In which I ponder a pointless consumer decision

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by 3894

unless you live in an area where the cost of electricity is high.

*raises hand*

Electricity rates are high here. Not outrageous, but high. By default, the cost to charge the thing would just barely eek out the cost of running it on its hybrid motor alone (~$3/40mi. vs. ~#3.70/40mi).

By doing a little shuffling of our rate plan, I MIGHT be able to cut that charging cost in half. But I'm not sure until I sit and do the rather complex math, because it has to do with how much electricity I'm using, what times of day, and different tiers based on going over baseline thresholds. I don't even know if I have access to the time-of-day breakdown of our current usage, so it may not actually be possible to calculate what our bill would look like on one of the alternate plans.

Of course, even the default with no extra savings is around twice as efficient as my current 20mpg option.

Have you driven one yet? That would be my first suggestion, take a test drive.

Yes, that's a given.