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Project Better Place plans to charge $550 a month and provide 18,000 miles a year for the use of the batteries and charging and swap stations.
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Gas costs nearly $5/gal for premium here in LA now. That means I can buy 110 gallons of gas per month for that price ($550), or over 7 tankfuls--which is more than I'd use. Even at $10 a gallon, that's nearly 4 tanks of gas, which is still more than I use unless on a roadtrip--where this car would be useless until stations are available everywhere. Plus you have to buy the car and pay for the electricity to charge it at home too. No thank you. I'm not paying $6,600 per year for the right to use your battery network.
I thought well of the project until I got to that last part. This is interesting though:
Volt:
400 Lb. Li-ion battery pack = 40 mi.
Project Better Place electric car:
450 Lb. Li-ion battery pack = 140 mi.
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The cars are expected to have a range of up to 140 miles per charge and a top speed of 68 mph - the speed limit in Israel.
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The car is noticeably quiet and has no exhaust pipe, an electric socket in place of a gas cap and a dashboard gauge that measures the charge of the vehicle's 450-pound lithium-ion battery.
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This all remains to be proven though.