$1.379 for regular-WTF

[Warl0ck]

That part is actually good. You can drive a Chevy Bolt, for example, around 380 km for around $7.20 worth of electricity (at $.12/kwH, BC's current tier 2 power price). A comparable sedan would burn over $40.00 of gas for the same distance.

I am friends with a guy who drives a Tesla Model S. He claims to pay about $1.30 per 100 km. If you use the supercharger stations and can wait 30 minutes the charge is absolutely free. On top of that there is no regular maintenance on the car. There is no rad, no oil, no belts, pretty much no nothing.

The Chevy Volt goes about 75 km on a charge then goes to gas. For a typical driver he'll run entirely on electricity except for the odd trip. For the Chevy Bolt yes on long distance trips charging is an issue, so you call Enterprise and rent a car. The one downfall of electric cars (outside of Tesla) is the slow charging. I'd go electric for my own car. When I travel I tend to rent cars because it's most cost efficient (but I'm billing for mileage).

 

[westwoody]

That part is actually good. You can drive a Chevy Bolt, for example, around 380 km for around $7.20 worth of electricity (at $.12/kwH, BC's current tier 2 power price). A comparable sedan would burn over $40.00 of gas for the same distance.

Thank you. A neighbour has a Tesla, it is really nice. Very tempting but you know they are getting better.

 

[maniacalone]

Speaking of Tesla. Musk was thrilled to learn Norway will begin banning gas and diesel car sales starting in 2025.

 

[Warl0ck]

Thank you. A neighbour has a Tesla, it is really nice. Very tempting but you know they are getting better.

Only issue with Tesla is that apparently the rest of the car doesn't have the best quality control. The battery system is top notch because that's Tesla's focus. A lot of owners complain otherwise. Tesla is a battery company for the 21st century and I think long run they'll be the ones making the batteries & auto drive systems. The Tesla as a car will be very specialized with a tiny market share (like the Blackberry). I hope Toyota comes out with a commercial EV. The Prius is a success and it's been a good learning experience. I've seen cabbies put 700,000 km on these things.

 

[LM987]

I am friends with a guy who drives a Tesla Model S. He claims to pay about $1.30 per 100 km. If you use the supercharger stations and can wait 30 minutes the charge is absolutely free. On top of that there is no regular maintenance on the car. There is no rad, no oil, no belts, pretty much no nothing.

The Chevy Volt goes about 75 km on a charge then goes to gas. For a typical driver he'll run entirely on electricity except for the odd trip. For the Chevy Bolt yes on long distance trips charging is an issue, so you call Enterprise and rent a car. The one downfall of electric cars (outside of Tesla) is the slow charging. I'd go electric for my own car. When I travel I tend to rent cars because it's most cost efficient (but I'm billing for mileage).

I understand that the Volt does cycle the the fuel on purpose so as not to have spoiled fuel in the system. So even if all your trips are technically on electric only, some fuel will be consumed so that it does not go bad. Still cheaper than 100% fuel. I am not looking at E cars just yet.

 

[overdone]

I am not looking at E cars just yet.

as is no one, the only way they're going to become mainstream is the Dictator/Commie approach like Norway is proposing

just like the BS delusions of Que/BC/ON gov'ts/pop, who like to think/spout off about being so environmentally superior, it's hype, not backed up by facts

http://driving.ca/auto-news/news/motor-mouth-an-electric-revolution-that-never-was

just like the delusions of green power, which is no where near economical or more importantly, is it even able to be produced at the level needed to produce the amount of energy for everyone to live like an obese American, let alone like you svelte green gods in BC, lol

love watching your morning news full of traffic jams, we don't need no stinking pipelines!!!

of course not, BC just imports it's gas from Alberta and the US