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Originally Posted by Drifter
The Versa is a cheap, harsh car. The Leaf isn't - it is pretty solid & very comfortable. And if you have free charging at work or very inexpensive overnight electricity, it has very low fuel costs.
A 30mpg car going 30 miles/day, 5 days/week, 50 days/year, costs $3,750 annually in fuel (at today's $5/gal).
The leaf's electricity costs about $300 annually in fuel consuming 15kWh daily at $0.08/kWh overnight electric rates. The "fuel" savings will pay for a 24 kWh battery every 2 years and you won't have as many other services (or as often) such as brake jobs & oil changes. You also will reduce air pollution.
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30 miles a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year is 7500 miles.
National average gas is like $4.20
7500/30=250 gallons of gas * 4.20 = $1050
How did you get what you got? That's very far off.
A leaf at say 120mpge -> 7500/120 = 62.5gge*33.7kWh/gge = 2106.25kWh
National average electricity is around $0.12/kWh
2106.25*.12=$250+$200 extra fuel tax regi fee. = $450 a year.
I don't really see brake pads and fuel savings on the leaf paying for the battery pack.
Say brake pads are $200 a year thats $1250 - 450 = $800 savings and possibly double that on average at 15000 miles a year.
The clear choice is to sell the Leaf and replace it with a corolla for $2500 lol