The love is great but does the math work for $15 vs $250? With our i-Miev I think a full charge is about $3 if we get 80 miles on that (summer not winter).
27 miles for a dollar. With a car getting 20 mpg at $4/gal (for sake of easy math) 5 miles per dollar. 5.4 times more for gas than electricity. So $15 electricity x 5.4 = $81 dollars gas. How do you get to $250? Granted oil and maint add up, but I doubt it is more than 10% of the cost of gas. Matt Curry Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: brucedp5 <[email protected]> > Date: April 12, 2013, 3:46:01 AM EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EVDL] EVLN: Floridian's Real-World Leaf-love-life > Reply-To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <[email protected]> > > > Running costs: $15/mo with the Leaf EV vs $250/mo with an ice > > http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20130406/BUSINESS/304060014/Titusville-man-loves-his-electric-car-No-emissions-zero-regrets > [image] Titusville man loves his electric car: No emissions, zero regrets > by Robert Hughes Apr 5 2013 > > [image / Craig Rubadoux > http://bcdownload.gannett.edgesuite.net/brevard/38321750001/38321750001_2275966781001_video-still-for-video-2275397852001.jpg?pubId=38321750001 > Nissan Leaf owner: $15 per month in electricity: Nissan Leaf owner says he > pays $15 per month in electricity as compared to more than $250 per month in > gasoline. He drives roundtrip from Titusville to Orlando on one charge > > http://cmsimg.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=A9&Date=20130405&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=304050072&Ref=PH&Item=1 > John Giammarino of Titusville enjoys driving his 2012 Nissan Leaf he named > Sparky. He leases the car for $349 a month and spends $15 a month on > electricity to charge up the vehicle. He has had more than 30 cars in his > life and he loves and enjoys this one the most. > > http://cmsimg.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=A9&Date=20130406&Category=BUSINESS&ArtNo=304060014&Ref=AR > John Giammarino, of Titusville, enjoys driving his 2012 Nissan Leaf, he > named Sparky. He leases the car for $349 a month and spends $15 a month on > electricity to charge up the vehicle. He has over 30 cars in his life and he > loves and enjoys this one the most > > http://cmsimg.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=A9&Date=20130406&Category=BUSINESS&ArtNo=304060014&Ref=V1 > Fisher Nissan in Titusville is the site of one of just a handful of public > charging stations in Brevard County > > > video > http://bcdownload.gannett.edgesuite.net/brevard-mobile/38321750001_2275456566001_trim-DLD7rH.mp4 > Running costs: $15/mo with the Leaf EV vs $250/mo with an ice > ] > > Owner finds real-world life on the road is pleasant > > John Giammarino’s electric car charges him up. > > “I love this car, it’s the best decision I’ve ever made,” the 55-year-old > Titusville engineer said recently pulling his 2012 electric Nissan Leaf onto > Interstate 95 so he could show off its acceleration and speed. > >>> Mobile App users click here to watch video > > And lest you have doubts about an electric car’s ability to flex some > muscle, Giammarino has an answer. > > “I’ve blown Camaros off the line,” he boasts. > > About 18 months after purchasing his black Nissan Leaf — he’s believed to be > the first local owner of the automaker’s all-electric automobile — the > 55-year-old Giammarino reflected on what it has been like to operate a > vehicle that doesn’t run on fossil fuel and “filling up” at a recharging > station instead of a convenience store. > > While hybrids, cars that operate using both gasoline and electric motors > grow popular, Giammario is member of a very select fraternity of > zero-emission drivers. > > He and others proudly discuss their cost-savings, the reaction from other > motorists and also how they go about planning excursions from one charging > station to the next in a car with a 75-mile range. > > Make no mistake though, while there have been a couple speed bumps along the > learning curve of being a zero-emission motorist, Giammarino has zero regret > about his Leaf purchase. > > “And this way,” he artfully adds with a Bronx cheer for added effect, “you > can really give it to the oil companies who’ve been ripping us off for so > many years.” > > Giammarino’s feelings about the oil companies were just part of his reason > for buying an electric car. There also was an ecological reward. > > Giammarino said charging his car at his home station has increased his > electric bill $15 a month compared with the $250 monthly gas bill he had > when driving a Honda Civic. > > “And there’s just about no maintenance,” he added. “It cost $22 to have the > tires rotated, and that’s about it. Oh, yeah, there’s windshield wiper > fluid.” > > Although Giammarino may have overplayed the Leaf’s acceleration > (zeroto60times.com says the Leaf’s 0-60 mph time is 7.9 seconds, compared > with the 2012 Camaro ZL1’s 4.1 seconds), it easily had enough pick-up to > jump into the flow of I-95 traffic. > > On his 30-mile commute to Siemens Energy Inc. at the University of Central > Florida, he has to take it easy on battery usage. > > One the way home, he’s able to more flexible. > > “You can’t go 60 mph a lot,” he said on the drive to work. “You have to go > more like 40-45 mph. Sometimes, on the highway, you have to pull over to let > cars by. > > “But that’s on the way to work: On the way back home, I can open it up > more.” > > Giammarino experience with an all-electric electric car is rare because so > few are on the road today. > > Nissan has sold 20,000 Leafs in the United States, and total sales of > electric cars in the country — including plug-in hybrids — just topped > 50,000 last year as some drivers seek to avoid rising gas prices and gas > emissions. > > However, that’s still just 0.4 percent of total U.S. auto sales, as > all-electric cars especially involve inconveniences for the owner, > particularly a lack of public recharging stations and limited driving range > on each charge. > > The Pat Fischer Nissan dealership in Titusville said sales of the vehicle > has been slow with only a dozen sold since becoming available in 2011. > > The dealership predicts sales will rise once more charging stations are > available. > > Which brings up a key issue: How do you keep the battery charged? > > There are now six places to recharge an electric car in Brevard County, > including the three Nissan dealerships in Titusville, Merritt Island and > Melbourne. > > Some businesses are getting into the act, as the Kohl’s department store in > West Melbourne and the Comfort Suites hotel in Palm Bay have recharging > stations for public use. > > Also, the city of Melbourne recently installed a recharging station near the > Eau Gallie Library that will be available for public use soon. > > Julie Foster, the energy sustainability program manager for Melbourne who > owns an electric car herself, said: “Electric vehicles are going to be a > part of our society, and the city recognizes that and so the charging > station is something we wanted to do.” > > According to the U.S. Department of Energy, there are 5,612 recharging > stations available to the public in the country — not nearly enough to go > far in an electric car, however. > > “The Leaf isn’t a vehicle you could go across the country with,” Pat Fischer > Nissan salesman Rick Orr said. “But that will change soon as companies feel > pressure to provide more recharging stations.” > > Giammarino’s routine is to charge the car overnight at home (it takes 5.5 > hours) and sometimes during his lunch break for a half-hour charge at a > Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant one mile from his Orlando office. > > If a working range of 75 miles doesn’t seem like much, consider the average > American drives 40 miles a day. > > He uses the car primarily for commuting, but also goes to Palm Bay because > he can charge the car at Kohl’s while he and his wife, Valerie, go shopping. > > Giammarino said his ability to recharge at Buffalo Wild Wings near UCF is > pretty reliable, though he sometimes competes with a Chevy Volt owner for > charge time. > > Giammarino said he’s never run out of power; the closest he came was when he > was down to about six miles remaining on his gauge before he could get a > recharge. The Leaf comes with a gauges that help the driver get the most > mileage possible as well as showing where the nearest recharge stations are > located. > > Giammarino said he decided to lease his Leaf now and buy a newer Leaf after > three years “because I’m hoping they’ll have a 200-mile range by then.” > > “It’s been a joy to have,” he said. “In the future, everyone will have one > of these.” > [© 2013 floridatoday.com All rights reserved] > ... > http://www.recargo.com/search?search=Titusville%2C+FL&commit=+++SEARCH+++ > EVSE near Titusville, FL > > > > > For all EVLN posts use: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date > > Here are today's archive-only EV posts: > > EVLN: SJSU 'Battery University' trains battery companies' work force > EVLN: 2,000 job boost from electric car production > EVLN: Team Delta EV drivers of Fórmula SENA Eco Eléctrico > EVLN: Chevrolet Spark EV set for Geneva Motor Show > EVLN: Telsa supports Texas' direct2consumer-EV-sales bill (video) > + > EVLN: Six New Plugins Coming For 2014 > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Floridian-s-Real-World-Leaf-love-life-tp4662424.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > 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) > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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