Alternative Fuels BBC Cost Of Solar 
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
For a Western Interstate, Alternative Fuels Beckon Electric Cars: What if There’s a Blackout? At current transportation battery prices, that is well beyond the cost of spinning reserve. Wind, solar and nuclear could easily change our electrical sources. The closest to that source is solar. but not all of it.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
And, if you consider lifetime costs of owning an EV versus owning a traditional internal combustion car, even if the initial purchase price of the EV is much more than your combustion car and you have to replace a battery for $4,000 after 7-10 years, the EV still costs less to operate. If you charge with solar, is way less.
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