Quote:
|
Originally Posted by PriusGuy04
charging at midnight. From midnight to 7am PG&E offers a reduced rate for EV owners. You can get the reduced rate by applying to PG&E, or whichever California utility you use. They will replace your meter with a Time of Use meter, which allows different rates to be in effect at different times of day. The discounted (E9) rate is then applied at night based on your actual usage, both to charge the EV and for any other nighttime use of power. I have calculated that my cost of electricity to charge the RAV4 EV is about half the cost of buying gasoline for a regular RAV4, perhaps a little less.
No offence but why would someone want to do this?
|
I don't understand. Why would I want to do what? It cost me nothing to get a new meter and apply for the E9 rate. I pay less for the elecricity to charge the car with the E9 rate. What's not to want?
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by PriusGuy04
There is also a network of EV owners who are willing to offer use of their home chargers to other EV owners in an emergency.
You can join that group and get the list of chargers at the evchargernews web site listed below.
Again why would someone want the trouble of taking a trip and having to do this? Hey buddy can I use your plug?
|
Did you notice the word emergency? If for some reason you find yourself running low, with not enough charge to get back home, you can stop for a boost. I imagine that this can happen to EV owners about as often as owners of regular cars run out of gas. It's never happened to me, but it's good to know that there's a safety net.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by PriusGuy04
Now the real question is if its such a great EV car why are you selling it?
P.S. Not trying to stir the pot, but why own one.
|
As I noted in the auction, our driving patterns changed. We drive over to my daughter a lot, to see our grand kids. They used to live about 45 miles from us, which was within range. Then they moved about 10 miles farther which put them out of range.
As to why own one - three years ago the RAV4-EV was the only stock vehicle offered to the public that was eligible for car pool lane stickers. My wife commutes into San Francisco every day and the carpool lane saves her an hour on the round trip. Nowadays you get the same benefit with a hybrid.