I've seen some pretty low rates for petrol at the pump in places like Kuwait and Bahrain but never that low! OTOH crude has recently, if briefly, traded at negative prices. Same idea as negative interest rates.
My estimate of what the CT's will use per mile: 420 Wh/mi = 0.420 kWh/mi
Like negative interest rates, or paying interest for a positive bank balance, maths does not have a problem with operating under 0 in negatve numbers. The main question is always the number distribution and intended effect of whatever economic levers are pulled. In the end a lot of it is just information on a screen, and what markets react to it or not. (As EM says)
Ah yep roger that. I thought it couldn't be the answer to life the universe and everything. ;-)
Well it could be that too I suppose but I never thought of it in those terms.
No as I have not owned one of these out of warranty (nor would I). All the minor repairs I have dealt with have been niggling things like door gaskets coming loose or seats getting jammed on their rails. The major ones (computer bricking the car) were ultimately solved in an hour by a kid with a laptop with the catch being that the car had to be transported 200 miles to get to the kid with the laptop. My experience thus far has been that maintenance cost is not that bad but that the cost of transporting the car to the maintenance (or conversely - the ranger system really works) would be the issue to a fleet operator.
That seems about right for the electricity alone at average US rates (and consumption of around 400 Wh/m). It wouldn't cover tyres or other maintenance nor insurance. But I don't see Robotaxis as reality for a long time (10 yrs at least).
Now you’re dreaming…
I don’t know much about Venezuela but Iran has been spending over $40 billion a year to subsidize the fuel to get it to that price for it’s citizens ($30 B in 2020). They would love folks driving EVs with Solar on their roof.
Not at all! What they would love is for demand to go back up to the point where they could turn that $40 billion loss into $40 billion profit from export sales.
A bit of context would be nice. What I was referring to by “folks“ was their own citizens I mentioned in the previous sentence otherwise the entire country would collapse if there is no oil export. They can’t live off old poetry, caviar and fine rugs alone. Many down there still believe the old Shah’s codependent relationship with U.S. and his attempt to break it off is the reason for the mess today. U.S. wanted to continue the supply of cheap oil and Shah wanted a better deal. Next thing you know 2500 year old empire is down the tube so we can feed that Chevy Suburban in Texas. If Shah exported a little more Caviar and rugs and a lot less oil, he could still be king of the jungle over there. To make the short story long, yes, oil is all they got.
I swear I actually had this conversation with a US Customs official:
I see. What I was looking for was a $ figure to add to any km calculations that would allow me to easily calculate total cost of ownership per km/mile. I suppose your own particular sample size is small, just thought you might have come across such info. I'll do some google foo.
The Shah would still be in power? The man was born in 1919, and died in 1980. Yes if he had played along, things could have been different. But, his days were numbered.
