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Originally Posted by Murf the Surf
Interesting article on the ownership costs of EV's vs Hybrid and ICE. Done over 3 years and it seems that there really isn't any savings for the EV, in most cases it was more expensive. Gas prices were lower for the testing as it was done over 3 years, but once government has to spend trillions to upgrade the grid and gas tax is lost as ICE diminishes the cost for EV will likely go up....way up.
https://driving.ca/features/shopping...fers-surprises |
I like this cost calculator:
https://afdc.energy.gov/calc/
If you play around with it, most EVs don't break even for at least 10 years. People in the U.S. keep their new vehicles on average 8.4 years according to the Google. So you probably won't receive a direct
financial benefit.
But buying an EV has to be so nice NEVER HAVING TO GO TO A GAS STATION EVER AGAIN!!! And presumably maintenance is much lower. Less parts to break, but a lot more finicky electronics, but still should be a lot less trips to the dealer or time spent in the driveway changing oil and tracking down various oil leaks (this is a BMW forum!!!). Those are huge benefits that must be so nice and need to have a value added to them. Myself I'm hoping for a medium/low cost EV (~$30k) that has a hatch, is fun to drive and doesn't look like a set piece from Blade Runner. Real world mileage of around 200 would get me through the week w/out having to recharge. A CPO BMW i4 in a couple years is looking good IMHO. Will see how it plays out. Would prefer more analog controls, but will have to let that go.