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Old 10-20-2008, 10:00 PM   #30 (permalink)
bennelson
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Location: Oconomowoc, WI, USA
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Electric Cycle - '81 Kawasaki KZ440
90 day: 334.6 mpg (US)

S10 - '95 Chevy S10
90 day: 30.48 mpg (US)

Electro-Metro - '96 Ben Nelson's "Electro-Metro"
90 day: 129.81 mpg (US)

The Wife's Car - Plug-in Prius - '04 Toyota Prius
90 day: 78.16 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by Curly1 View Post
If I get one of these cars will I save $200 a month on my gasoline bill but ADD $150 to my home electric bill?
Nope, electric is cheap to run. My car costs about 30 cents to run 10 miles. That's $3 to go 100 miles, equal to 100 mpg at current gas cost.

It won't cost you $150 unless you are driving 5000 miles a month.

And the Aptera is WAY more efficient than my homebuilt car, so it would be even cheaper to run.
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