electricity costs
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Thanks to the limited availability of electric cars on the market thus far and lack of parity between EV models and their gasoline or diesel counterparts, comparing the relative costs of the three isn't the easiest of tasks. The human race wouldn't have got very far if we'd only ever done what was easy though, so we're pleased to find that a Spanish website has done the math for us. Comparing the electric, gasoline and diesel versions of Renault's Fluence sedan, MotorPassion has worked out how long payback for buying an EV would take compared to its conventional counterparts. The models used...
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All the Gasoline You Could Use, for $40 A Month? In Detroit?Business of Plugging In 2010 conference, Detroit -- Some executives always hit the talking points, while others clearly relish their topic and aren't afraid to add some opinion to their presentations. Tony Earley, CEO of DTE Corp., the parent company of Detroit Edison, is the rare public utility...
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How Much Electricity Will Your EV Use? So Cal Edison Answers
How expensive is an electric car to charge? It’s a question we get asked a lot by our readers, keen to know just what the impact of electric car ownership will have on their pocket books. With gasoline cars it’s really easy to keep track of fuel costs. Filling up at the gas station is a...
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No, Electric Vehicles Won't Bring Down the U.S. Power Grid
Last week's heat wave prompted another eruption of that perennial question: Won't electric cars that recharge from grid power overload the nation's electricity system? Or put more bluntly: Will electric vehicles bring down the U.S. power grid? The answer, equally bluntly, is: No. They won't. (And...
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U.S. Buyers Save Less Using EVs (But It's Not About Payback)
Auto industry analysts get paid to issue reports, and most of them are vastly better at data analysis and number crunching than we'll ever be. That doesn't mean, however, that sometimes their data isn't misleading. It's important to keep context in mind, and not miss the forest for the trees...
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