5 years? These are lithium batteries, service life should be 8 at least, more with a little care. Cost per mile on EVs is very competitive with gas cars on fuel alone. Some months ago I did the math and a Tesla was something like half my diesel Jetta and that was me using pretty pessimistic numbers for the Tesla. Once you add in the lack of maintenance on an EV it looks better still. I haven't worked it far enough to see if it'll cover battery replacement though. Curt
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 3:15 PM, G Mann via Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: If you do a hard cost analysis of purchase cost of the EV auto, then add in the hard cost of owning a solar power collection system to feed the EV with energy, then do an actual hard cost per mile used, it raises some real questions about just how economical the EV actually is to own and support, doesn't it? Somewhere along the way, you would need to factor in the expected service life of the EV, the solar system, storage batteries, and other equipment required, like the expected $20,000 + to replace the EV's battery packs in 5 years. On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 12:02 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 27, 2022, at 11:55 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > > This is my position. I’m more than wiling to “go green” if it makes > > good financial sense. At present and for the foreseeable future, it > > doesn’t. That’s whether it pertains to cars or stationary power systems. > > To me it's like having a septic system instead of utility sewer service. > I'll do it if there's no better option (and I do have a septic system at my > house) but I'd much rather pay a utility to handle it. > > I'd have to see a much-better-than-break-even proposal to be even slightly > interested in running my own solar panel rig. > > Allan > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
