"Free rider." I think public transport should be free too. but of course it won't really be free. The costs will be borne by the taxpayer.
Harry On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 11:51 PM CB Sites <cbsit...@gmail.com> wrote: > I will confirm what @Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> is saying as an > EV owner. 90% of my travel is inner city 30miles or less all stop and > go. Just an overnight charge on a 110v plugin charger and good to go. > I've not seen a noticble change in my electric bill. It's like driving for > free. > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2022, 6:42 PM Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I wrote: >> >> >>> I don't see the point. Why spend four times more money than you need to? >>> Electric cars are far cheaper per mile. >>> >> >> It is actually 5.6 times more money per mile, because the power companies >> offer a huge discount for recharging overnight. In Atlanta, the power >> company estimates it costs $19 a month to charge an electric car versus >> $107 per month for a gasoline car. See: >> >> >> https://www.georgiapower.com/residential/billing-and-rate-plans/pricing-and-rate-plans/plug-in-ev.html >> >> As I mentioned, in parts of Texas the cost is $0.00 per month. Granted, >> they also charge a flat fee for electricity, but the incremental additional >> cost of charging an electric car at night is zero. You can't beat that! The >> oil companies cannot compete with that. Which is why they will not be >> selling gasoline cars much longer. People will not pay for Exxonmobil for >> something that the power company gives you for free. >> >>
