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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
Pennies. Your electrical bill might go up 10-20 bucks a month.
I think your average person fills up once every week to two weeks.
So thats, at minimum, is 2 times a month.
Let me know if you can fill up your car, from empty to full, twice a month, for less then 20 bucks.
you cant, so dont bother, just sit back and wonder why you didnt think of that before you made your post.
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Just to play devils advocate here
Prius lets say gets an average of 40mpg city right? roughly depending on driving habits(I underestimated to make my point clearer) and Costs about $22,000 according to that article nearly 1/2 of what they are saying the volt will go for.
Lets say you drive 40miles per day to work with a prius vs. volt
Any given month thats 20 days, 20X40=800 miles which also equals 20 gallons of gas at say $3 gal is $60/mo or $720/year. Now lets say the Volt takes $20 in electricity/mo thats $240 for the year, $720-$240=$580 in savings every year.
For the $18000 you'd save buying a prius at initial price point it would take, I dunno 40 years to make that up in gas savings?
Just my .02 here
