Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Solar Dave writes: "My first thought was, “hey that is not fair” and that is why is (sic) costs so much to park at DIA." John Voelker at GreenCarReports.com ran the numbers and found that if the Tesla arrived on empty and slowly, completely refilled the battery over the next few days, it would cost $4.50. This is not new, actually.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Also worth noting for those contemplating a new EV, the trip literally cost me nothing. In a Prius, the trip would have cost something over $40. This car remains awesome.) I happened to hit the bridge tolls during commute hours in each direction (EVs free), and parking and charging in Sacto was also free.

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Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 8, 2011

Now, Costco has the opportunity, thanks to the California Energy Commission's ReConnect California program with ClipperCreek, to upgrade legacy AVCON charging equipment to J1772 at no cost. Given that it will actually cost the company more money to say no than to say yes makes this a no-brainer for me. It should for Costco as well.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

He has come to like the car so much that the fact that now it is costing him closer to his gasoline past doesn’t seem to get him down. He’s accepted the changed situation at the station house that has increased his cost in dollars and commuting time. After all, Level 1 can cost hundreds instead of thousands per charge spot.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 8, 2010

VoteVets.org has a campaign to highlight the true cost of our oil addiction. Yet another argument for plug-in cars.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 14, 2012

Many are free for the time being while costs are covered by government grants, but payment is sometimes required, whether by the hour, or kilowatt hour, or session. This location was sponsored by the National Parks Conservation Association which covered the charge station and installation costs. Prices reported range from $.50

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 19, 2011

And it's very cheap to install, probably less than 10% the cost of a Level 2 unit. Airports are one of the places 12oV makes lots of sense. Most cars sit for many hours, some for days at long-term parking. A few Level 2 charge stations would be useful in short-term parking, as well.

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 24, 2011

With the city budget constrained just as investment in EV charging infrastructure has become warranted, one would think the City would jump at the opportunity for seventeen n0-cost new units to serve LEAFs, Volts and Teslas now. These ClipperCreek chargers would be simple to use - just park and plug in.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 30, 2010

At 25% of the cost of a Tesla, we're no longer talking about a car for millionaires. The Nissan LEAF, the first all-electric car to be mass marketed by a major automaker, will come in around $25,000, with help from the federal tax credit of $7500.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 28, 2009

After recognizing that the intent of such a subsidy is to "encourage early adopters of the technology, helping electric car manufacturers achieve economies of scale," author Richard Pike suggests a reason to oppose it is that "it would cost more than £150bn to subsidize Britain’s entire car fleet," a proposal no one has made. Read it here.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 29, 2010

The oil rig disaster off Louisiana is the top news item on the NY Times and BBC.com. The "transmission losses" from this one event now include not only the oil leaking and the environmental consequences, but also the costly involvement of the US military. Same "transmission losses" when everything goes right, of course.

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Plugs and Cars

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

The false or misleading claims include: that the loans will be used to build cars that cost $89,000 and $109,000; that the loans will finance foreign manufacturing; and that Fisker and Tesla are European companies. Here's one of the FoxNews stories: See the full report here.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Toyota aims to chop the present-day cost of fuel cell vehicles by 90%. In 5 years.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 22, 2007

It is projected to cost between £15,000 and £20,000, a pricey $30-40,000 at today's weak dollar. Still I suspect there would be greater demand than initial supply. There is a market for cool and clean at the low and high end.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 11, 2011

The notion here is that once a business buys and installs a charge station, the running costs (electricity) are too low to give much value to the operational complexities and expense of participating in and paying for a "network". But it could just as easily be a shopping mall, a municipal lot or employee parking.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 18, 2009

The press release headline blares: "PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLE COSTS LIKELY TO REMAIN HIGH, BENEFITS MODEST FOR DECADES." The report highlights battery cost in 2010 leading to a $18,000 premium for some initial PHEVs, and suggests no lower cost is unlikely to be achieved with economies of scale. Department of Energy.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 9, 2008

We will develop these vehicles in a manner that enables it to reduce costs and ultimately make BEVs more affordable for consumers. The work will include partnering with battery and powertrain systems suppliers to deliver a full battery electric vehicle (BEV) in a van-type vehicle for commercial fleet use in 2010 and a BEV sedan in 2011.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 7, 2009

Somehow battery plug-in cars within thousands of dollars of cost competitiveness "enter the world of Star Trek" according to Bill Reinert, who nonetheless trumpets hydrogen fuel cell cars only a few hundred thousand each from any semblance of marketability.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 17, 2007

GM's European chief Carl-Peter Forster is said to mention the EV in an excerpt from tomorrow's Auto Motor Sport magazine. He told the magazines that hybrid technology is too costly to use in small cars, suggesting a city car, perhaps too small to be marketed in the US.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 17, 2008

An electric vehicle fleet would sharply reduce the cost of driving a car, reduce pollution, and increase the flexibility of our electricity grid. We could further increase the value and efficiency of a Unified National Grid by helping our struggling auto giants switch to the manufacture of plug-in electric cars. Full speech available here.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 29, 2010

The cost of this protection will, of course, be borne by American taxpayers. The poorly equipped government forces are now receiving support from the US Navy. The US Africa Command, inaugurated in 2008, will undoubtedly play a major role to enable safe passage of this increasingly vital oil. oil imports. Source: UPI.com ].

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 27, 2013

On the other hand burdensome complexity and unnecessary cost could inhibit employers from making it easy. At about $1 a day for electricity it’s a small perk like many others at work, costing more to collect than it’s worth. Even with Level 1 charging at work, these become 100+ mile cars. They should be encouraged.

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Plugs and Cars

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Simply getting on the waiting list for the car once cost $50,000. Cars will not hit the road until early next year. Personally I'd trade range for earlier delivery, but of course it doesn't work that way. Now, for only $5,000 you can tell your friends you're waiting for one. But don't expect to receive your car for at least a year.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 11, 2007

Driving one still has an environmental cost, mostly associated with the use of Santa's most feared stocking-stuffer: 49.7 The long tailpipe, and all that. Slate, the online magazine, has an enviro Q&A column, The Green Lantern , that asks the question today. percent of our nation's electricity is generated by the burning of coal.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 3, 2011

For a while, the electricity will be free with a phone call or Coulomb card, but eventually - probably sooner rather than later - there will be a cost to charge at many charge stations. There is a cost to charging. They need to be activated with a phone call, a Coulomb card (one-time $10 per card), or in some cases a credit card.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 5, 2007

Which is as good a way as any to summarize the cost challenges of fuel-cell vehicles—even before looking at the infrastructure challenges. The FCX Clarity will be leased for $600 a month, starting next summer, to selected customers in Southern California.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 29, 2009

There is an existing market for electric vehicles, especially among those who can afford the extra cost of limited-production new technology vehicles. A large survey, 4000 people in eight countries, has discovered what many of us have been saying all along. The only problem? There are no cars for sale.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 3, 2012

Technology has enabled access to petroleum previously unavailable, but at an unacknowledged high cost. Politicians hoping to exploit the moment spread the notion that American gasoline could flow bountifully, cheaply and forever were the boot heel of big government taken off the neck of poor oil companies. This should be our moment.

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 26, 2007

They could also save owners more than $450 in fuel costs each year compared to a traditional combustion engine vehicle. The study revealed that these cars, each equipped with a 9 kilowatt-hour battery, could reduce overall CO2 vehicles emissions by half.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 29, 2006

Of course, the current cost of fuel cell cars is estimated at more than 10 times that figure. Challenges that still need to be overcome before mass production is possible for Honda include reducing the amount of metals used for fuel cells, improving hydrogen storage and lower-cost production of hydrogen, according to Fukui.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

"So what" reply proponents of battery electric cars, citing battery improvements that surpass fuel cell advancements and existing infrastructure supplying domestically produced fuel at a fraction of the cost of gasoline. ARB is meant to put ZEVs on the road, driving, meeting real people's real needs. CARB Chairwoman Mary Nichols agrees."People

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 29, 2008

Pandering politicians have ensured the true cost of gas remains shrouded in tax policy and the defense budget. Tom Friedman of the NY Times has been hammering away at the bi-partisan disaster that is the US energy policy for years now. One cornerstone of the policy is cheap gas.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 2, 2007

Total cost: $6. Should have cost me nothing to do the trip, but I had to pay for parking in Sacramento. In a Prius or Civic Hybrid at 50mpg, the trip would have cost about $30 in gas, tolls and parking in Sacto. Stopped in Vacaville on the return trip to eat lunch, charging while eating of course. Arrived back home around 3.15

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 25, 2008

The letter states that the Staff recommendation has increased the volume of ZEVs and PHEVs required from 2012-2014 and this would result in additional costs of up to $3.4 An accompanying chart shows the increases. But the explanation is disingenuous.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 27, 2007

The NiMH batteries (same chemistry as in every Prius, including the PHEV under review here) which take my Toyota RAV4 EV over 100 miles using 10 year old technology and existing electric infrastructure and cost perhaps $20,000 in minimal production numbers, aren't considered ready for prime time and are often said to be too expensive.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 21, 2007

Hell, even the Tesla Roadster must cost less than half the Hydrogen 7 and it can be filled up for a few bucks virtually anywhere. As if the world needs to catch up to BMW's environmental leadership! In reality, pricey Madison Avenue green gloss for the disntinctly ungreen line of beemers. And some say electric cars are too expensive.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 11, 2009

The greater near term carbon reduction benefit of plug-in electrics should not be sacrificed to projections of cost and consumer preferences decades hence. CARB ought to recognize that near-term commercialization of plug-in electric cars is happening.

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