On 3 Apr 2020 at 19:03, Jim Walls via EV wrote: > My truck gets about 12 mpg, so 1,250 gallons or $1,062.50 total of > which $832.50 is state tax.
That's a fair bit, but it seems to me that it might not be all that unfair or unreasonable. Your big truck causes a lot more road wear and environmental damage than a Tesla 3 or Bolt. Four times as much? Eight times? Now that I couldn't say. I understand from your other message that your work requires off-road driving ability, and you have to be able to haul a ton of cargo. Still, somebody has to pay for the damage your truck does to our world. You may not like hearing this, but I think that that has to be either your responsibility, or your employer's. It's a darn shame that US vehicle manufacturers can't figure out how to build heavy duty vehicles that aren't such fuel pigs. If you lived almost anywhere else in the world, you could (for example) get a Isuzu D-Max 4WD. It carries up to 1.4 tons, uses a 1.9 liter Diesel and a 6-speed manual transmision, and gets 33mpg. (If you insist on a slushbox, make that 30mpg.) The Isuzu's nearest US relative is the Chevrolet Colorado. It hauls only 3/4 ton, has a 2.8 liter diesel, comes only with an automatic transmission, and gets 22mpg. Hang in there, though. Eventually maybe someone will build an EV pickup that will work for you. > Personally if I won the PowerBall, I would have a Tesla model S and > largely just use the truck for times when I needed it. I would also > have a larger house with enough parking space in order to have > someplace to put it. Here's an idea. What if you could sign a contract with a company to provide you the vehicle you needed day by day? For daily use you could have a Tesla or Leaf. If you needed to get lumber, you could drive to the vehicle depot and swap ithe Tesla for a pickup for the weekend. For vacations you could trade it for a minivan or crossover. You'd pay for each by mileage. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
