Subj : Re: EVs
To   : esc
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sun Oct 15 2023 08:31:00

-=> esc wrote to Avon <=-

 es> I have a 2018 Fiat 500E - a compliance car that was only sold in
 es> California and Oregon for a few years. Stellantis lost like $15k on
 es> each one of these sold, it's actually a fantastic little commuter.

 es> The downside to me is that I don't get a ton of range with this
 es> vehicle, but it made me a believer in the technology. If you can swing
 es> getting solar on your home, it even sweetens the deal.

When they can make solar efficient enough to contribute to range, we'll
be in a good place. Toyota made a "solar roof" for the Prius, but all it
did was power the interior fans.

With the price of gas nowadays, I'm doing back-of-the-envelope
calculations to compare EV charging costs to gasoline and EV is coming
out better.

I have a round-trip from Santa Cruz to Truckee, CA I need to make, and
want to do it in my EV as an experiment. The uphill portion will kill my
efficiency, but there are a bunch of charging stations in Sacramento and
Auburn. Taking my spare car, an SUV that gets around 19 mpg should cost
around $170 in gas - it's a 500 mile round trip.

I'm getting around 4 miles per kwh, so if it were flat, using a mixture
of DC charging and home level 2 charging, it should cost around 60
bucks.

I've got a range extender, so I could always use that, too.



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