Hi Stan,
Unfortunately, you presented a false
paradigm. The 20 c/kW.h electric rate you used
for charging the Leaf is nearly twice the
national average electric rate. Furthermore,
many utilities have programs that enable EV
owners to charge during off-peak times. We have
Time of Use rates at our home, which means that
we only pay 3 c/kW.h for electricity used from 9
p.m. to 9 a.m., the period during which we charge
our Leaf. Since we get about 7 km/kW.h in the
summer (less in extremely cold snaps in
Minnesota), that equates to less than a half a
cent per kilometer -- untouchable by a gas-fired vehicle.
John
At 10:18 2016-01-27, Stanislav Jakuba wrote:
A good news - with gasoline cheaper, everything
is cheaper. Like you, I have now been filling
the gas tank of my Honda Civic at less that 1/2
the price I payed when I wrote the attached
article. The treatise compared the cost of
energy for powering electric Nissan Leaf vs. Â
gasoline Honda Civic. I did  the calculations
for $3.50/gal and 0.2 $/kWh. At those prices the
cost of energy was about the same between the
two cars. The article ended with a note
specifying that should gasoline price drop to a
half, the Civic would drive twice as far per
dollar as the Leaf. Unexpectedly, that is the situation today.Â
I am attaching that article should you want to
check the above statement. Also, reading it will
help you understand under which conditions such
comparisons are valid as no universally applicable numbers are possible.Â
Notice the SI units throughout.
Stan J.
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