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Old 10-29-2016, 05:26 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cowmeat View Post
The electric equivalent to a gallon of gas costs me about 2.36 a gallon, and gas at the station down the street is about 2.25 per gallon right now. So gallon per gallon your math works . . .
Gallon per gallon actually works in favor of your Volt. At your numbers you save ~1 cent per mile with the Volt only using electricity. Your numbers come out to 99mpg for a car to have the same fueling cost vs your Volt so you have a good electricity rate which is good.

It looks like you're only using ev mode in your Volt, that is some sick hypermiling getting 150% from a Volt.

If anyone thought I was cherry picking i did factor in the better 114 mpge combined rating of the Leaf. And with how cheap gas is and the cost of my electricity i found i'd only need 54mpg to have the same fueling cost which i thought amusing.
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