Obviously this is not meant to be the primary source for any individual electric car, but stopgap to enable electric cars on long trips inbetween population centers.
I love my plugin hybrid. I can't even remember the last time I had to go to a gas station. I pay $0.0768 per kilowatt-hour to charge at home. My car has a 11.6 kWh battery, so it takes $0.89 to charge my vehicle which takes about 2.5 hours.
My electric range is about 17 miles. Longer in summer, shorter in winter.
So that is about $0.05 per mile, or the equivalent cost of running a gas car that gets 63 miles per gallon at a cost of $3.15 per gallon.
But also, I don't have any wear and tear on the engine for all those electric miles.
Tesla has an 8 year warranty on the pack for degradation to 70%. That doesn't mean you have to replace it after 8 years. That doesn't even mean you have to replace it if it hits 70%, just that your range is lower.
The limit for charge/discharge depends on how fast and how extreme you're (dis)charging the battery. So how are people doing on average? For the model S/X the trendline is above 90% capacity at 150,000 miles.
Meh, to be fair, before the Xiden gas prices my 2.5 liter car only cost 10 cents per mile to drive, and it only got 25 mpg... and I have power when I need it and dont have to plug in except every 300 miles at any of the very common gas stations for about 80 seconds...
To be fair, plug in hybrids probably don't make any sense from a financial-only standpoint.
I don't like pumping gas in the rain or snow. I like the smooth power of electric drive. My town has free charging stations all over, and I love getting my battery charged for free while I go out to dinner etc.
It is really just kind of a hobby. But my car has a gas engine too so I never have to wait for a charging station while on a trip.
I didn't get the car to save the planet. The planet is fine. It is just fun.
When is the last time you know someone that scrapped a car because of the wear and tear of a modern engine? I've got a 22 years old truck still going strong at over 300k miles. Try doing the same with your battery in 20 years.
Internal combustion engines are complicated things that need periodic maintenance. Oil changes, spark plug changes, air filter, fuel filter, coolant flushes, transmission fluid changes.
Electric motors have zero maintenance. No filters to change. No oil to change. No transmission to break down. Never ever do they do they have a problem starting up. Unlike my Dodge Dart, which would on occasion embarrass the hell out of me by refusing to start randomly.
Just had to replace the throttle body assembly on wifey's car. Ford dealer said it would be 1.5 months before they could look at it. So I had to do it myself. Pain in the ass.
Electric motors don't have any throttle body.
I've had three vehicles with more than 100k miles. Spend many hours under the hood. I am not a fan of the internal combustion engine.
Wow, you really make it "complicated" when it's not.
Modern cars are more electronically complicated, but mostly much more reliable than their older injection engine counterpart.
Radiator flushes? Lol, it's now every 10+ years. Oil changes got yo 10k miles. You don't do trans flushes anymore.
And see, you replaced the throttle body yourself.
You whine about maintenance, just pay to do the mininal maintenance then, it's much less expensive than a new battery pack, or a new car payment.
That's freedom. Stop shilling for battery cars. It's not for everyone. You EV guys are all the same, forcing it in the throat of everyone. In real life or on the internet.
Obviously this is not meant to be the primary source for any individual electric car, but stopgap to enable electric cars on long trips inbetween population centers.
I love my plugin hybrid. I can't even remember the last time I had to go to a gas station. I pay $0.0768 per kilowatt-hour to charge at home. My car has a 11.6 kWh battery, so it takes $0.89 to charge my vehicle which takes about 2.5 hours.
My electric range is about 17 miles. Longer in summer, shorter in winter.
So that is about $0.05 per mile, or the equivalent cost of running a gas car that gets 63 miles per gallon at a cost of $3.15 per gallon.
But also, I don't have any wear and tear on the engine for all those electric miles.
Until the battery needs replaced.
Ha, was gonna say the same. Thats what they DONT tell you about those cars. Battery replacement can cost you big time.
Every 8 years or max'd out charge/discharge cycles....for almost the price of a new car!
It's not that simple
Tesla has an 8 year warranty on the pack for degradation to 70%. That doesn't mean you have to replace it after 8 years. That doesn't even mean you have to replace it if it hits 70%, just that your range is lower.
The limit for charge/discharge depends on how fast and how extreme you're (dis)charging the battery. So how are people doing on average? For the model S/X the trendline is above 90% capacity at 150,000 miles.
Yessir! Some people will nelieve anything for feels.
yes and** IF** memory is correct they are not refillable cells, so the landfills get them.
Meh, to be fair, before the Xiden gas prices my 2.5 liter car only cost 10 cents per mile to drive, and it only got 25 mpg... and I have power when I need it and dont have to plug in except every 300 miles at any of the very common gas stations for about 80 seconds...
To be fair, plug in hybrids probably don't make any sense from a financial-only standpoint.
I don't like pumping gas in the rain or snow. I like the smooth power of electric drive. My town has free charging stations all over, and I love getting my battery charged for free while I go out to dinner etc.
It is really just kind of a hobby. But my car has a gas engine too so I never have to wait for a charging station while on a trip.
I didn't get the car to save the planet. The planet is fine. It is just fun.
When is the last time you know someone that scrapped a car because of the wear and tear of a modern engine? I've got a 22 years old truck still going strong at over 300k miles. Try doing the same with your battery in 20 years.
Internal combustion engines are complicated things that need periodic maintenance. Oil changes, spark plug changes, air filter, fuel filter, coolant flushes, transmission fluid changes.
Electric motors have zero maintenance. No filters to change. No oil to change. No transmission to break down. Never ever do they do they have a problem starting up. Unlike my Dodge Dart, which would on occasion embarrass the hell out of me by refusing to start randomly.
Just had to replace the throttle body assembly on wifey's car. Ford dealer said it would be 1.5 months before they could look at it. So I had to do it myself. Pain in the ass.
Electric motors don't have any throttle body.
I've had three vehicles with more than 100k miles. Spend many hours under the hood. I am not a fan of the internal combustion engine.
Wow, you really make it "complicated" when it's not.
Modern cars are more electronically complicated, but mostly much more reliable than their older injection engine counterpart.
Radiator flushes? Lol, it's now every 10+ years. Oil changes got yo 10k miles. You don't do trans flushes anymore.
And see, you replaced the throttle body yourself.
You whine about maintenance, just pay to do the mininal maintenance then, it's much less expensive than a new battery pack, or a new car payment.
That's freedom. Stop shilling for battery cars. It's not for everyone. You EV guys are all the same, forcing it in the throat of everyone. In real life or on the internet.
Why do you have a bug up your butt about the fact that I like my plug-in hybrid?
Why does that bother you? Am I not allowed to like my car?
What the fuck are you even talking about?
Explain to me about anything I said that is forcing anybody.
Seriously. Explain it.