Originally Posted by Dcuda69
Originally Posted by AndyF
Originally Posted by Dynoguy
A friend of mine told me if you wanted to use a public charging station it costs .32 cents per minute that would be $19.20 an hour and $76.80 for 4 hours of charging, Is this correct ? If it is why would anybody want an electric car ?


Charging is $1 an hour at local charging stations here in Oregon. Not sure where your friend got his info, maybe downtown Manhattan or something?

I can charge my Leaf at home for roughly $3 and that is good for 70 miles of driving. That is roughly the same as a car that gets 100 mpg with $5 per gallon gas. Electric cars have very low maintenance costs so that adds to the savings. I've owned my Leaf for 5 years and haven't had to spend any money on maintenance other than buying a new cabin air filter at 35K miles.


I have 2 thoughts on this:

1) Will the cost to charge that Leaf stay the same as more people charge more Leafs? doubtful!!
2) Those costs are based on the current $5/gal gas prices. Why are those prices so high? Couple years ago we had $2/gal gas.How would those calculations work then? Can you say agenda???


Even at $2 a gallon my Leaf was cheaper to drive than my Toyota 4Runner. A used Leaf is a great car to buzz around town in. Good car for a high school kid or someone who works from home. I use mine all the time for running errands around town. No warm up time, very quick 0-30 time, does fine on the freeway. Has about a 10 mile useful radius so it works best if you live in a city where all of your errands are close together. Won't work for everyone but it is a good second or third car for a family.