Cost of electric car verses gas?

Question

if you compare the cost of a electric car to the cost of one that gets 33 plus miles per gallon it would take about 20 years to see the cost savings

Answer 1

when i crashed my electric car i was shocked

Answer 2

Converting your car only costs about $3000. Considering how cheap electricity is compared to gasoline, (about 10:1) electric really does make sense.

Answer 3

Which electric car are you comparing to?  The Tesla Roadster?  It's more comparable to a Ferrari or Corvette, and neither one of those gets close to 33 MPG.

The typical light-duty vehicle has a net drivetrain efficiency (after energy losses in transmissions, brakes, etc.) of about 15%.  A gallon of gasoline at 115,000 BTU yields about 17,250 BTU of useful work; at $4.00/gallon, this is 4312.5 BTU/$ or about 79¢/kWh.

Power from the wall costs something between 8¢ and 20¢/kWh in the USA, depending where you are, the time of year, the time of day, etc.  Nights are usually much cheaper than afternoons for bulk purchases.

The big cost is the car itself (low-volume production means high cost, but that would change) and the batteries.  Batteries are definitely cheaper than gasoline at today's prices, as I calculated 4 years ago (see the link).

Answer 4

It all comes down to the cost of the car and cost of the fuel. If the cost of an electric car is about the same as a conventionally power car then the electric car will cost less per mile to run then the gasoline power car and you’ll save money. If the electric car is more expensive then it’ll take time to break even. The Phoenix SUV costs about $54,000 and even if you bought a $25,000 compact SUV you’d break even in about 5 years.  If you can get a similarly priced electric (within a few thousand dollars) and can live with the range then electric is the way to go. Mile per mile electric is cheaper to run, personally I can’t live with range, the best would have to double their range for it to be practical for me or the price would have to come way down so I could have two cars, one for around town and another for longer trips.

Answer 5

ELEC CARS ARE AROUND 10,OOO

GAS VARY FROM STYLE MAKES AND YEARS AND PRICE RANGERS 23.900 UP TO 80,OOO+