Comments on: 5 Things Electric Car Owners Always Say

By: electric38

electric38 — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:32:00 +0000

not too many batteries charging with solar. Thats a shame. Lets get completely off the oil tit. It does nothing but ask for welfare hand outs, tax breaks and pocket money for the tea party carbon monoxide pushers. and create more mid east war reasons.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:11:00 +0000

Nice. Thanks for the note!

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:11:00 +0000

I am NOT wealthy by any means. The 7500 credit enabled me to lease my Volt for under $250/mo with $0 down. At that price, I’m comfortable saying EV’s are affordable to a large market TODAY! I actually spend less money overall than when i drove my 03 Honda.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:40:00 +0000

“Actually if you bought a full priced Leaf (no subsidy) right now you would spend about as much over ten years as if you bought a $20k 40mpg gasmobile. You’d spend more at time of purchase and you’d pay more in financing costs, but you’d save that back by driving with much cheaper electricity and via lower maintenance costs.”

That’s a key point people should take acct of.

Plus, presumably less maintenance for EVs.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:39:00 +0000

Thanks for the note.

By: JP White

JP White — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:09:00 +0000

The 2011 models will be on the second hand market over the next few years. As new models come out the price should be more than affordable for the folks who can’t normally afford new cars.

By: JP White

JP White — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:07:00 +0000

Correct on all counts.

By: Satisfied EV owner

Satisfied EV owner — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:06:00 +0000

Mr. Motavelli misrepresents one bit of information – he states that a majority of EV owners have a plug-in vehicle as their only car. This is incorrect. According to the cited survey, 95 percent of EV owners also own a conventional fuel vehicle. I am one of them. And like 85 percent of EV owners in the survey, we use our EV as our primary vehicle. Just to set the record straight.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:22:00 +0000

The purpose of the $7,500 tax credit is to get enough people to buy EVs in order to increase manufacturing volume. The thing apparently standing between us and affordable EVs is that we are manufacturing too few. The R&D costs, among other costs, have to be spread over too few cars.

Use subsidies to get manufacturing volumes up over 500,000 per year and EVs should drop in price to that of gasmobiles. And cost less than 1/4th as much per mile to drive.

If the cost of EVs gets to within a few thousand dollars of the price of gasmobiles then they become equally priced in terms of owning and driving.

Actually if you bought a full priced Leaf (no subsidy) right now you would spend about as much over ten years as if you bought a $20k 40mpg gasmobile. You’d spend more at time of purchase and you’d pay more in financing costs, but you’d save that back by driving with much cheaper electricity and via lower maintenance costs.

By: rkt9

rkt9 — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 12:55:00 +0000

I would love to own an EV! The $7500 tax credit is great, but still not enough. As it stands, it boils down to a subsidy for the already wealthy. I would like to see EV’s affordable for more people.

By: MonasticismCaitiff32

MonasticismCaitiff32 — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 12:11:00 +0000

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