If You're Going To Attack Electric Cars, Do Your Homework

I agree with the general tone of the GCR article, but... Speaking of "hoary old chestnuts" let's look at "Plug-ins already cost one-third to one-fifth as much per mile to operate as gasoline cars," We now have EPA data on these new vehicles. $600/year to fuel the Nissan Leaf $1150/year to fuel the Toyota Prius. This suggests a fueling cost advantage of not even as good as 1/2. Sure, someone will correct me with some other vehicle or some other TOU rate. But the 1/3 to 1/7 thing needs to go if one wishes to pay attention to data. I think people want what they want, and increasingly, they may want an EV (for many reasons) and the price will not be a problem and the fuel savings will not be the primary driver.

Full article: http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1079751_if-youre-goin...

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@richardkwalsh » 08 Nov '12, 10pm
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@JustinLBC » 18 Oct '12, 6pm
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@johnvoelcker » 17 Oct '12, 7pm
@evgonetwork Thanks for the link! For the record, here's the original piece as published first on @GreenCarReports: [link]
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@HighGearMedia » 16 Oct '12, 4pm
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