Cybertruck owners uses it to perform gas station leak checks, saving him $30K in fuel costs per year

[gtgarner]

I love it.

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[HaulingAss]

I had to stop and ask what’s going on here. He works for Santa Clara county to do gas station leak checks. Cybertruck saves him $30K in fuel costs per year versus a standard utility truck. And he loves the 110V plug in back instead of hauling a generator.

We don't have government agents doing leak testing here in Washington, at least not that I've ever heard of.

But the State Office of Weights and Measures does regulate the size of bales of hops, and lots of other things, including doing random testing on the accuracy of gas pumps. They have different testing protocol to fill 5 gallon containers and check for pump accuracy at every gas station in the state to ensure consumers are not getting ripped off by unscrupulous gas station owners who have been known to calibrate their gas pumps incorrectly, in order to rip off customers.

The Cybertruck would be perfect for this and save the State a lot of money. Unfortunately, I don't think they have any interest in that kind of savings.

 

[Sleipnir 1]

$30k a year in annual fuel costs is crazy high.

Not impossible for a full size truck going about 60000 miles. I put a little over 30000 miles on my CT in a year.

 

[Trekboy]

I question his calculations...Is he ignoring the electric needed to charge the truck? Figuring $2.80 a gallon and 10 MPG, very conservatively, $30,000 means he drives 100,000 miles a year?

He did say he runs a generator too, which now he doesn't need. Maybe that's part of his savings.

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