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Originally Posted by notinmybackyard
Every 4 months I make a 3,000 mile drive (6,000 return). It's just not going to be practical for me any time soon.
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That is 18,000 miles a year, or 28968 kilometers. Lets round-up to 30,000.
Assuming you have a pretty fuel-efficient car that uses about 9 kitres of gas per every 100 kilometers you drive, you spent $3159.00 buying gasoline in Montreal at the average price of $1.17 per litre.
Had you done this in a 15Kw EV car instead, your total cost would have been $485.55 for the year. Or if you prefer a Dual-Engine Supercar like Tesla at 30kWh consumption in "Ludicrous" mode, it would have only cost you $971.10.
You would save as much as $2673, Per Year. And just for fun, you would get better parking spots and free tolls too.
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Originally Posted by notinmybackyard
LOL I totally know what I'm fucking talking about
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Well, hmm... maybe do a little more research.
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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
funny thing about hydrogen cars. I had always assumed you would put water in the tank, separate the water, expel the o2 and burn the h.  |
That would be great, except that you can't get enough energy to separate the Hydrogen and Oxygen fast enough, not to mention the other hardware that would be required. But if they could do it, that would be cool as hell.
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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
I've seen that a few times on youtube.... pretty sure my next gas auto will be my last
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Same here. My wifey and I are shopping for new cars this year and we aren't even considering gas cars. There are 4 Tesla's on my street, 3 PHEV's, 2 Bolts, 2 Volts, and 4 Leaf's too. Gas cars are falling out of favor.
Gas cars will never go away though. If electric becomes super-popular, then gas cars will become niches, and grow in popularity again, like Vinyl records.