electric cars - costs

[TBK]

I always saw it this way...

I can go further on a battery full of gas than a battery full of
electricity. Until it is the other way  around......


-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Balfour <balfour at bushnell.net>
To: diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Tuesday, May 05, 1998 12:06 AM
Subject: electric cars - costs


>well if it takes 28 hp to accellerate and run down the road that
>means that it takes 20 kw of power say you drive for an hour each day
>that is 20kw hours. assuming 40% effiency that means that it takes 50
>kwh of energy from the grid. that is about 7dollars around here. now
>once you figure in the tax that needs to be imposed to offset the tax
>loss for not having the gas tax to pay for roads etc. that would add
>another dollar. so it is 8 dollars. If there are a lot of people
>using electricity the price will go up so add another buck and we are
>up to 9 dollars That doesnt compare well to the 2 or 3 gallons of
>gas. Add in the price of new batteries every 2-3 years ouch. At some
>point when gas becomes 3-4 dollars per gallon then it begins to make
>sense but not until.
>dave balfour
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard W. Cowan <gt1040a at prism.gatech.edu>
>To: diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
><diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
>Date: Tuesday, May 05, 1998 12:48 AM
>Subject: MPG
>
>
>>Well this may be an emotional subject for some, but I was not, ahem,
>>"raving."  To rebut the last post, the EV1 can go 70-90 miles on one
>charge
>>of its batteries.  This charge is the equivalent of about 1 gallon
>of
>>gasoline.  As I said, once the conversion to all nuclear power
>plants is
>>made, this "true efficiency" will be realized.  I expect that once
>the
>>batteries are perfected (ie they don't way 1000 pounds!), we will
>see
>>electric autos that are just as fun to drive and just as powerful as
>todays
>>cars.  We (the people) won't have it any other way!
>>
>>As far as mass transit goes...that's the only thing that scares me!
>I love
>>cars.  I fully expect future electrics to be just as bad-ass and fun
>as the
>>Z28 I plan to buy in the not-too-distant future.  What I fear is
>that one
>>day we will rely so much upon mass transit that car
>production/consumption
>>will plummet and cause car prices to rise to the point that private
>>automobiles will be the exclusive privilege of the rich, large
>companies,
>>and governments.  Just think one day everyone rode around on horses,
>now it
>>is the hobby of the rich.
>>
>>Richard
>>http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~vaps1rc
>>
>
>