Dodge going Electric

[Bobby DiDomenico]

Originally Posted by Jeff Niceswanger

My son has one. Had it a couple years now. He was over to the house last summer in it and brother John wouldn't even take a ride in it ! LOL ..In two years he has not spent a dime on fuel. Drives an hour each way to work. Plugs it into his garage charger when he gets home from work. Tells me he did not notice any change in his electric bill. So far, its never had to return to the dealer. Acceleration is amazing. I'm guessing, it's gotta be a 13 second car. Its so quiet inside its strange.

How does he pay the motorfuel gas tax?

[Jeff Niceswanger]

Originally Posted by Bobby DiDomenico

How does he pay the motorfuel gas tax?

Bobby, as far as I know we don't have one in OHIO. Maybe I'm wrong but I've never heard one mentioned. When he bought his he received free Supercharging credits worth 400 kWh (equivalent to 1,000 miles) annually on the anniversary of the vehicle’s delivery. It used to cost him around 15 bucks to fill his up at one of those charging stations.. I guess it depends on the State you live in how much they charge for the KWH rate.

[Tom Meyer]

Originally Posted by Bobby DiDomenico

How does he pay the motorfuel gas tax?

That is a good question, How are they the governments' going to pay for the road systems, bridges whatnots. Gas taxes generate lots of cash what is going to replace these taxes. Tom

[Mike Gray]

Originally Posted by Tom Meyer

That is a good question, How are they the governments' going to pay for the road systems, bridges whatnots. Gas taxes generate lots of cash what is going to replace these taxes. Tom

Mileage fee, here in Calif. they are experimenting with gps system to charge you by the mile and time of day for road usage. It will just become another screwed up Calif. system.

[Mike Jones]

Originally Posted by Tom Meyer

. Gas taxes generate lots of cash what is going to replace these taxes. Tom

$36.4 Billion in 2016. Drop in the bucket with todays Govt. spending.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_t...l_tax_revenues

[Billy Nees]

I drive a 1992 Geo Metro with 308K miles on it and counting. 56-58 MPG and it never gets less than 50. I'm good.

[jmcarter]

Washington and Oregon are experimenting with road use taxes as well, biggest hurdle I see is building the infrastructure to support all the charging stations. California already has rolling brownouts during peak season so not sure if more nuclear power is the answer, all kind of alternatives in discussion but for sure plenty of tax dollars spent as they take the inevitable 2 steps forward followed by 1-3 steps back. The Ford F-150 with the Pro Power options (all the way up to a 7.2kW output!) is an interesting twist at keeping gas powered vehicles viable. I’m currently considering picking up an electric car just in case world events and/or the current political climate continues unabated.

[340Cuda]

Tesla Model S Plaid Plus

Range 520 miles
Quickest 0-60 mph and 1/4 mile acceleration of any production car ever
0-60 mph: <1.99s
1/4 mile: <9.0s
Top Speed 200 mph
1,100+ horsepower
Three high performance motors
Carbon-sleeved rotors
Torque vectoring

The only rub is that prices start at about $135,000, however you can spend a lot more and not be as fast.

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by jmcarter

Washington and Oregon are experimenting with road use taxes as well, biggest hurdle I see is building the infrastructure to support all the charging stations. California already has rolling brownouts during peak season so not sure if more nuclear power is the answer, all kind of alternatives in discussion but for sure plenty of tax dollars spent as they take the inevitable 2 steps forward followed by 1-3 steps back. The Ford F-150 with the Pro Power options (all the way up to a 7.2kW output!) is an interesting twist at keeping gas powered vehicles viable. I’m currently considering picking up an electric car just in case world events and/or the current political climate continues unabated.

No problem getting more electricity, Jim, Just built some coal burning power plants !Seems the Greenies don`t like nuclear power, coal, or fossil fuels, I guess their answer if for us to all ride horses again. Now, about that equine flatulence......

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Rory McNeil

No problem getting more electricity, Jim, Just built some coal burning power plants !Seems the Greenies don`t like nuclear power, coal, or fossil fuels, I guess their answer if for us to all ride horses again. Now, about that equine flatulence......

The only way that we/they can do away with fossil fuels will be with nukes. There's no way that we/they can generate enough power with wind and solar alone unless we/they can come up with a way to encapsulate the sun! And OBTW, that's a nuke.