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Yeah - I drove by a station in a work truck that we're trying to get rid of. 35 miles to empty. $4.29 per gallon. If someone else wants to buy gas for that truck, he can put that on an expense report. I'm not going to ask to get reimbursed.
 
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BuckBackHome said:
Might be time to look at an EV for my next vehicle. Now if Acura only made one.
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We have an EV. It's great for what we use it for - just in-town driving to drop kids off at school and maybe run a couple errands. We don't have a fancy charging station, so it charges pretty slowly. And we don't charge it to 100% ever. I think we normally keep it at 70% max, and that says we have about 200 miles. But you aren't charging it 200 miles overnight with a Level 1 charger. If we wanted to drive it farther, we'd charge it to 80 or 90%. I guess it's bad to charge it to 100%.
For a week or so our garage lost power over the winter, so we took it to a Level 3 charger. It charged the whole thing (to that 70%) for about $20 in about 30-40 minutes.
If you're doing more driving, you might need a Level 2 charger. I'm not sure how difficult that is to install, but it'd charge faster than just the wall outlet that we use.
Oh - and most importantly, our electric bill really hasn't gone up much. So that's pretty awesome.
 
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Zurp said:
We have an EV. It's great for what we use it for - just in-town driving to drop kids off at school and maybe run a couple errands. We don't have a fancy charging station, so it charges pretty slowly. And we don't charge it to 100% ever. I think we normally keep it at 70% max, and that says we have about 200 miles. But you aren't charging it 200 miles overnight with a Level 1 charger. If we wanted to drive it farther, we'd charge it to 80 or 90%. I guess it's bad to charge it to 100%.
For a week or so our garage lost power over the winter, so we took it to a Level 3 charger. It charged the whole thing (to that 70%) for about $20 in about 30-40 minutes.
If you're doing more driving, you might need a Level 2 charger. I'm not sure how difficult that is to install, but it'd charge faster than just the wall outlet that we use.
Oh - and most importantly, our electric bill really hasn't gone up much. So that's pretty awesome.
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I think the cost of charging at home is like a third of charging at one of the public chargers. So, cost per mile for energy is pretty low for an EV. I plan to drive my current car until if falls apart, but if I live long enough to need a new one, I'd like to get an EV next time since I rarely drive more than 100 miles in a day.
 
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We got a plug-in hybrid for my wife last year, and I'm looking to get a used EV in the near future. I had already installed a 220 outlet in the garage for the generator, so it was easy to get an L2 charger hooked up. This year will actually be good for anyone looking for a used EV. A bunch of 2-3 year old leases are ending, and the residual buyout is much higher than the value so they will end up for sale. Most people are afraid of used EV's so the prices are lower than they probably should be. In actuality, most of the batteries will last for 200-300K miles and only lose 10-20% of the range. If you have the ability to charge it at home and you aren't going to road trip very often, it's pretty much a no-brainer.

The plug-in is kind of a dumb idea, but my wife usually can drive to work and back on battery. I think the first month we had it she filled her tank once rather than once a week and the electric bill went up by a tank of gas. Winter was worse since it relies on the engine to heat the car. For people who need a gas tank, the EREV is probably the future, but batteries are coming along so fast that in 5-10 years, you'll fast charge your battery almost as fast as getting gas. They are also getting cheaper so a new EV will end up costing less than an ICE. I've made the life choice to be done with gas engines outside of the generator.
 
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