Evoforce
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Just bought my 2011 Nissan Leaf 2/28/15. I thought I would build a car first, but hadn't had the time. I don't think I could have built one for much less money. It is a pleasure to drive.
I'd put it inside of schedule 40 PVC.don't even worry about using underground cable. i use the regular romex and keep the ends dry so water has a hard time getting into the sleeve.
Not sure exactly on my charging costs. I've been charging for free at work and I have some solar on the roof that offsets some of the charging costs at home. The electric part of my bill is maybe $20 higher per month. I was paying $34 a week on my Prius for California gas and that's with driving 20K miles a year. My wifes now drives the Prius on her shorter commute and her SUV sits at home now. She saves at least $100 per month on gas there. I have a car payment that's not bad and more insurance but no smog testing, less oil changes, etc. Right now it's probably a wash but the smooth, quiet stealthy ride to work is priceless.Evoforce said:Have you figured your cost to charge every month yet? With the prices these are selling for, a person with normal driving range can't pass these up. Of course, you would also have to be able to stretch to the $200 a month payment per month. But... you save that, and more, on not buying fuel. What I don't like is my extra insurance burden. All of my other vehicles, (exception 2 new leafs) are old and minimum coverage, so my insurance burden was lower until now. In fact, I just changed companies because of it all. Oh what fun that is!