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To: Tell It Right

The weight of the battery system, replacing the battery system and availability of charging systems are all negative factors. And, that is just scratching the tip of the iceberg.


6 posted on 04/26/2022 1:20:45 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin; adorno
Maybe for most people an EV truck is impractical. But for me it's not.

I put a solar system onto my house 11 months ago and I'm very happy with it. It produces 57% of all the power consumed in my all-electric, two-story house. Assuming over the years a slight degradation in throughput (my batteries have a 19-year warranty still good for 50% capacity on the last year, my panels have a 25-year warranty still good for 70% capacity), and a 3% inflation rate on power prices (basically for every kWh saved next year I save more dollars than my per kWh savings this year) it'll all pay for itself on the 10th year, that includes paying interest on the HELOC I took out to buy the solar system. Obviously, if the Dims keep jacking us over on energy costs my system will pay for itself sooner.

And I average 3 hours per day that my solar batteries are fully charged and the sun is still shining. Basically I have a lot of extra power with nowhere useful for it to go. So I was thinking about putting to charging an EV and not worry about gas prices.

In the past 20 years I can think of only 2 times I used my pickup to pull a trailer more than 100 miles. So at that rate I'd fuss about "range anxiety" once every 10 years. That's a small price to pay for the ability to produce about 50% of my own miles at a fixed cost (the extra cost for buying an EV vs replacing an old used car with another old used car every 7 years for $8K to $10K like I've done for decades).

I was going to get the F-150 Lightning but my wife is now on board with getting an EV. Since I plan to get just one EV and keep one gas car, the EV will be a replacement for her car instead of my pickup. The idea is to have both a gas car and an EV to have the best of both worlds since we need two cars anyway. We'll drive the EV car when we go somewhere together unless it's on a long trip (so we don't have to wait for charging) or unless pickup truck duties are needed. Plus I'll drive the gas truck when we split up for the day and need two cars.

13 posted on 04/26/2022 1:45:36 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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