People also like to mention astronomical «mpg» but by omitting
actual electric costs, it's misleading to unequivocally say a car got 335.5 mpg (pictured).
Not exact matches
We looked at all the available
electric and plug - in hybrids and selected the Hyundai Sonata plug - in hybrid due to the battery range (27 miles quoted, 35 miles
actual for ours), the size of the car (large enough for 5 large adults), the size of the trunk (roughly the size of our Camry hybrid trunk, which was fine for all our suitcases), the
cost, and the lifetime warranty of the drive batteries.
Half Leather, 16» Alloy Wheels, Air Conditioning, Front Foglights, Electrically - Operated Windows, Remote Central Locking,
Electric Door Mirrors, CD Player, Auxiliary Power Socket, Height Adjustable Drivers seat, Isofix, Low Mileage, Low Insurance Group, Low Running
Costs, Photographs Of
Actual Car, Physical Car Available Viewing Today, Part Exchange Taken as Full Deposit
Estimated
electric bill of $ 2000 per month (although, to be honest, this sounds like an embarassed understatement of
actual costs).
The new estimate appears likely to be far more accurate since it is based on
actual experience in Western Europe where similar efforts have been pursued for a number of years and rates have increased rapidly where there has been extensive use of non-hydro «renewables,» and includes all the hidden
costs such as rebuilding the
electric grid that are so difficult to model using engineering studies.
Toll is currently running a very humble Kickstarter campaign (with only an $ 800 goal) to underwrite the
costs of printing his DIY
electric bike conversion ebook as a physical book (you know, the kind made from
actual paper, not electrons).