To illustrate how much cheaper an electric vehicle is to run in comparison to a gas car, I ran some numbers:
How far your $1 goes:
$1 buys about 1/3 of a gallon of gas
If your car gets 30mpg, $1 will get you 10 miles.
$1 can also buy 6 kWh of electricity, assuming you pay about $.15/kWh
A typical electric car uses .25 kWh per mile
So, $1 of electricity allows you to travel 24 miles
That’s nearly 2.5 times as far! And that’s being generous with the gasoline cost and mpg numbers…
The simpler machine to get you around also allows you to forget about:
Oil & Filter changes
Head gaskets
Exhaust systems
Increased brake wear
Catalytic converters
emissions testing
Fuel pumps
Oil leaks
Gas smells
Rough shifting
Cold starting problems
Spark plugs
…and about 100 other things…
