the AC propulsion scion XB is a really nice car. as fas as the cost, a gas car total ownership of say a ferrari is way past the cost of the E-Box, the name given to the electric scion.
you get what you pay for. if you buy a tesla electric rocket, lol, you get really fast and 200 miles electric range. if you pay $10,000 you get an electric chevy S-10 with 60 miles range and the take off like a 4 cylinder.
I think that considering cost savings isnt really the way to think of electric cars. If you cost compare anything you will make anything look cheaper than something else.
I just think OIL is a polluting, murderous, geo political nightmare. watch shows telling the history of oil. its amazing we didnt kill ourselves over it!
oil got us where we are. like most resources we use it up till its gone. when oil gets more and more scarce our world will change for the worse. Lets do something now to mitigate it.
wow this thread went WAY off the original topic!
i drew up a precharge circuit that i think can precharge the capacitors safely, see attached.