Tesla pickup, possibly

[schmism]

reports from owners of Tesla model S is roughly 400wh/mile or .4KWh/mile so in your case a "fuel cost" would be ~3.12 cent/mile

EPA rates the Tesla S (90D) at 125mpg which is takeing how much energy is stored in a gallon of gas vs how much energy per mile the electric uses. You can lookup how much energy is in a gal of gas converted to electrical energy. On paper its more complicated because you have to take into account factors such as efficiency. However all those complicated items cancel out if you just take the avg of what Tesla owners are reporting from metered chargers to miles driven. This is the same as gallons of gas put in for miles driven.

FYI 30mpg @ $2.50/gal = 12 cent/mile

I pay a monthly average of 7.8 cents per KWh ($0.078) What would that be equal to in MPG for a plug-in hybrid or an all electric like Tesla or Volt?

Patrick

 

[patrick_g]

reports from owners of Tesla model S is roughly 400wh/mile or .4KWh/mile so in your case a "fuel cost" would be ~3.12 cent/mile

EPA rates the Tesla S (90D) at 125mpg which is takeing how much energy is stored in a gallon of gas vs how much energy per mile the electric uses. You can lookup how much energy is in a gal of gas converted to electrical energy. On paper its more complicated because you have to take into account factors such as efficiency. However all those complicated items cancel out if you just take the avg of what Tesla owners are reporting from metered chargers to miles driven. This is the same as gallons of gas put in for miles driven.

FYI 30mpg @ $2.50/gal = 12 cent/mile

So a supermythological Prius getting 60 mpg would cost approximately $4500 more to fuel than an improved all electric costing 3 cents per mile during a 150,000 mile comparison. That would be 12 to 15 years of driving for us. B U T can you buy a Tesla for only $4500 more than a Prius? I don't think so.

We make 1 to 2 60 mile round trips per week plus short local round trips under 10 miles for about 230 miles per month. Most of the short trips are less than 10 miles/day. Perhaps if the tech hasn't changed dramatically and our driving stays about the same when our 2004 Prius needs to be retired, we should consider a plug-in Prius. I wish they had more electric range but oh well... Half of our miles would be all electric and half hybrid gasoline/electric.

Maybe some of the recent announcements for cheaper more efficient batteries than Li-Ion herald a new era in affordable electric and plug-in hybrids.

Patrick

 

[RalphVa]

To me, an electric pickup is ideal. Most of the time my pickup just sits until we need it for something, as neither of us like to drive the beast (a Toyota Turd Tacoma). It always starts and always goes fine. Never has required anything other than an oil change about every 3 years and transmission/diff and coolant and hydraulic fluid changes on schedule. Two or 3 recalls that cost nothing. Still would go for an electric pickup if one was available.

Would NOT buy it if it's the size of a "full size pickup" because they just plain are not practical, UNLESS (and they could with no driveline nor differential in the way) lower the bed height to where you can get to stuff in the bed from the side and easily get up into the bed from the rear or side.

Ralph

 

[Jstpssng]

Then there's the electric airbus. CityAirbus demonstrator passes major propulsion testing milestone
It reminds me of a book series from post WW11 era, where two brothers flew around in the electric plan which they invented.