-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm replacing the 20 six volt lead acid golf cart batteries in my 1995 Chevy S10 conversion after 2.75 years (1008 days). My total cost of ownership (electricity, batteries, maintenance) works out to $0.66 a mile (not counting fixed insurance/registration costs). $484 electricity, $2,171 battery, and $610 maintenance.
I drive relatively short distances each day, and so have only put 4,861 miles on it over 1008 days, and 685 charge cycles. I expect my cost per mile would be less if I were driving longer trips each day. The batteries were originally purchased at Sams Club ( Energizer Johnson Controls) for $1,800 but I'm using the $2,171 replacement cost at Interstate to calculate the cost of ownership. If I used the actual purchase price for this pack it would be $0.59 per mile. The full writeup can be found here: http://www.summet.com/blog/2013/11/24/electric-pickup-truck-cost-of-ownership/ Jay P.S. I did not burn 242.5 gallons of gas. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlKSrfgACgkQSWJjSgPNbM8y2ACfYjIWUeIOmjQsWqKHKeXkiytK cGcAoJJu8ChBeTD9Kf6MFM9kJjQAWrDg =KQn9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
