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socal2 saysSo glad I got a Tesla last month.
I've already saved nearly $300 in gas over the last 6 weeks driving 1,700 miles.
I am driving it because it is the fastest and most fun car I can afford
@socal2
Which model did you get?
It really makes sense in California where I live: a 15 gallon fillup costs about $90 today and I can recharge 300+ miles for under $20.
I have an "EV Plan" with my electric company (SDGE) and only pay $.10/kwh when I charge in my garage at night during off peak
You are so lucky. After I read your comment I looked up the EV Plan at PG&E here in San Jose, to see about charging our plug-in hybrid.
The PG&E website offers 24 cents per kwhr for off peak charging IF we agree to pay 45 cents for "shoulder" and 56 cents for "peak" under their EV2A plan, or 24 cents offpeak and 36 cents / 60 cents on EV-B plan. There is no 10 cents per kwhr for off peak, and for the privilege of 24 cents per kwhr charging we must agree to pay higher for other electricity we use.
The Saudis and Emirates flat-out refused to even take Joe's call to discuss oil production increase. We should not forget that next time they run to us for weapons.
Just pulled over in Martinez for a fill-up.
https://notthebee.com/article/reminder-the-us-is-sitting-on-roughly-a-third-of-a-trillion-barrels-of-oil-and-about-3000-trillion-cubic-feet-of-natural-gas?source=patrick.net
Gasoline isn’t expensive, it just costs more than some people can afford.
I saw this coming last year when Biden got elected. In July 2021, I sold my boat and new truck, both for significantly more than I paid for both. I ordered a Prius Prime and got it for under sticker.
Best of both worlds. 35 mile EV range which is 95% of my driving. When I switch over to gas, I get 55mpg.
Cannot afford it? What's so wrong with carpooling ("ride sharing"?). I traveled once to a place where folks of modest means who were lucky enough to have a car would pick up strangers along the way in exchange for some small amount of money to defray their fuel cost. I even got a couple such rides myself.
In these days of suburbs, where it's not unusual for a couple to work in two completely different directions, or neighbors for that matter, carpooling is less of an answer.
The entirety of the US is built around suburbs and commuting.
All this talk about electric cars is all bullshit.
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