Re: Why EVs will succeed in Europe

["J.W.Toma" <aew@WORLDONLINE.NL>]

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Not to forget that the EV in Europe has no roadtax, no luxurytax at new =
purchase
jwt
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From: David Roden <roden@ACORN.NET>
To: Multiple recipients of list EV <EV@SJSUVM1.SJSU.EDU>
Date: Saturday, 31 January, 1998 2:43 AM
Subject: Why EVs will succeed in Europe


>Paul Compton said that English gasoline costs:
>
>> 68.9 pence per litre (97 octane leaded) for the Skoda
>>
>> 66.9 pence per litre (diesel) for the Peugeot
>>
>> Exchange rate about $1.65 to the pound
>>
>> Don't forget VAT (sales tax) is 17.5%, I think it's up to 25% in some =
EU
>> countries.
>
>That works out to about 5.20 per gallon.  This puts the fuel cost of a
>fuel-efficient vehicle (40 mpg) at about 13 cents per mile.
>
>Suppose your average bloke uses 20 of those 200 dollar AGM batteries in
>his EV and needs to replace them every 3 years.  He drives his EV 6000
>miles a year, not an unreasonable amount; his battery amortization =
costs
>are 22 cents per mile, which doesn't include the cost of the =
electricity.
>That extra 9 cents per mile is 69 percent more, but of course the EV =
has
>other maintenance savings (we hope).
>
>Now look at it in the US.  Gasoline costs about 1.20 per gallon (less
>where I live, but let's think big city here).  Our small cars aren't
>as small or as fuel-efficient as those in London, so let's say we get
>30 mpg.  Our fuel cost is 4 cents per mile.
>
>Say I put 20 Optimas in my car.  They're lots cheaper here; the pack =
will
>cost me about $2400.  For my 3 years and 18,000 miles, the cost per =
mile
>will be 13 cents per mile.
>
>The difference is exactly the same, 9 cents.  Unfortunately, it's a
>whopping 225 percent increase.  To Joe Average, that sounds like a lot.
>And it gets worse: all the cost of replacing those batteries hits at =
the
>end of that 3 years.  It's almost like having to rebuild your engine =
and
>transmission every 3 years.
>
>Nearly every used EV I've ever seen advertised in the newspaper "needs
>batteries."  One reason for the limited past success of EVs is the =
sticker
>shock that hits the first-time owner when he learns what a new battery
>pack is going to cost.
>
>Until we have the "ultimate battery"  which lasts the life of the =
vehicle,
>I see the answer as leased batteries with the leasing agency -- perhaps
>the local electric utility -- responsible for maintenance and periodic
>replacement with no additional out-of-pocket expense for the EV's =
owner.
>This is being done in France, I believe, with the utilities leasing the
>batteries for the Tulip cars.  Why not here?
>
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