cars - Blog - Brock Shores Financial #ImprovingFutures2024-03-28T09:22:23Zhttps://improvingfutures.ning.com/blog/feed/tag/carsElectric Carshttps://improvingfutures.ning.com/blog/electric-cars2019-12-13T09:28:41.000Z2019-12-13T09:28:41.000ZTimothy Rosshttps://improvingfutures.ning.com/members/TimothyRoss<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3768047942?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span style="font-size:8pt;">PEAK Disclosure - click for a view</span><br /><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://improvingfutures.ning.com/blog/peak-dealership-representative-disclosure?context=featured">https://improvingfutures.ning.com/blog/peak-dealership-representative-disclosure?context=featured</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:8pt;">Please always check out the comment section of my blogs, these are located below, there you will find the rest of the story , additonal research and information, please also add your own comments when you can, or find relevant stories, build, learn, share.</span></p>
<p><br /> Locally we are getting electric recharge stations. My friend Gord McFarlane keeps me posted on the many developments that are happening. In the beginning of a trend the costs are some times higher than established sources. </p>
<p>Received this commentary last night on the cost of electric cars it raises some interesting thoughts to reflect on and review in greater detail. ~Tim</p>
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<p>" <strong>Subject:</strong> <strong>Fwd: INTERESTING - About electric cars</strong></p>
<p>IF ELECTRIC CARS DO NOT USE GASOLINE, THEY WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN<br /> PAYING A <strong>GASOLINE TAX</strong> ON EVERY GALLON THAT IS SOLD FOR AUTOMOBILES,<br /> WHICH WAS ENACTED SOME YEARS AGO TO HELP TO MAINTAIN OUR ROADS AND<br /> BRIDGES.....</p>
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<p><strong>THEY WILL USE THE ROADS, BUT WILL NOT PAY FOR THEIR</strong> <br /><strong>MAINTENANCE!</strong></p>
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<p>In case you were thinking of buying hybrid or an electric car:<br /> Ever since the advent of electric cars, <strong>the </strong><strong>real</strong><strong> cost per mile of</strong> <br /><strong>those things has never been discussed.</strong></p>
<p>All you ever heard was the mpg. in terms of gasoline, with nary a mention of the cost of electricity<br /> to run it . This is the first article I've ever seen and tells the story pretty much as I expected it to.<br /><br /> Electricity has to be one of the least efficient ways to power things<br /> yet they're being shoved down our throats. Glad somebody finally put<br /> engineering and math to paper.</p>
<p>BC Hydro spokesman ... If you really intend to adopt electric vehicles,</p>
<p>he pointed out, you had to face certain realities. For example, a home charging system<br /> for a Tesla requires 75 amp service. The average house is equipped<br /> with 100 amp service. On our small street (approximately 25 homes),<br /> The electrical infrastructure would be unable to carry more than three<br /> houses with a single Tesla, each. For even half the homes to have<br /> electric vehicles, the system would be wildly over-loaded.<br /><br /><br /><strong>This is the elephant in the room with electric vehicles.</strong> Our<br /> residential infrastructure cannot bear the load. So as our genius<br /> elected officials promote this nonsense, not only are we being urged<br /> to buy these things and replace our reliable, cheap generating systems<br /> with expensive, new windmills and solar cells, but we will also have<br /> to renovate our entire delivery system! This latter "investment"<br /> will not be revealed until we're so far down this dead end road that<br /> it will be presented with an <strong>'OOPS...!'</strong> and a shrug.<br /><br /> If you want to argue with a green person over cars that are<br /> eco-friendly, just read the following. Note: If you ARE a green<br /> person, read it anyway. It's enlightening.<br /><br /> Eric test drove the Chevy Volt at the invitation of General Motors and<br /> he writes, "For four days in a row, the fully charged battery lasted<br /> only 25 miles before the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine.<br /> "Eric calculated the car got 30 mpg including the 25 miles it ran<br /> on the battery. So, the range including the 9-gallon gas tank and the<br /> 16 kwh battery is approximately 270 miles.<br /><br /> It will take you 4.5 hours to drive 270 miles at 60 mph. Then add 10<br /> hours to charge the battery and you have a total trip time of 14.5<br /> hours. In a typical road trip your average speed (including charging<br /> Time) would be 20 mph.<br /> According to General Motors, the Volt battery holds 16 kwh of<br /> electricity. It takes a full 10 hours to charge a drained battery.<br /> The cost for the electricity to charge the Volt is never mentioned ,<br /> so I looked up what I pay for electricity.<br /><br /> I pay approximately (it varies with amount used and the seasons) $1.16<br /> per kwh. 16 kwh x $1.16 per kwh = $18.56 to charge the battery.<br /> $18.56 per charge divided by 25 miles = <strong>$0.74 per mile to operate the</strong> <br /><strong>Volt using the battery.</strong> <strong> </strong> Compare this to a similar size car with a<br /> gasoline engine that gets only 32 mpg. $3.19 per gallon divided by 32<br /> Mpg = <strong>$0.10 per mile.</strong> <br /><br /><br /> The gasoline powered car costs about $25,000 while the Volt costs<br /> $46,000 plus. So the Canadian Government wants loyal Canadians not to<br /> do the math, but simply pay twice as much for a car, that costs<br /> more than seven times as much to run, and takes three times longer to<br /> drive across the country.</p></div>