40 Miles through the city? What in the world...take the highway man and get a civic. I heard this thing is coming out for $30,000-40,000 ish. I got my 2010 ex for 15k. My commute is also just about half of yours...
You drive ~80 miles a day for work. Assuming you work weekdays, you would be driving at least 80 miles x 260 would be totaling ~20800ish miles a year for work. The civic at worst gets 300 miles to the tank. Filing up its 10 gallon tank would cost 30 dollars in California. 20800 / 300 miles would mean you would have to be at the pump 70ish times a year spending 30 dollars which would mean you would be spending ~$2100 in gas for work.
The chevy volt is expected to be on sale for $30,000 - $40,000 assuming a person with a similar commute to yours spends on a mid-range volt ~$35,000, had they bought a civic for 15k and spending around $2500 for gas a year, they would be able to fuel the civic for 8 years to even equal the price of the $35,000 car.
By 8 years. The exhausted lithium ion battery would need a several thousand dollar replacement.
I think the future would be electric vehicles. But our battery tech right now is unbelievable. It seems like we've only gone through 4 generations of rechargeable batteries. Ni-cd, ni-mh, Li-ion, and P-ion pathetic!
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I drive 40 miles each way to work through crime ridden neighborhoods. Cycling is not an option. I would love to get a volt.
@monkey man
What did the boy of color get for Christmas?
Your bike.
written on my 486 dx, via the Ghetto, nuckah!
@A25i
Apparently he got a terrible school district that no one would want to attend.
@monkey man
40 Miles through the city? What in the world...take the highway man and get a civic. I heard this thing is coming out for $30,000-40,000 ish. I got my 2010 ex for 15k. My commute is also just about half of yours...
You drive ~80 miles a day for work. Assuming you work weekdays, you would be driving at least 80 miles x 260 would be totaling ~20800ish miles a year for work. The civic at worst gets 300 miles to the tank. Filing up its 10 gallon tank would cost 30 dollars in California. 20800 / 300 miles would mean you would have to be at the pump 70ish times a year spending 30 dollars which would mean you would be spending ~$2100 in gas for work.
The chevy volt is expected to be on sale for $30,000 - $40,000 assuming a person with a similar commute to yours spends on a mid-range volt ~$35,000, had they bought a civic for 15k and spending around $2500 for gas a year, they would be able to fuel the civic for 8 years to even equal the price of the $35,000 car.
By 8 years. The exhausted lithium ion battery would need a several thousand dollar replacement.
I think the future would be electric vehicles. But our battery tech right now is unbelievable. It seems like we've only gone through 4 generations of rechargeable batteries. Ni-cd, ni-mh, Li-ion, and P-ion pathetic!