[central_va]

Actually it isn't that expensice to recharege. At 12 cents a kilowatt hour the calculation might work like this:

220V X 10Amps = 2200 Watts = 2.2 KW .12cents/hour 6 hours = $1.54 cents to recharge. This is half the cost of gasoline. This assumes a 6 hour recharge.

[SWEETSUNNYSOUTH]

I think I’ll stick with my F-150 and my bicycle!

[Myrddin]

At 12 cents a kilowatt hour the calculation might work like this:

Two bad assumptions. 100% efficiency in the charging process and the actual cost of the electricity. I pulled this table out of the SDG&E web page for residential rates. If you are charging that car daily, you'll be bumping your rates up. At 131% of baseline, your rate doubles. That puts the price even with gasoline, but with poorer performance by every useful measure including range and initial acquisition cost.

Residential Electric Rate	Tiers	Total standard electric rates per kWh
		Summer	Winter
Baseline *	Tier 1	13¢	13¢
101% to 130% of baseline	Tier 2	15¢	15¢
131% to 200% of baseline	Tier 3	27¢	26¢
Above 200% of baseline	Tier 4	29¢	28¢

[DustyMoment]

Actually it isn't that expensice to recharege.

1) The Dems haven't passed Cap 'n Tax yet.
2) Assume they sell 1 million of them (shouldn't be THAT hard, look how many voted for Obama!) - the cost of electricity will go up.
3) When the cost of electricity goes up, if there isn't enough to charge the cars, zero's energy czar will take the electricity away from US so environuts can charge their vehicles.
4) How much will the HazMat charges be when one of these things gets in a wreck?
5) What are the replacement costs for the batteries and where will the old ones be sent??