Think the average American idiot knows what amortize means?
We live in an Idiocracy. We are far outnumbered and swirling down the drain quickly.
Used Tesla S Class cars are now worth more than new models. They have become instant collectors items. I’ve seen them at classic car shows.
Teslas won’t even start to move from must haves of the wealthy —to middle class must haves until their price moves down to 35k in 2016—as promised.
electric car - attached garage - fire - no thanks
The Volt gets 40mpg hwy ... BFD! there are many gas only cars that do the same at 1/3 the cost ... and the Volt , here in Florida , will have the gas engine running 100% of the time as it’s needed for the A/C to operate...
EV’s are perfect for touchy/feely Metrosexual TV commercials.
Has anyone made a comparison of the cost of INSURANCE between the Volt and the Tesla compared to cars they were matched against.
Insurance costs are never ending cost of owning a car. If one drives a paltry 100 miles a year, the insurance costs must still be paid, and factored in.
The author is basically right. Currently, electric cars don’t make economic sense. However, there are some other factors that are never considered in comparisons like this one. For example, how nice would it be to never have to spend time at a gas station? Does anyone enjoy their time at the gas station? I doubt it. How much leisure and other productive time is wasted just with the process of purchasing gasoline? Let’s suppose that you spend 20 minutes of your life per week getting gas. That’s like 17 hours per year. Suppose you spent that 17 hours doing something that you enjoy. An economic value should be assigned to that. Do other factors such as the one I’ve mentioned justify purchase of an electric vehicle economically? Probably not, but such factors can’t be totally ignored either.
The author seeks to gain credibility with his math skill.
“The cost to fill the 9 gallon tank with $4 a gallon gas is $38.”
Being a car guy and a math guy, I lost interest at that point.
Anybody driving a vehicle other than the cheapest to operate, is deciding on non-economic criteria.
Gas-electric hybrid works great. Electric only not so much, with some exceptions.
Do we have any people here that would pick a Corvette over say a Cruze?
A major goal in life for many, is to reach a point where not all decisions have to be just economics.
Hybrids and electric cars have nothing to do with economics but have everything to do with hipster smugness.
the world’s dependence on liquid fuel from
the middle east is the root cause
of immense human suffering.
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electric cars,
you have to start somewhere.
the Volt is a great car,
but it costs too much for
what you get.
The Volt.....Chevies Jubilee
Reality check, kids: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jimgorzelany/2014/02/07/tesla-model-s-worth-more-used-than-new/ Tesla Model S Worth More Used Than New
Now, you are hereby ordered to post a bunch of mindless rants denying the above.
Never would have thought I would have a hybrid. I have the Ford C Max and love it!
The Chevy Volt and the Prius are comparable vehicles.
The Chevy Spark and the Prius C are comparable vehicles.
Tesla's next model, which is the Model X, will be comparable to the Volt and the Prius.
Seems to me that hybrid delivery vehicles in urban areas would be a good use of the gas/electric combination, more so than passenger cars.