There are many other factors. How much do you drive? What is the payback time for the "free" solar power to offset fuel costs of your current vehicle? What is the opportunity cost (what else could you do with the money other than buy an EV)? What are the differences in registration and insurance and financing (if any) costs?
Basically you have to look at total cost of ownership of the solar array, EV charging apparatus, and the EV itself compared to the total cost of ownership of the vehicle the EV is replacing. On Tue, Jul 19, 2022, at 10:56 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > Depends on how much electricity you're creating. If your solar array is > making way more than you use then I agree. > > -Curt > > On Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 11:54:52 AM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel > <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I will be getting my solar EV charger hookup in September, after which > it would be dumb not to own an EV. > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 11:51 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> They bought a 9 year old EV and are shocked it needed a battery... >> >> I'm pro EV but that's just dumb. >> >> It's worse because it's a 2014, that's a very early model, I bet they didn't >> sell very many... >> >> -Curt >> >> On Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 08:26:53 AM EDT, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> It’s called “due diligence”. Wouldn’t you research something like this when >> making a $10,000+ purchase? >> >> I would. >> >> -D >> >>> On Jul 19, 2022, at 5:21 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> https://www.westernjournal.com/girls-electric-car-needs-new-battery-expensive-vehicle-gets-even-worse-news/ >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > > _______________________________________ > 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
