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Nissan’s Leaf: First Big Mistake Right Out of the Blocks

Schweizer,

Where oh where does electricity cost $1/kwh , in Moab ut where I spend winters it's 8c/kwh and in the Adirondacks where I live rest of the year it's 15cents/kwh during the day and the night off-peak rate is about 5cents.


On Aug 05 06:55 AM Schweizer wrote:

> The dirty little secret is that all of these EVs need to be recharged
> and tests have shown that to replace the energy consumed equates
> to 1 kilowatt-hour for every 4 miles driven. Right now electricity
> off the grid is in the $1/kwh cost range, so these cars cost 25-cents
> per mile to drive just for energy. So to go 30 miles costs $7.50
> in electricity vs. going 30 miles in a economy car cost about $3
> right now (gas). That's a steep premium to pay to make a "green"
> statement considering all the other tradeoffs (range and sticker
> price) one would need to make.