Originally Posted by OVERKILL
Originally Posted by Trav
The car could pay a decent portion of the cost to own in savings alone in your case. When you take all into account (I am sure you did) you cant beat this with a stick.
I did, the fuel savings right now would be ~5-6,000 a year, more if gas prices go back up beyond what they were before the downturn, which I expect they will as our carbon tax ratchets up. If I can get my wife to drive it more often too, and leave the truck, that'll increase the savings even more. The idea is to encourage all local driving, when possible, to take place with the EV, as that's where the gassers are least efficient. Immediately I'll be saving $400/month, but that could get up to $600 easily if some of the truck mileage is diverted.
That is quite the machine! It makes good sense to switch to electricity for the local travel as the electricity bill is subsidized here as well... Even with our relatively efficient gassers switching to electricity would still cut the fuel bill in half with gas at $0.90/L which would add up pretty quickly if we ever get back to driving again. Enjoy the new car!
Originally Posted by Trav
The car could pay a decent portion of the cost to own in savings alone in your case. When you take all into account (I am sure you did) you cant beat this with a stick.
I did, the fuel savings right now would be ~5-6,000 a year, more if gas prices go back up beyond what they were before the downturn, which I expect they will as our carbon tax ratchets up. If I can get my wife to drive it more often too, and leave the truck, that'll increase the savings even more. The idea is to encourage all local driving, when possible, to take place with the EV, as that's where the gassers are least efficient. Immediately I'll be saving $400/month, but that could get up to $600 easily if some of the truck mileage is diverted.
That is quite the machine! It makes good sense to switch to electricity for the local travel as the electricity bill is subsidized here as well... Even with our relatively efficient gassers switching to electricity would still cut the fuel bill in half with gas at $0.90/L which would add up pretty quickly if we ever get back to driving again. Enjoy the new car!