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The new Plug in Electric vehicles look like the way to go. But it looks impossible to beat the cost of depreciation on these new vehicles until they hit around the 10k mark vs just buying a low mileage Toyota Prius from 04-12 for 7500k or less.
Also, like we saw in the Leaf... cycling small battery packs 100 to 0 will lead to capacity loss much more noticeably and much faster than using a Chevy Bolt the same trip and maybe using 20% of its cycle.
So far at my rates a ($2.30c/gal and 7.8c/kWh) a 2016 Volt would save me about $17.50/mo over my 2010 Prius. 55% city, 45% hwy.
I think the car to watch is the Chevy Bolt. Running the bolt vs the Prius would net ~$55/mo in savings. But not even close to its depreciation lol.
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