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It happens.. my previous blog session timed out, so here's an abbreviated version of what I was going to post:
Hybrid cars source!
Hybrid Cars
Check out the top three sedans, half the mileage of gasoline cars and going for about 30,000$ CAD, average power is about 130HP.
Hydrogen cars are being market tested, the most interesting points with hydrogen fueling is where to fuel? In the entire US there are around 50 liquid hydrogen fueling stations. Honda's solution is a Home Energy Station (HES) fuel from home, plus heat and power the home too!
Home Energy System
If going the traditional gasoline powered route, try to get a just-enough-power engine and check the fuel economy on the vechile. Most people only require a V4-cylinder engine for the city, fuel economy ratings from V4 to V6 engine is like 50% more.
But just on fuel economy, we are looking at two cars, same size engine and cabin space, about 2000$ difference in pricing, but the mileage is a difference of 4L/100KM. Big difference?
example:
average travel in a year is 15,000KM, say gas prices are about 1.30/L.
9L/100KM vs 13L/100KM
1,350L/year vs 1,950L/year
$1,755/year vs $2,535/year
difference of $780/year
Fuel economy ratings are just as important as the sticker price when it comes to savings.
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