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To: Beave Meister

“It has been true for years: Mile for mile, it’s cheaper — generally much cheaper — to recharge an electric vehicle than it is to refuel one with an internal-combustion engine.”

‘Much cheaper’ only if one doesn’t factor in the cost of generating said volts ...

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5 posted on 03/21/2022 2:01:55 PM PDT by ByteMercenary (Slo-Joe and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
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To: ByteMercenary
Re: only if one does not factor in the costs of generating the volts.

It is worse than that. Lets say the average battery replacement costs after a 7 year life span is $15,000. That is an additional average costs per year of $2,100. We haven't gotten to the part about the pollution caused by manufacturing the batteries.

23 posted on 03/21/2022 2:12:25 PM PDT by suijuris (Once a man learns to see he finds himself alone in the world with nothing but folly.)
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To: ByteMercenary

‘Much cheaper’ only if one doesn’t factor in the cost of buying the expensive EV in the first place.


113 posted on 03/21/2022 5:30:15 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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