On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 15:46:35 +0000 (UTC), Steve Firth wrote:

... the interesting detail is that you have to rent the battery.
That
will cost the driver £80 a month for 7500 miles a year.

So that's 13p/mile just for the battery. And my wife's boring old
petrol car costs.... 13p/mile in petrol.

My diesel guzzler only costs 19p/mile in diesel.

So the battery charging costs are on top?

Yes, but probably not going to be a lot.

Well say a 30 kWHr battery and M-F wage slave and a trip out at the
weekend 6 charges a week: 6 x 30 = 180 kWHrs @ 10p = £18/week, approx
£75/month. Hum around 26p/mile.... Even charging every other day is
about the same as my diesel guzzler. B-)

Inability to visit the ageing parents without an overnight rest stop
would kill it for me.

With a 60 mile real world range the inablty to do the weekly shop
would kill it for me.

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Cheers
Dave.