This means that batteries could be smaller with the resulting reduction in electric vehicle cost and weight.
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In fact, depreciation is the biggest factor in determining how much a certain vehicle will cost the owner.
Depreciation is the biggest factor in determining how much a vehicle will cost the owner--most new cars lose anywhere between 10% and 20% of their sticker price the moment they leave the lot.
The program has made it possible for Nissan, headed by Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn, a stickler for measurement and accountability, to slash its per-vehicle advertising cost by 35% over the past five years, Nissan has said.
As chance would have it, the same week the costly new vehicle concept was revealed, the Navy Department was moving to cancel a Marine amphibious vehicle that cost a similar amount, mainly because the price-tag was too high.
There is also a "special depreciation allowance" that under some scenarios permits a first-year deduction of 50% of the vehicle's cost.
Although I have not done this research for electric vehicles, I think it would be worth talking to cross-section of 100 potential customers to ask them whether they see an electric vehicle as a cost-effective means of transportation.
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If Fiat had no engineering partner to share the cost of vehicle development, fixing Alfa would be impossible, he said.
Value charging is a unique feature that harnesses the power of cloud computing to automatically charge the vehicle when utility rates are lowest, thus helping to minimize the cost to charge the vehicle and the potential ownership costs of an electric vehicle.
So each passenger has to cover the full cost of a vehicle all by him or herself.
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From this 5% you should subtract the cost of whatever vehicle you use to own the stocks in that index.
Ignoring them not only negatively affects your ability to operate a vehicle safely, but can cost you money in other areas as well.
The company has delivered a carefully worded pledge: GM will develop a hydrogen-fuel-cell vehicle that could compete on cost with traditional vehicles-if it were to be built in high volumes-by 2010.
That will likely increase prices again, causing Brazilians and industry watchdogs to wonder when an entry level vehicle there will no longer cost the equivalent of a small house in a low income state like Pernambuco.
"Developing a mid-class launch vehicle in Europe would have cost between three and five billion euros, and building the Soyuz launch pad has been just - if I can say 'just' - around 400 million euros, " he explained.
Depending on the deal and the cost of the vehicle, many buyers will find taking the discounted financing (if their credit rating is sufficient to qualify) will save more money over the long term than taking a nominal cash rebate.
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Similarly, stimulus investments have helped transform the United States from a bit player in international advanced battery markets to a global competitor with an estimated 20 percent of worldwide manufacturing capacity online by 2012, all while potentially driving down the cost of electric vehicle batteries by up to 70%.
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The IRS periodically increases the standard mileage rate, but many think it is further than ever behind the true cost of operating a vehicle.
So if you're planning to buy a car on a tight or specific budget, you might want to factor in--along with fuel and insurance--the cost of repairing a vehicle when the warranty expires.
Car-shopping website Edmunds.com estimates Hurricane Sandy cost 30, 000 vehicle sales in October, reducing the closely-monitored Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) of car sales to 14.3 million vehicles from the pre-storm forecasted 14.8 million vehicles.
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But the Volt, like the Prius, is likely to prove itself as a reliable, low maintenance, low-cost-of-ownership vehicle, making it especially desirable.
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Many company Web sites have "Build Your Own" sections, where shoppers can put together a vehicle and see how much it might cost.
Aside from rising gasoline prices the report showed that vehicle insurance premiums rose as did the cost of air transport and passenger vehicles, despite a dip seen in February.
If you can kick the new car habit and keep that car for another five years, up to the new average age of the American vehicle today, you can reduce your cost of transportation significantly.
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But it has been well known for a long time that the rate didn't really cover all of the cost of operating the typical vehicle, especially a new, expensive one with higher first- and even second-year depreciation.
Mr. DOWD: I think the Web is the perfect sort of vehicle for it because you have no cost in order to put, you know, a message out there - and that then can be downloaded by people in their living room.
Engineers were telling the services they could greatly improve Humvee features for about half the estimated cost of a new joint vehicle, and while it might not last as long as a new vehicle, refurbishing the existing systems would eliminate most of the costs and delays associated with developing a new system.
Liberty provides greater performance at less cost than any other comparable launch vehicle.
To help consumers make more cash-sensible car-buying decisions, KBB recently announced its annual Total Cost of Ownership Awards in 22 separate vehicle classes.
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