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if anyone is interested:
I have 2 neighbors, one with a Leaf and one with a Volt.
both had the electric company (southern california edison out here) install a vehicle specific meter on their homes, this keeps the cost of charging locked at the teir 1 price of $0.13/KWh where homes can jump tiers as usage goes up, from $0.13 to $1.39 /KWh (again this is Socal).
Both guys drive <10 miles one way to work, so not more than 20 miles a day, and they full charge every night, I've seen the vehicle only charge electric bill and they are both around $25/ month for roughly 500 miles a month..
The volt owner made a comment a few weeks ago that he still has the original gas in the car that the dealer put in when he bought it 7 months ago, he was trying to figure out a way to get it out of the car for his lawn mower....
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Now on a side note, my wife has owned a Camry Hybrid (ducks) since 2007 and gets >51 mpg in it because she only drives city streets, and keeps it under 40mph which for the most part keeps it in electric mode, she gets about 750 - 900 miles out of a tank (18 gal) and fills up once a month for $50ish..
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