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Old 01-04-2015, 09:00 PM   #198 (permalink)
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Working out a consumption cost can be tricky and varies depending on each persons situation.
For example i have solar panels on the roof that more than cancel all my current electricity use including supply charges etc. I don't think there will be enough excess electricity generated to fully cover the EV's electricity use but certainly some of it.
So using a kWh used divided by out of pocket cost will be very skewed.

The way i am looking it at the moment is.
I pay out of my pocket @$80 per week ($4160 per year) in fuel for my existing gas guzzler. (a V8 and heavy traffic are not an economical combination)
The EV may cost me as little as $10 per week out of pocket.

That to me is a big saving.

If i had a more efficient gas vehicle then the savings wouldn't be as much and the transition to an EV would seem more expensive.

This may be a flawed way of looking at it but it is how it feels to my wallet.
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