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Originally Posted by twinturbo335
im guessing he's referring to a torque less electric car.. it will take a average American 20 year to break even in gas considering the car is 40,000$..
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% ruby -e 'puts (15000 / 230) * 3'
195
% ruby -e 'puts (15000 / 23) * 3'
1956
Driving 15k miles per year at $3 per gallon gas prices, you'd save somewhere around $1.7k per year. Assuming a similarly equipped car without the hypermileage capability would cost ~27k (a guesstimate no doubt), you'd break even in 7.64 years. Adjust the figures as you see fit. Of course as gas prices go up, the break even point is pushed forward. I've also not included the price of the electricity needed to recharge the car consistently, as I have no concrete numbers for this and hazarding a guess is pointless.