Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds wrote:

In article ,
"(PeteCresswell)" wrote:

Per SMS:
Miles per KWH: 4
Price per KWH: $0.324 (no joke!)
Cost Per Electric Mile: 8.10¢

Dunno what the life of the Prius' battery is - or what it's replacement
cost is.... but BatterLifeInMiles/ReplacementCost is certainly going to
be a few more cents....

e.g. Pulling numbers out of the air:

80 mile range, 1,000 cycles = 80,000 mile life.

$5,000 replacement cost... 5000/80000 = six more cents per mile.

Maybe somebody can chime in with the real numbers....

how much does a gas/diesel spend on maintenance (oil, anti-freeze, spark
plugs, air filters, tune-ups, etc) over 80000 miles

Diesel $2720 or so, and that's with M1 synthetic oil at 5K intervals and
fuel filters every 10k.