Reference no: EM131214457
In an Excel file evaluate whether your chosen company should invest in a hybrid car or its gasoline-engine counterpart. Select two car models that are similar, with one being a hybrid model and one being the non-hybrid model (for example the Honda Civic is available as a hybrid or a gasoline-engine model). Assume the company is planning on keeping this car for 10 years and at the end of the 10 years, the resale value of both models will be negligible.
Research the cost of each model (include taxes and title costs). Also, obtain an estimate of the miles-per-gallon fuel efficiency of each model.
Estimate the number of miles the car will be driven each year. Also estimate the average cost of a gallon of fuel over this time frame.
Given your previous estimates, estimate the total cost of driving the hybrid model for one year. Also estimate the total cost of driving the non-hybrid model for one year. Calculate the savings offered by the hybrid over the non-hybrid model.
Calculate the NPV (chose a realistic required rate of return) of the hybrid model, using the annual fuel savings as the annual cash inflow for the 10 years the company owns the car.
Compare the NPV of the hybrid model with the cost of the gasoline-engine model. Which model has the lowest costs (the lowest NPV)? From a purely financial standpoint, does the hybrid model make sense?
Using your chosen required rate of return, compute the IRR for each of these investments. Which appears the better choice?
Now look at the payback period of the hybrid model. Use the difference between the cost of the hybrid model and the gasoline-engine model as the investment. Use the annual fuel savings as the expected annual net cash inflow. Ignoring the time value of money, how long does it take for the additional cost of the hybrid model to pay for itself through fuel savings?
What qualitative factors might affect the decision about which model to purchase?
|
Determine the magnitudes of the support reactions at a and c
: The homogeneous 18-kg pulley is attached to the bar ABC with a pin atB. The mass of the bar is negligible. The cable running over the pulley carries a tension of 600 N. Determine the magnitudes of the support reactions at A and C.
|
|
Find an interesting example of hydrostatics
: CE 315: Design Problem - FLUID PROPERTIES AND HYDROSTATICS. Find an interesting example of hydrostatics. This could be something from your personal experience or perhaps something that you find interesting from the web
|
|
Write a paper for college application
: Write a paper for college application. amd make it read proofed. - Given the paper is: "Gone Askew: Finding my Path".
|
|
Discuss clinical vocabularies
: How will you organize the material so that it will be presented in an effective and memorable fashion for these new employees who are just being exposed to terminology that you use on a daily basis?
|
|
Invest in hybrid car or its gasoline-engine counterpart
: In an Excel file evaluate whether your chosen company should invest in a hybrid car or its gasoline-engine counterpart. Select two car models that are similar, with one being a hybrid model and one being the non-hybrid model (for example the Honda Ci..
|
|
Roles of project manager and program manager
: 1. How do experienced project managers assign importance to each aspect of the triple constraint? 2. Describe the role of the project portfolio manager in relation to the roles of project manager and program manager.
|
|
Buying brands that she has previously used
: Robin, a 28-year-old fashion designer, is very finicky about the brands that she consumes as a customer. She believes in buying brands that she has previously used. When Robin walks into Brown and Grey, a supermarket, she is most likely to engage ..
|
|
Discuss how your microbe undergoes asexual reproduction
: Reproductive Ecology: your presentation must address the reproductive strategies of your organism. For example, discuss how your microbe undergoes asexual reproduction.
|
|
Baseline of government powers
: When we began looking at domestic security we needed to make a baseline of government powers, people's rights and a balance thereof. I think all of us agree that the key to addressing terrorism is to be found in prevention. The most powerful tool ..
|