turbobrick240
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- Joined
- Nov 18, 2014
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- TDI
- 2011 vw golf tdi(gone to greener pastures), 2001 ford f250 powerstroke
Damn, you guys must be looking to take the high mileage crown away from the Tesloop folks.
That will take some doing. IIRC one of their cars had about 400K miles on it.Damn, you guys must be looking to take the high mileage crown away from the Tesloop folks.
Yeah, pretty tough to catch up to a professional driving service with a head start. It's a marathon though. That's cool that your daughter played a small part in Tesla history. Hope she's feeling 100% again.That will take some doing. IIRC one of their cars had about 400K miles on it.
My daughter used that service extensively when she was carless and living in San Diego. She'd buy tickets on Groupon and go back and forth to LA most weekends. Loved it, and it was cheaper than the train.
Naaaa... just buy the EV when you can and are ready to move platforms. Gas prices will be on the rise again since most domestic fracking companies had problems when the prices dumped. Even at our ridiculously high electricity here of .256 per kwh it is 1/2 the price to charge than it is to pay for gas. Over 50,000 miles of driving 30 mpg gas car vs id4 / q4 it's like .128 per mpg for the gas car and .078 for the EV... over 100k of driving. 5k in fuel savings alone there.... forgetting other maintenance savings, and then the tax credit... if your buying new anyways the cost difference could be the difference alone. And that numbers are only getting better each year in favor of EVs as battery tech advances, and gas slowly gets more expensive. We pay 3.69 for premium here and that's what the numbers are based off of. But for people depending on where you are they change. But not by much my friend in Texas pays .075 / kwh, and like 3.09 for premium, of 2.50 for regular so would make even more sense there if the charging infrastructure worked out.... innovation, choice, and consumer demand will make the switch.Quoting Elon "We can coup whomever we want."
Pulitzer prize winning journalist Chris Hedges and the experts leave not a hair of doubt as to what has been stated over again-- All EV's will do is breed wars for minerals we do not possess based on a fallacy sold to the masses for profit. Save your money and stop purchasing EV's. Buy Used Cars & TDI's instead!
Apologies if the truth in my opinion stings; I'll show myself out..
You do know this is a diesel board and we drive TDI’s, right?Over 50,000 miles of driving 30 mpg gas car vs id4 / q4 it's like .128 per mpg for the gas car and .078 for the EV... over 100k of driving. 5k in fuel savings alone there.... We pay 3.69 for premium here and that's what the numbers are based off of. But not by much my friend in Texas pays .075 / kwh, and like 3.09 for premium, of 2.50 for regular so would make even more sense there if the charging infrastructure worked out.... innovation, choice, and consumer demand will make the switch.
Yes I do. I've OWNED not one but 2 TDI's. A 2013 Golf TDI, and a 2015 Q5 TDI( which i had a full build thread in the V6 / Q5 section ). With diesel its not a whole lot better or worse depending on your car. But I'll run the numbers for you here:You do know this is a diesel board and we drive TDI’s, right?
Nick is dead to rights. There is not a good "cost effective" electric yet. I was comparing luxury vehicles / expensive vehicles north of 40k. Sub 40k, the mark is a lot harder to hit currently and event he ID4 doesn't really get there, and the M3/Y aren't really there yet either. And basically non-existant sub 30k... In a previous thread/post thats why I mentioned solid state. Solid state which audi has mentioned is already on the way is over 2x the density but using much less rare metals and etc.... which means less cost. Bring down the price of the battery and you bring down the cost of the vehicle. You also bring down the weight which means you need less actual kwh for the same vehicle and thus need less battery for the same range. Huge.'Bam! Love me some lay-down of the TCO facts. Electric car's TCO beats the crap out of any ICE car, only you have to be rich to capitalize one in the first place. That's the problem. We need cheaper cost to acquire electric vehicles, which is why I'm hoping Aptera succeeds.