BestPal said:
Oh this is so much fun. Lets do the 3rd grade math together on DC charging on our occasional trips beyond EV range vs range extender option on the same trip, OK?
In San Diego area to charge a Leaf or an i3 from 0-80% will take about 30 minutes and will cost $10.95
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80% added charge will give you 63 miles of range (give or take a mile or two).
Range extender will use 1.65 gal at 38mpg (EPA) and at today's $3.50/gal it adds up to $5.80 for the same 63 miles.
In what world $10.95 is less than $5.80 HANDS DOWN??
When I need an OCCASIONAL trip beyond my Leaf's EV range I would love to have a range extender just to avoid madness and time wasting around public DC charging....
You chose what suits you best I still hate public DC and if I could avoid it all together, I would.
So, you support my statement. You chose gasoline over supporting electric vehicle infrastructure because of cost (which I stated) and convenience. Yes, it's tough to break the habit of 100,000 public oil dispensing stations.
Now let's compare my math (which I'm going to say is above third grade level, so I hope you can follow along). I drove my 2014 Toyota Rav4 EV with "JdeMO" port from beautiful San Diego to Northridge this past Saturday.
It was 75 miles from my house in San Diego to Irvine, where I stopped at the ChargePoint station at Marriott Courtyard Irvine Spectrum. There are two Nissan / Sumitomo built chargers there. Neither was taken, nor did anybody show up to use them while I was there. I'm going to call that "not crowded".
I paid about $4.50 for a thirty minute charge there, thanks to the fantastic billing structure of charge station owner EV Oasis of only 15 cents per minute, plus a fantastic new hotel with clean bathrooms 24/7, food, shopping mall across the street, seating areas, etc. (for folks that know me, how's the advertising going?).
I was running a little late, so I cranked it up to "hyperspeed" on the 405 freeway, with the intent to charge at the free CHAdeMO station in Tarzana. But, I didn't need to, and completed the 145 mile trip to Bob's Big Boy in Northridge with about 30-ish miles on the GOM. Total time enroute, two hours driving, 30 minutes charging.
Then, after lunch, I decided to take a few of my friends over to the free CHAdeMO stations at California State University, Northridge for a little charger show-and-tell. I charged for an additional 33 minutes, then drove up to Valenica / Santa Clarita (Magic Mountain area).
Gosh, that sure looks like a TON of driving for just 63 minutes of charging and $4.50.
How's my math so far? You keep pumping that gasoline, and the rest of us will drag transportation into the 21st century. Thanks for playing.