Green Options » F-250 http://greenoptions.com/tag/f-250 Posts tagged 'F-250' Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:36:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Think Electric Cars are Expensive? Try Ford’s F-250 Full-Sized Truck http://gas2.org/2008/06/09/think-electric-cars-are-expensive-try-fords-f-250-full-sized-truck/ http://gas2.org/2008/06/09/think-electric-cars-are-expensive-try-fords-f-250-full-sized-truck/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:36:05 +0000 Clayton B. Cornell http://gas2.org/2008/06/09/think-electric-cars-are-expensive-try-fords-f-250-full-sized-truck/ 2008 F-250 Truck

Think paying $100,000 for an electric car is obscene? How about $100K for an F-250?

As much was we covet electric cars like the Tesla Roadster, most of us balk at the $100,000 sticker price. But with gas prices at or above $4 / gallon, the cost difference isn’t as dramatic as you might imagine.

The NYTimes reported last week that if you account for total ownership of a full-sized truck, including insurance, interest, repairs, taxes, and gasoline, a big vehicle like Ford’s F-250 will now set you back $100,000 in the first five years of ownership. Five years is the average amount of time an owner keeps one of these trucks.

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