Ty
Elio Addict
My Elio will be replacing my 15mpg truck for driving to work...While I understand, and agree with your points, I'm not sure that Elio's will largely be replacing vehicles that normally get 25 MPG Hwy...simply because most vehicles at that efficiency are bought for their utility.
If I had to guess the Avg. ICE vehicle replaced by an Elio would mos likely be in the ~32 Combined MPG range, and an Avg. new cost of $23,000. There is also that the ~75 mpg Elio number is Hwy...and most often the combined number is used when comparing efficiency. The Elio would be around ~ 60 MPG.
Either way, I agree that the Elio is a very environmentally friendly vehicle...probably just not quite as environmentally friendly as your example. I would also say that "Case D" needs the word "new vehicle" attached to it. You can get used Leafs for around $10k, and many States in the US will return above 85MPG when factoring where the electricity is sourced.