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Via plugincars.com:
http://www.plugincars.com/study-electric-cars-are-cheaper-own-some-not-all-cities-131177.htmlStudy: Electric Cars Are Cheaper to Own, But Not in All Cities
Graphs included, and the advantages are based on gas prices in 2014, as well as incentives that may have been increased, reduced or eliminated (Georgia) in the meantime, but still useful. Bottom line, PEVs still depend on govt. incentives and perks to have lower LCC than comparable ICEs (especially with current gas prices), which isn't really news to anyone who's been paying attention, but this does provide some numbers.Study: Electric Cars Are Cheaper to Own, But Not in All Cities
By Brad Berman · November 18, 2015
EV Costs, Graph by ICCT
From the earliest days of the plug-in vehicle market, sales have clustered around specific geographical areas. That’s due to prevailing attitudes about the environment, but also in no small part to varying state and local government incentives. For example, it’s cheaper to own an EV in San Francisco than in New York City—but how much cheaper?
Fortunately, in 2014, the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)—the same outfit that revealed the recent Volkswagen diesel scandal—tracked down the value of support for plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles in 25 major cities. Its findings are almost a year old, but nonetheless provide insight about the value of incentives and infrastructure to spurring plug-in vehicle adoption.
The ICCT developed formulas to calculate the cost benefit of public charge networks and carpool access to plug-in drivers in each city, and added those benefits to the available purchase incentives in each city. The total value of support for battery electric vehicles—projected over the life of the vehicle—ranged from just a few hundred dollars in Detroit to more than $6,000 in Atlanta. . . .