have bought 3 & leased 1 for my wife over the last 35 years, but never for myself. The Chevy Spark I leased is probably not a good choice for many, but I seem to have caught a wave here as I reach the end of my 6th decade. The main reason for lease over purchase were that we can't use the tax credit, so the price they use to calculate took a $14000 cut, and the $2500 rebate from the Clean Vehicle Rebate Program jumped to $4500 when I made the application., based on our low income (I had a disability related retirement at age 56). So, what it looks like now is that my total monthly cost for the lease, including insurance (which is a little more per month than my Escort EV) will be ~$90 per month. This does not include the PG&E charge for the electrons I purchase for charging, (which has averaged less than $10 a month for me for the Escort) or what I spend on installing an EVSE. I am so used to working with a 40 mile range vehicle, that doubling that will make a real difference for me in extending my EV reach without recharging in the North Bay, and making a Berkeley trip feasible for the first time for us. I do not know, of course, whether the Escort EV will be the final step in a journey which this fellowship of giving, helpful people made possible for me to create and drive electric for ~18 years. Tis the season to BE GRATEFUL!! Michael B -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20161031/3886 39f7/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
