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To: Lorianne

So if they factor in the fuel costs for charging the batteries, I wonder what the real MPG for electric cars amounts to?


5 posted on 06/08/2017 3:48:23 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: antidemoncrat

Judging from the electric bike I had, it is about 3 times cheaper to run a gas engine than electric when you factor in the replacement cost of the batteries.


14 posted on 06/08/2017 4:13:29 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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If you factor in the obvious fact that every electric car is a dead battery coffin in an emergency evacuation scenario, what is the deaths per electric car ratio?

They’ll all have to be pushed off the highway and down the nearest embankment to allow traffic to keep moving.
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15 posted on 06/08/2017 4:23:23 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: antidemoncrat

“So if they factor in the fuel costs for charging the batteries, I wonder what the real MPG for electric cars amounts to?”

It is about the equivalent of $1 per gallon of gas. It is cheaper to fill up, but it takes forever to offset the high price and the battery pack replacement every so often.


40 posted on 06/08/2017 6:59:26 PM PDT by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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