Comment Re:Are they nuts?? (Score 1) 511
The website for the add-on states that the technology is scalable; the Popular Science Article states that the SUV version will be available in March for $1,000. A friend has a truck that gets 15 MPG, gas costs him $2.10, and so he would have to drive 71,429 miles to break even.
1000 / 2.1 = 476.19
476.19 *15 = 7,142.86 miles.
1.1x = x + 7,142.86 .1x = 7,142
x = 71,429
I just did the math on hybrids with current figures, and calculated that you would break even at 41,423 miles, which my father drives in 10 months. If he replaced his car after two years, as he did with his first Focus, he would save $1,293.26, or 49% of the cost of hybrid technology. Well, it is something, but who else drives a car for even 40,000 miles? Who else drives that much?!
If a unit were made for the standard Accord for just over $600 it would break even after the same mileage.
My Local Honda dealership has two 2,005 Accord Hybrids. The less-expensive one is $30,655.00 and gets 29/37. They only have 2,006 Non-Hybrids and the most expensive V6 is $28,019 which is $2,636 more and is rated 20/29 which is 45%/28% better, averaging 36%. $2,636/$2.26=1166 gallons=41,423 miles.
I see the two technologies being mutually exclusive; the hybrid technology is already efficient and periodically turns off the engine!
1000 / 2.1 = 476.19
476.19 *15 = 7,142.86 miles.
1.1x = x + 7,142.86
x = 71,429
I just did the math on hybrids with current figures, and calculated that you would break even at 41,423 miles, which my father drives in 10 months. If he replaced his car after two years, as he did with his first Focus, he would save $1,293.26, or 49% of the cost of hybrid technology. Well, it is something, but who else drives a car for even 40,000 miles? Who else drives that much?!
If a unit were made for the standard Accord for just over $600 it would break even after the same mileage.
My Local Honda dealership has two 2,005 Accord Hybrids. The less-expensive one is $30,655.00 and gets 29/37. They only have 2,006 Non-Hybrids and the most expensive V6 is $28,019 which is $2,636 more and is rated 20/29 which is 45%/28% better, averaging 36%. $2,636/$2.26=1166 gallons=41,423 miles.
I see the two technologies being mutually exclusive; the hybrid technology is already efficient and periodically turns off the engine!
