Savings Calculator
The main reason people (individuals and fleet
managers) choose electric vehicles is to be environmentally
sensitive (no use of gasoline or diesel fuel, no pollution
from the vehicles, etc.)
However, there is a second VERY STRONG reason
for electric vehicles ... The significant savings in fuel
and operating costs.
Below are two links. One is to the ZENN web
site and its useful Savings Calculator. This one only calculated
the money saved on fuel. As you use it, you will need to know
that the average cost per kilowatt of electricity in Colorado
is $.0965 per kilowatt hour. Your rate may vary.
The second link is to the MILES web site and
its more detailed Savings Calculator. This one takes into
consideration operational costs NOT experienced with an electric
vehicle (like oil changes and periodic tune-ups of internal
combustion engines)... and the fractional cost of electric
vehicle batteries.
Another major area of electric vehicle SAVINGS
is reduced mechanical repair costs. Unfortunately, this is
something very hard to quantify. But, you know you can gain
GREAT savings here too. An electric vehicle has just a small
number of mechanical parts compared to an internal-combustion
vehicle (no radiator, oil filter, oil lines, oil pan, emissions
equipment [no emissions testing either], no spark plugs, no
muffler, no tailpipe, and none of the hundreds of parts in
that internal-combustion engine).
Click below and calculate your own EV
savings:
Zenn: http://www.zenncars.com/savings
Miles: http://www.milesev.com/index.asp#calcalone.swf
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