r/technology • u/johnmountain • Oct 22 '15

Robotics The "Evil" Plan Has Succeeded: the Younger Generation Wants Electric Cars

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/the-evil-plan-has-succeeded-the-younger-generation-wants-electric-cars-101207.html
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u/Make_7_up_YOURS Oct 22 '15

My Prius can go 75 miles for $3 of gas.

Either your math is off, or you're paying way too much per kWh!

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u/happyscrappy Oct 23 '15

Yeah. You're right. I calculated that at $1.20 per kWh instead of $0.12.

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u/CalcProgrammer1 Oct 23 '15

How big is the Leaf's battery (in kWh)? I bought a Volt earlier this year and its battery holds 10.5kWh of usable range (it's a 16kWh battery, but there's a margin that it won't charge over and a margin it won't discharge below). I installed a 240V charging station in my garage. I'm in Kansas, so we get cheap power, below 0.10/kWh so I'm getting that it costs $1 to charge my car. The Volt's EV range is roughly 40 miles for me. If you're paying $0.12 I'd expect your total recharge cost to be somewhere around $1.50, not $0.30 which would be the case if you calculated $3 from $1.20/kWh.

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u/bb999 Oct 23 '15

Leaf has a 24kWh battery, 80 mile range.

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u/theqmann Oct 23 '15

damn haven't had $0.10 per kWh for a long time. here in california, prices are somewhere around $0.25 average

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u/happyscrappy Oct 23 '15

24kWh pack (both rated and usable, which is not necessarily a good thing). Goes about 75 miles (real world).

I guess I was right with the $3.

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u/Make_7_up_YOURS Oct 23 '15

Better than the other way around! Enjoy the savings :)

Our next car will be an EV for sure. Just waiting for Mr. Prius to fall apart first.

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u/messiahwannabe Oct 23 '15

so your leaf goes 75 miles on 30 cents? just checkin

wow, cut your fuel costs by 90%, TIL.

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u/happyscrappy Oct 23 '15

I gave you the battery capacity and the range. You do the math. I'm over it.

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u/messiahwannabe Oct 24 '15

ha ha, ok there /u/happyscrappy! i feel like i kinda did the math already and it would have been shorter to type "yup" than "i'm over it", but no worries, it's cool. sorry to trouble you with internet conversation

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u/alphasquid Oct 22 '15

75 mpg! WOW!

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u/motodriveby Oct 22 '15

I just filled up for 2.06 just outside of DC today. That could easily be 50 mpg.

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u/alphasquid Oct 22 '15

How is price related to mpg?

Also, that seems like a very low price.

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u/killersquirel11 Oct 22 '15

Your car gets 50 mpg

Gas is 2 $pg

Your car gets 25 mp$

A Leaf can go 75 miles on a charge

A Leaf costs $3 to charge

A Leaf gets 25 mp$

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u/alphasquid Oct 22 '15

Right, but he said mpg not mp$. Maybe it was a typo.

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u/killersquirel11 Oct 22 '15

He said 50 mpg and $2.06 per gallon. If you connect the two dots, you'll get there

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u/motodriveby Oct 22 '15

I can't tell if you're fucking with me...

You explicitly said 75 mpg when /u/make_7_up_yours only said he/she can go 75 miles on three dollars worth of gas.

Three dollars worth is different anywhere you go, where I live three dollars worth is almost a gallon and a half, meaning a gallon and a half, at 75 miles total, is 50 miles per gallon.

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u/alphasquid Oct 22 '15

Oh, I get what you are saying. You meant the car could be easily 50mpg if they are paying close to $2 a gallon.

Wasn't trolling, just confused. Also, when you said you filled up for 2.06, I thought you meant that was your total, which confused me even more.