[ausev] ROI on sustainable technologies

[Rob]

Joby,
 
Yes - you're ROI includes that you're willing (maybe even prefer to) to
drive an highly modified VW Beatle.  That puts us into a very small group of
people who want cars that are projects.  Your ROI claim is valid for YOUR
PERSONAL use case, but it can't be extrapolated to the majority of the
population.
 
My point is that people who want project cars really don't need an ROI
story.  There is a big difference between the cost for a project EV and a
non-project EV.  For now the expectations (vendor profit, car reliability,
car safety) drive costs higher for non-project EVs like the NMG, Aperta,
Phoenix, Tesla, etc.
 
Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: ausev-bounces at austinev.org [mailto:ausev-bounces at austinev.org] On
Behalf Of Joby Wieser
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 7:59 AM
To: ausev at austinev.org
Subject: Re: [ausev] AusEV Digest, Vol 31, Issue 9




Rob, 


Am I missing something in my calculations? I just paid $5,600 for a VW
Beatle converted to a flatbed truck.  I am expecting that the driving costs
for electricity and batteries will be around 10 cents per mile.  My doge
truck gets 8 mpg which runs 40 cents per mile just for gas. I am spending
200 per month on gas, I can pay for the truck in 3 years at roughly
150/month plus a 36 dollars for operational costs.  After that it will seem
almost free.   ROI seems obvious.  
 
Joby


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