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Originally Posted by ForceofWill
The tax incentives help for sure. I ended up getting my fusion energi for 31k with a 41k msrp. It will do ~21 miles on electric then it's essentially a normal hybrid after.
There are weeks my wife doesn't use any gas at all just running errands to town around and back then plug it back in for tomorrow.
Depends how you drive and where.
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And my Honda Fit, purchased brand-new in 2008, cost me $16,000.
It gets 32-35 mpg.
Do the math to see how long I'd have to drive, at 20k of usage per year and $5 per gallon gas, to reach cost parity with your hybrid, even with tax incentives. Makes the proven, well-supported, old dinosaur ICE tech look a bit more attractive, doesn't it?
IMHO it still doesn't make sense to adopt the new tech and it won't until the total cost of ownership is within spitting distance.
Once the charging infrastructure is in place, it makes sense.
Once energy storage gets better, it makes sense.
All of this will happen eventually.
But until then, it remains a novelty and a conscience salve for the green-minded. (PS: Don't forget the TOTAL environmental impact of the tech, including manufacturing, use and disposal.)