What range would make you plug in less or not at all?

i think i would continue, we have a few 1 and 2 mile trips that we do daily. and actually, you get way more out of ev on trips where the ice would not warm up all the way. a lot of lift back people want 5 miles on the gen IV.

 

I would still plugin also, to cover those very short trips.

 

at .24/kwh, and $2.55 gas, i'm rethinking everything.

 

I stopped charging for about 5 months due to low gas price. It is now back to $2.53 and my electricity rate is $0.18 so I have been charging again for 2 months.

 

seems to be the cutoff point. i figure .24 electricity is = to $3. gas. i'll cut off my nose to spite my wallet though.

 

Yeah the cutoff for me would be cost not range. Even if I got a mile of range left, it's a mile I don't have to use more expensive gasoline. The point at which I would stop charging is when the battery stops accepting a charge. At that point, I would assume I'd get a battery fault light and would need to get it replaced.

 

Hello Everyone,
We purchased plugins to save gas. We would rather pay the electric company than give our cash to the Middle East.

We will continue to charge until the battery fails and get it replaced and start all over again.

 

Same for me.

 

My situation is completely different than yours, guys (well, except for Jan Treur I suspect).
EV (from the grid) mile is about 4.5 times cheaper than gas mile here (for Prius that is).
On the other hand PIP price is 18% higher than regular prius price.
So, to me it is simple - I will not stop charging.

 

good for you !! I can recommend a great PV solar company

 

are you in the solar power heaven yet?

 

I'm in the same ball park, until it last ans is replace.....

 

Nope. Waiting for PSE&G to install the meters.

 

yep, that's why i still plug in, even at .24/kwh.

 

You can fill up at these stations.

Brand Name Nationality
Chevron American
Coastal American
Conoco American
Exxon American
Gulf American
Hess American
Kerr-McGee American
Marathon American
Mobil American
Murphy USA American
Phillips 66 American
Sinclair American
Sonoco American
Spur American
Sunoco American
Tenneco American
Texaco American
Ultramar American
Union 76 American

How Americans Can Buy American

 

Well, some of us purchased plugins to save gas. Then there are those of us who bought our way into the HOV lanes with them. (Allocation for plug-in hybrids just increased in California.)

 

great link! it would be nice if they showed the % of american oil each company sells.

 

Petroleum is fungible though. Even if you buy American, simply buying it increases the demand for Middle Eastern crude. That gallon of American you bought is a gallon of American that can't displace crude on the global market.

 

true, but electricity comes from many fossil sources as well, although, it doesn't have to.