Comment Re:Can you spell Face Plant? (Score 1) 282
Is that the device's lifespawn or the battery's? It is only implied in the article but it looks more like that is the battery's lifespawn. Somehow I doubt the battery costs the full $5000 your using in your calculation, since that is the cost of the bike. I believe your cost per mile calculation is oversimplified and misleading.
I believe if you use similar math on the hummer, a more total cost instead of just the gas price divided by the MPG you get somewhere between $1.50 and $2 a mile. Those numbers however still don't make for a proper comparison since we don't know the real lifespawn of the bike vs lifespawn and cost of the battery.
So really it just comes down to a few questions:
Is that lifespawn just the battery?
If so, can the battery be replaced, and for how much?
What does the electricity to charge it cost?