40,000km for R6,000

[Newsfeed]

40,000km for R6,000

One driver of BYD's affordable electric hatchback has achieved an effective cost per km of 15 cents, compared with the current average of 199 cents per km for a petrol car.

 

[FiestaST]

Not a fan of the clicky title, the rest of the content is solid.

Obvs a very much a YMMV basis, run your own numbers vibe.

 

[krusty22]

My wife also drives the Dolphin Surf. It’s strictly used for urban hopping like to work and back, drop off and pick kids, use it over weekends for errands etc. We only charge off Solar, and thus far it cost us R0.00 to drive. If you have enough Solar, getting a urban hopping EV is a no brainer.

 

[The Gilded]

The money saved on petrol alone easily covers the cost of a solar system to charge the car so you can effectively drive it for free. Who in their right mind would still buy a petrol car at R26 per litre?

Yet people still do due to the irrational nonsense or propaganda they read about EV's or anything Chinese. Chinese EV's are here to stay and I hope to never even smell petrol again. Vile, putrid stuff which should go the way of horse poop on city streets.

 

[bwana]

I do too much out of town driving for electric to be an option.

I hired a nice MG hybrid in the uk that really impressed me so maybe that’s the way to go.

 

[Foxhound5366]

The money saved on petrol alone easily covers the cost of a solar system to charge the car so you can effectively drive it for free. Who in their right mind would still buy a petrol car at R26 per litre?

Yet people still do due to the irrational nonsense or propaganda they read about EV's or anything Chinese. Chinese EV's are here to stay and I hope to never even smell petrol again. Vile, putrid stuff which should go the way of horse poop on city streets.

Well it's not that easy for the many people living in complexes. I'm in a complex with private owners, and we haven't yet managed to work out which unit gets which piece of the common property roof. Then there's the issue of damage to roof causing leaks, lack of maintenance leading to derelict solar panels on common property ... it's just a mess. I've given up my dream of solar until I move out and get a private house, but that's turning into a luxury few urban people get to afford. Heck even if I charged full price on Eskom electricity it will still be less than the R30+/litre I'm paying for diesel at the moment, and my diesel SUV might be frugal on the highways but it certainly isn't within the urban runabouts (I average around 9.5 litres/ km in city driving).

 

[rubber_otter]

1. R389,900 for the car
2. R120,000 for a solar system
3. ???????
4. 40,000km for R6,000

 

[The Gilded]

Well it's not that easy for the many people living in complexes. I'm in a complex with private owners, and we haven't yet managed to work out which unit gets which piece of the common property roof. Then there's the issue of damage to roof causing leaks, lack of maintenance leading to derelict solar panels on common property ... it's just a mess. I've given up my dream of solar until I move out and get a private house, but that's turning into a luxury few urban people get to afford. Heck even if I charged full price on Eskom electricity it will still be less than the R30+/litre I'm paying for diesel at the moment, and my diesel SUV might be frugal on the highways but it certainly isn't within the urban runabouts (I average around 9.5 litres/ km in city driving).

It's too demoralising for me to consider that I could fill my car's tank for under R300 from empty and drive to Durban on a single tank when I started driving and now that kind of money covers just over a single Joburg-Pretoria round trip. Oh, you think I exaggerate. I have no option but electric even if charging directly from Eskom's grid.

 

[ISP cash cow]

It's too demoralising for me to consider that I could fill my car's tank for under R300 from empty and drive to Durban on a single tank when I started driving and now that kind of money covers just over a single Joburg-Pretoria round trip. Oh, you think I exaggerate. I have no option but electric even if charging directly from Eskom's grid.

what car do you have?