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[Broverlander]

With regular gas now at ~$6.40/gal here I wanted to see what the cost would be to refuel a Chevy Tahoe and a R1S Long Range battery from 25% aka a "quarter tank" to full. Tahoe is $125, Rivian is $35. Just a reminder of why I have no interest in an EREV and want to just switch straight over to BEV.

My round trip commute is about 60 miles. When I had my Silverado ZR2, at $3.50 a gallon, it cost me about $12 a day to drive to and from work. I charge my Rivian at night and costs me around $1. I'd much prefer the BEV, but most of my driving is in town so I'd rarely use the gas. I'm more concerned about the engine getting stagnant more than anything. I just need something ICE-ish for "road trips" to the in-law's lake cabin about four hours each way.

 

[cyure]

My round trip commute is about 60 miles. When I had my Silverado ZR2, at $3.50 a gallon, it cost me about $12 a day to drive to and from work. I charge my Rivian at night and costs me around $1. I'd much prefer the BEV, but most of my driving is in town so I'd rarely use the gas. I'm more concerned about the engine getting stagnant more than anything. I just need something ICE-ish for "road trips" to the in-law's lake cabin about four hours each way.

My job is WFH and that was my worry with the Harvester too. Gas sitting too long. And then it went to well if that’s truly a worry what do I need a Harvester for.

 

[chucchinchilla]

The higher the gas gets the more people
I have a feeling will be making that realization. If this continues on for another 3 to 6 months I would be really interested to see how many people switch from BEV to EREV.

Absolutely. Just to put all this in perspective check out these gas prices in San Francisco circa the crazy high gas price crisis in April of 2008...

As you may remember, that was an event that spurred countless stories of people ditching their gas guzzlers, Ford Expeditions sitting on lots unsold, etc. Now this is where it gets interesting, adjust $4.02 to 2026 dollars you get $6.25 and I just checked prices of a Chevron station in San Francisco they're $6.50 regular, $6.70 medium, and $6.90 premium with Diesel being $9. So we've already surpassed inflation adjusted price levels that shifted the market in 2008. IMO it's no longer a matter of if people adjust their buying habits, it's when and/or it's already happening.

 

[J Alynn]

The higher the gas gets the more people
I have a feeling will be making that realization. If this continues on for another 3 to 6 months I would be really interested to see how many people switch from BEV to EREV.

Per the snippet of the article I posted earlier, EV sales jumped 22% the last quarter so it will happen. Sounds like fuel will stay up until election cycle satisfies Iran so hunker down because it’s not gonna get lower anytime soon-unfortunately. Glad my wife got her Lexus RZ BEv and my accord hybrid was just filled and showing 574 miles on a near full tank with is 12 gallons on 87 octane so we are quite happy we started making the transition

 

[J Alynn]

Absolutely. Just to put all this in perspective check out these gas prices in San Francisco circa the crazy high gas price crisis in April of 2008...
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As you may remember, that was an event that spurred countless stories of people ditching their gas guzzlers, Ford Expeditions sitting on lots unsold, etc. Now this is where it gets interesting, adjust $4.02 to 2026 dollars you get $6.25 and I just checked prices of a Chevron station in San Francisco they're $6.50 regular, $6.70 medium, and $6.90 premium with Diesel being $9. So we've already surpassed inflation adjusted price levels that shifted the market in 2008. IMO it's no longer a matter of if people adjust their buying habits, it's when and/or it's already happening.

The problem with this is many people can’t afford new vehicles because of other issues so it’s compounding the problem. The good thing is in ‘08 your option was small economy cars-many of which no longer exists but fortunately BEV’s be it off-lease/used or new will just help convert more drivers to BEV. I wouldn’t be surprised if this keeps up if the initial Scout production doesn’t see more BEV conversions with res holders?