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Four Reasons to Build an Electric Vehicle

1.       Economical: Cost less to operate. Cost for energy at $.09 a kilowatt is $1.00 for every 50 miles.  An ICE getting 30 MPG at $2.90 a gallon is $4.83 for 50 miles. One half to one third the cost for maintenance even with the electric car’s extra replacement battery costs.

2.       Emotional : Build and/or Design myself, less dependant on others.

3.       Environmental: Electric cars are 80% efficient in the use of potential energy, while an ICE is 20% efficient.  Less pollution and greenhouse gas or if using solar panels to charge your batteries; no pollution. Less Noise pollution

4.       Political: United States imports 60 to 70% of our oil and 70% of that, is used for Transportation.  So we are dependent on other, sometimes radical anti-US countries for our energy. If we could drive, even change to 10% electric vehicles it would make us free from possible blackmail etc.

    
 

 

Comments

Sun, 05/31/2009 - 04:36 — atzi

More than $1 for every 50 mile

When I wrote this before the SSSaturn was finished I stated $1 for every 50 miles. That was based on $.09 per kilowatt Hour and 220 watts per mile of driving.
My experience is $.12 per kwh and 400 watts per mile. Maybe my charger, my vehicle and my lead foot are causes but for every 50 miles it cost me $2.25 worth of electricity according to my records.
At $2.30 for a gallon of 87 octane an ICE would have to achieve over 50 mpg.