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How much does it cost to charge the car?
Energy usage usually works out to about .4 kWh per mile for DC systems, and .174 - .288 kWh for the more efficient AC systems. You can multiply this by your electricity rate to get a cost per mile. For example, if you pay $0.13 per kilowatt hour, this works out to a little over a nickel a mile for DC and about half that for AC. For comparison, gas at $2.00 per gallon on an efficient 25 mpg car works out to almost $0.08 per mile.
To look at total operating costs, you need to also factor in battery replacement at about 4 year intervals ($1,000 - $3,000) balanced against 4 years of tune-ups, oil changes, mufflers, starters, water pumps, radiators, etc.
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I am still crunching numbers to see if this Electro Automotive route is the one to take or if I want to put this together myself. I have to do more research, I am wondering if I can cut the cost in 1/2 sourcing my own parts.