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Old 12-16-2023, 09:24 AM
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Actually, the equivalent value was $17.33 per gallon, not per mile. I believe a lot of this cost was associated with Government subsides. The Government, for better or worse, subsides a lot of things, including your mortgage, if you have one. Regardless, I haven't looked into the assumptions that went into this number and whether they were realistic. Confirmation bias is something to avoid.

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Originally Posted by JGVillages View Post
You’re forgetting the apartment and condo dwellers that will need chargers in their parking lots. The cost of these will surely be incorporated into the rent. The majority of workers will never drive an interstate/toll road daily commuting to work. Assuming these electrified roads will be paid by tax dollars and apartment dwellers will pay incorporated in rent, the current cost of $17.50 per mile to operate an electric vehicle will certainly be increasing. Will our electric grids be able to handle all of this, and if we’re so reliant on electricity in our daily lives a massive interruption, natural or terrorism, would shut us down. Too many unanswered questions and the outrageous cost of electric vehicles has put this “cart before the horse” technology in a bad light with the majority.

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