SFGate Blog By David Curran on July 28, 2015 4:00 AM Image 1 of 12 |electric cars Good Thing: EVs CAN BE A BARGAIN. Looking at the cost to buy EVs on the market, you might say they aren't such a great deal. But add in the gov't rebates, and it becomes much sweeter. As people who leased their EV, we put $2,500 down for our Leaf but got all of that money back from the California Vehicle Rebate Project. Plus, our monthly lease payment, a little over $200, is mostly offset by the following huge savings. . We got our electric car, a Nissan Leaf, a few months ago, but don’t ask me too much about how it performs since I spend much of my driving time nervous about the car’s battery charge as it drops toward zero. http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/wp-admin/post.php?post=19958&action=edit#edit_timestamp I’m sure the AC works great, but won’t that drain the car’s charge that much faster? Instead, I’ll just roll down the window. And dare I charge my phone in the car? Tough call. It drains the battery, but I do want to be able to contact a tow truck when I run out of charge somewhere in Martinez. http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2015/07...he-highs-and-lows-of-driving-an-electric-car/