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