You forgot to add in the coolness factor. :D

I want to put a solar array on the truck bed... it would give be around 10
"free" miles a day, but the savings would never pay for the array
(especily since I recharge at work for free)... but it would look cool. :D

Althow, I could recover a few miles while the truck sits in a parking lot,
down town, when I am hanging out with friends and there is no place to
plug in. :)

Wolf
*wags his tail*
www.wolftronix.com

> Before you jump ship and say "Hey, the price of gas for a 30mpg car at
> $3.00 per gallon is $0.10 per mile. Why should I pay $0.09 per mile for
> batteries and another $0.02 per mile for electricity?" remember that when
> you buy an electric car, it comes with batteries. This is like buying a
> car with the first 2 or 3 years of gas included in the purchase price!
>
> Here is an example:
>
> 1) You buy a Force for $10K with new batteries and drive it 10,000 miles
> per year for 10 years. The batteries last 25,000 miles. You buy
> batteries at 25,000 miles, 50,000 miles, and 75,000 miles. At 100,000
> miles and 10 years later, you sell the vehicle. At $2600 per battery
> pack; 3 packs = $7800. Electricity cost you $0.02 per mile. At 100,000
> miles, you spent $2000 on electricity. Total cost per 100,000 miles is
> $9800.
>
> 2) You buy a 30mpg car from your local dealer. It comes with a free tank
> of gas that lasts 300 miles. You drive it 100,000 miles over a 10 year
> period. The price of gas is $3.00 per gallon on average for that time
> period. You spend $9,970.
>
> Total savings with the Force is $170 over 10 years.
>
> If you kept your Force for 75,000 miles and 7.5 years, you save $770 .
>
> If you kept your Force for 50,000 mile and 5 years, you save $1370.
>
> I'm not trying to estimate maintenance costs, like oil changes, muffler
> replacements and so on versus replacing a charger, etc. Nor am I
> comparing the initial purchase price of the vehicle.
>
> This estimate is guessing that batteries and gas prices will remain flat
> over 10 years.
>
> Personally, I have taken the bet that over the long term, gas prices will
> go up and the price of batteries will go down.
>
> If you compare a 1997 Solectria Force to a 1997 Geo Metro, a Geo Metro
> would be cheaper because the Geo Metro has a retail price of around $3000
> (according to Kelly Blue Book). If you compare a 1997 Solectria Force to
> a 2009 Toyota Prius, the Force is cheaper.
>
> Todd Martin
> '97 Force
> Elgin, IL
>
>
>
>> will@... writes:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> In an effort to truly understand the cost of these vehicles it seems
>> that the following is the biggest cost: batteries. If I conclude that
>> one can actually get 30,000 miles on a pack of 13 Dekas or similiar
>> than:
>>
>> 13 batteries x $200 for one Deka = $2600 / 30,000 = $0.09 per mile
>>
>> Is this correct? If so it seems that they cost about the same per
>> mile as any subcompact gas machine exclusive of wear and tear items.
>>
>> Where are the cost savings? I understand the environmental concerns
>> but want to see real economics.
>>
>> Steve
>>
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