A Cruze is a much bigger/more useful car than a Spark. An extra $0.02/mi is
almost certainly worth it...
-Curt
On Thursday, October 1, 2020, 2:09:37 PM EDT, Mitch Haley via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
On 2020-10-01 13:57, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote:
> Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes:
>
>> Here you can still get some sort of federal and state rebates on a
>> bolt and
>> you also save the 5k/yr in fuel, so dont forget to include that in the
>> calculation
>
> Yes, but how much more do you pay in electricity, assuming you charge
> at
> home using utility power? I'm sure it's less than the cost of the
> gasoline but it's not zero.
Karl may be able to give more accurate figures, but assuming 0.30/kWh
inclusive of fees and taxes, at 4 miles per kWh we're looking at 7.5
cents per mile. (I'm sitting about 0.15/kWh, I know Karl's is higher but
I don't know if it's double)
If your Equinox gets 25mpg and California gas costs $3, you're looking
at 12 cents per mile.
So you're saving, but I strongly doubt it's $5k/year.
For me, the numbers are more like 3 cents per mile for a Spark EV
(5mpkWh@0.15) vs 5 cents for a Cruze (40mpg@$2/gallon).
Until the Cruze cracked a piston, it was easier to just get a Cruze and
not worry about replacing a battery in 6-10 years. The 'fuel savings'
would be wiped out by the higher plate costs ($29k car vs $21k car, plus
the added $90/yr EV tax that got added to our plates 3 years ago).
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