High MPG

[Clive Apps Techno-Logicals 416 510 0020]

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> Here's my question:  The GM EV web page (www.gmev.com) claims a full
> charge in 3 hours using a 220V (6.6kW) charger.  That's 19.8 kilowatt
> hours of energy.  They claim a maximum capacity of 16.2 KWh for the
> battery pack, so 19.8 includes charger inefficiencies.  If electricity
> costs 10 cents per KWh, it costs just under $2 to charge the EV-1.  They
> claim the range to be 50-90 miles, which puts the cost per mile between
> 2 and 4 cents.  Just the gas for a gas car costs more than that, plus
> all the maintenance like tuneups, fluid changes, etc.  The electric car
> is simplicity by comparison.


but the battery packs cost a lot of energy to make
and the expense of replaceing them every 50k miles of so could be very 
prohibitive
a batt pakc cna be in the 10K range = $ .20 a mile just for batteries
and you still have drivetrain maint on an EV system too
look at $ .30/mile as operating expenses + depreciation
how does this compare to a small gas car?
some of them are in the $ .10 range

Clive