If you believe the chief officer of the United States’ power grid, owning an electric car is about the same thing as getting a check for fifteen hundred dollars a year.
This “rebate” comes as a result of lower long term costs associated with operation, especially fuel, says Jon Wellinghoff, head of the United States power grid. But this is almost a false savings, as it depends on certain assumptions like this:
On top of saving $3 or $4 a gallon on gasoline in future years, Wellinghoff, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, said grid operators and power companies could reimburse car owners for the battery storage offered by the roughly 22 hours a day that electric cars would be connected to the nation’s power system.
Okay, sure, if the cost of gas suddenly shoots up to SEVEN BUCKS A GALLON, then yes, electric cars will be huge cost savers. But with gas averaging roughly two dollars and fifty cents a gallon, this measurement sounds a bit fishy to me.
But one thing’s clear–in the future, electric cars will be a good value.
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