Prius C is frugal on gas, planned V2H Solution, EV Range Anxiety is not for us for now
It was over a month since I've poured another 30L of gas into my 36L tank in Prius C.
It is over 530 Kms since and more than 1/3 of the tank is still full.. averaging 4.6L/100 Km...based on the computer readings.
@ $1.70 /L after BP or P&S (6Cents) discount it is equal to $7.82 / 100 km in Prius C.
If I were driving Leaf then $7.82 would be equivalent to about 15.6KW at the Fast Chargers in NZ. 15.6Kw would give me somethig about 75kms more or less and non-predictable. Maybe 100 km if lucky and Leaf is new.
That makes Prius C cheaper to buy and cheaper to run ("gas"-wise) vs second hand Gen 2 Leaf from Japan (if charged at fast chargers).
Prius C is comparable in "gas" price to Leaf charged at home. I am not even trying to compare with the Gen 1 Leafs with their battery issues and lower range.
Visiting gas pump once every 2 months vs remembering to charge EV every second day and not having range anxiety when driving anywhere in NZ - that is it for the timebeing. Prius Prime is promising to be 3 times better on gas.
One really BIG thing considering recent few power outages at home:
People are talking about Vehicle to Home Back Up (V2H). Using EV is "double trouble" - first you are out of power at home and in few hours you have no car to drive anymore.
I just finished R&D in "Prius to House Back Up Generator" - so easy to build (found out that I have everything I need) and so cool to be able to run essentials in your house (e.g. fridge, lights, computers, etc) (~3-6KWH) for a few days on Prius. Gas wise efficiency was confirmed to be comparable to commercial Honda Power Generator but Prius is much more quiet .... People were running Prius To House for 4 days non-stop with no issues....