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My issue with lekky cars at the moment is one of style. Unless you have a skwillion pounds to spend, you have to get a prius or leaf or something. There doesn'
by matte8000 14y ago
My issue with lekky cars at the moment is one of style. Unless you have a skwillion pounds to spend, you have to get a prius or leaf or something.
There doesn't seem to be a stylish looking electric on the market yet. Something that might change once BMW release the i3.
- ben1040 14y agoI'm OK with the Prius, but the Leaf definitely looks like an "electric car" where "electric car" is said as though it were the punchline to a joke.
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- mertd 14y agoModel S isn't that expensive, if you factor in the long term costs. Quoting from (http://teslarumors.com/USA-Residental-Energy-Cost-2011-by-State.html http://teslarumors.com/USA-Residental-Energy-Cost-2011-by-St...): Based on a price of $3.75 for gasoline, a 15 mpg vehicle will incur a cost of 25 cents per mile, while a 30mpg vehicle will incur a cost of 12 cents per mile. Model S gets 3-5c per mile in most states.
- tbrownaw 14y agoThe trouble is that that $3.75 includes taxes that are supposed to cover road maintenance. And sooner or later those taxes will have to be replaced by something else, likely paid when you renew your license plates and likely designed to be more expensive for cars that use less/no gas.
- mertd 14y agoI think the portion of gasoline tax for road maintenance amounts to less than a cent per mile, while the frequently quoted cost for road maintenance is 5-6c per mile per car. Thus it is already being funded from other sources.
- jack-r-abbit 14y agohttp://www.torquenews.com/1075/washington-state-electric-car-tax-going-effect-2013 http://www.torquenews.com/1075/washington-state-electric-car...