PS: At home I forgot to mention I have a 10KW solar array so charging is free (installed in 08' with a 7 year payback). I also have two free solar charging stations on plugshare.com for anyone in the Roanoke, VA or Fincastle area.
-----Original Message----- From: Mark E Hanson [mailto:markehans...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 9:02 PM To: 'Mark Abramowitz'; 'Electric Vehicle Discussion List' Subject: RE: [EVDL] Road Trips: plugin vs EV cost per mile not sure of the correlation. The Pruis Prime meets California's Ulev standards. Have a Renewable Energy Day, Mark Mark E. Hanson 184 Vista Lane Fincastle, VA 24090 540-473-1248-H 540-816-0812-C www.REEVAdiy.org - Community Service RE & EV's -----Original Message----- From: Mark Abramowitz [mailto:ma...@enviropolicy.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 12:30 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Cc: Mark Hanson Subject: Re: [EVDL] Road Trips: plugin vs EV cost per mile It’s almost always cheaper to pollute. - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On May 22, 2019, at 7:06 AM, Mark Hanson via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > Hi folks > It seems that it's cheaper for taking long road trips to buy a Prius Prime vs > a pricier Tesla or Bolt with a 60kwh battery pack and pay an average of 28c > per kWh average on the road at level 3 fast charging stations. We have > shorter range cheaper EVs (Spark bought 1 year old for $14k and Leaf $9.2k). > At $3 a gallon/50 = 6c per mile and at 28c per kWh / 4 (ac meas)= 7c per mile > in a long range EV (also have to pay $40k for the car with the 60kwh or so > battery pack). Maybe it's better for the environment to drive a long range EV > but for your wallet the Prius Prime and a shorter range EV for 90% miles > local trips makes more sense. > Have a renewable energy day, > Mark > Www.Reevadiy.org > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > 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 Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
