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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Modern cars do have drive-by-wire throttles (potentiometer).
Not compared to electricity where I live. I pay about 2 cents per EV mile compared to 6 cents for gasoline in the Prius. The Insight might be 4 cents per mile, which is still double my EV rate.
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I'm at around 3.2 cents per mile gasoline with gas prices here. It's closer to 2.4 on long trips when I'm driving conservatively, and as high as 4.5 cents per mile for city driving in the middle of winter. Oil changes add a negligible amount to this.
Electricity here is 11c/kwh for the first block, then goes up to ~15, which would be 3.3 cents or 4.5 cents per mile if a Leaf is getting its EPA rated range. I'm unsure if that's before or after conversion losses when charging. I'm also not sure how well a Leaf would do when it's -20 to -40F.
Admittedly though, a Leaf is a much larger vehicle. It's not really a fair comparison, even if I wouldn't ever use the extra space.