Now do the numbers on a diesel hybrid and you’ll see why I think all this electric vehicle stuff is pure mental masturbation. A diesel hybrid could get 80+ MPG. Make it a plug-in hybrid if people want to go the first 40 to 50 miles on nothing but the battery.
The payback intervals on these EV’s is going to be a very long time... especially if the utilities get to pass on carbon emission costs or “green” power rates to the consumer. Suddenly that $0.066/mile power cost could go up to $0.10 to $0.20/mile power cost....
I've been wondering for years why long-haul trucks haven't adopted that technology from the rail-road industry.
I don't have access to the numbers but I would think that a diesel-electric hybrid with regenerative brakes would be very cost effective.