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Cars are like horses: people will soon realise EVs are just better, claims VW boss (www.autoexpress.co.uk)
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[–] 13 points 5 months ago (13 children)

I calculated this. Came out to somewhwre under $5k to drive my Golf 4 for like 8 years including the buying price. But yea whatever floats your electric boat big dog.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    I think that's entirely possible depending on where they live and how much they drive. I have a spreadsheet with my gas spending, and I've spent around $12k on gas since 2016. That includes some cross-country road trips, and taking my car to the race track, where it can burn 3 tanks in a day...

    For the last 6 years or so, I've only spent $3k in gas on my daily, since I don't have to go far and work remotely now. Gas prices in the PNW aren't exactly the cheapest either.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Yea it's really funny how he doesn't believe that covers my gas when I drive a wittle 1.4 petrol every now and then between cities.

    I literally use a tank in like 3-4 months probably. Now even less, since I work remote.

    I never track it either... If that weren't obvious lol. I also fixed nearly everything on it so it should in theory be more efficient than your average broken down one.

    Still, funny asf.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    My wife's plug-in hybrid charging (at home) costs the same as fuel for an ICE vehicle that gets 60mpg running 87 octane. Electricity is cheaper, but it's also not free.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    you might want to re-check your math.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Off-peak electricity rate in my area is around $0.14/kWh. One full charge is about 14 kWh, $1.96. This can go about 30mi max, for $0.065/mi.

    My 300cc bike getting 60 mpg at a cost of $4.20/gal comes out to $0.07/mi.

    Did I miss something?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Not where I live. All those charges for the use of their electricity here. I definitely do not have space to set up my own personal nuclear reactor on my patio. Not even sure I could scavenge enough free materials to build it, even if I found free designs/blueprints.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    As if you bloody know how much and how I drive lol, funny internet man.

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