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Originally Posted by foff667
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?
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I keep getting emails at work about electricity prices declining and with the economic decline is forcing power plants to produce less electricity as there is less demand. There are many more things invloved related to the price of electric but electric is down significantly from the last 40 years. I was just reading an email at work today. Unfortunately even with a company like I work for we all have to worry about layoff and furlow possibilities, EVERYONE START RUNNING THOSE AIR CONDITIONERS MORE!
Honestly I think it will probably be less than $20 a month to charge the car with the current state of the economy. It is going to take a long time for the price to come back to where it was just one year ago. The price is down about 25% from last year in this area and in some place down as much as 50%. Then factor in the declining prices for solar electric you could concieveably charge your car for "free" if you were able to afford solar panels and produce and sell power back to the grid.
In addition some places in the US charge your kwH more during peak usage times of day, so the meter actually sends real time data back to the blling center and can charge you more during the day than at night time. So if your vehicle is only charged durning off peak hours can cost even less
I think this is a good concept and like the hybrids will catch on and become mainstream vehicles. If I actually had to commute to work a significant distance I would consider a Volt.