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Originally Posted by sendler
It is stated to get 99mpge. My electricity costs $.16/ KWhr out the plug. It is cheaper to put gas in any car that gets 50mpgUS at $3.50/ gallonUS than to charge the Leaf.
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Uh, not sure how you're calculating that. The LEAF is EPA rated at 34 kWh / 100 mi.
So to drive 100 mi you use 34 kWh at $0.16 = $5.44.
2 gallons of gas cost you $7.
But I've found with my LEAF I'm doing better than EPA estimates (never had that happen in a gas car) and getting around 28 kWh / 100 mi or $4.48 / 100 mi.
Round-trip commute of 78 miles is pushing it real close at 68 mph, but if you can charge at work it wouldn't be an issue at all and you could then limit charges to 80% which should make the battery last a very, very, long time.
Not cheap - but then you don't pay the full price of gas at the pump, either.