March 22, 2011
did you know buying a E85 is NOT cost effective?
The premium you pay for a car that runs on E85 is more than you will save in fuel costs for the life of the car. It is cheaper just to run gas. (comparing for example Civic gas vs. hybrid at current fuel prices). I guess you have to decide how much the environmental trade-off is worth to you. Any thoughts?
Do fed tax breaks or employer incentives change that?
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I guess the premium is dependent on how many units are sold. This is where goverment regulation can effect the market, in effect increasing the number of units sold and reducing the unit price.
Good point about the personal decision. Some will pay the price knowing that they are reducing emissions to some extent.
Same thing with diesel trucks, the engines are so incredibly expensive that it takes a couple if dundred thousand miles to get the cost back in fuel economy.
wait i thought you said E85 vehicle? a civic hybrid is not an E85 vehicle, not by any means, it is an electric hybrid vehicle that is driven by a gasoline engine and an electric motor, and despite what the greenpeace freaks want to think you are absolutly correct, they are not worth it by any stretch of the imagination, did you factor into your consideration the price of replacement batterys every 5-7yrs at several thousands of dollars for new batterys? that really throws it way out of the affordable range, now an E85 vehicle on the other hand requires very few modifactions, different fuel pump, different injectors, and a fuel sensor to detect the type of fuel being used so that you can use regular fuel or E85, its a very inexpensive option, so, some things to consider