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Inside Line: our Chevy Volt's battery miles cost more than the gas ones

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Old 11-12-10, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by JessePS
The best place for electric cars is Quebec. You get charged around 5.45¢/kWh Got to love Hydro electricity. We just need more Nuclear power plants (way more clean).
damn, cheaper than BC. ours is 6.50 cents.
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btw, here in Europe, our price for electricity is around 5c to 15c and our gas is actually >$6 per gallon... it is perfect fit!
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Originally Posted by JessePS
The best place for electric cars is Quebec. You get charged around 5.45¢/kWh Got to love Hydro electricity. We just need more Nuclear power plants (way more clean).
Originally Posted by Jetfire
damn, cheaper than BC. ours is 6.50 cents.
what was your sales tax again?
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Originally Posted by spwolf
btw, here in Europe, our price for electricity is around 5c to 15c and our gas is actually >$6 per gallon... it is perfect fit!
except the car will be so expensive there it will take a decade to break even
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