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Their i3 isn't even an electric car, it's a hybrid with a petrol engine (range extender). The title claims the content is somehow about electric cars in genera
by lazyjones 7y ago
Their i3 isn't even an electric car, it's a hybrid with a petrol engine (range extender).
The title claims the content is somehow about electric cars in general, but it's just one datapoint about one model and one owner. FWIW, my maintenance costs for almost 3 years with a Tesla S90D were so far: €290 for changing and storing winter tires. No repairs, no breakdowns so far, despite some abuse on italian country roads. Yearly cost for insurance and (0) tax was half as much as the 530xd I owned previously.
- brohee 7y agoThe lastest version has a bigger battery and doesn't offer the range extender IIRC.
- lazyjones 7y agoYes, they stopped selling the REX. The i3 is still not a very attractive car for me and despite the good crash test results, it doesn't look safe to me. Here's the aftermath of a frontal crash vs. an old Cadillac that happened recently - both drivers dead: https://image.kurier.at/images/cfs_landscape_1864w_1049h/3728840/46-148583623.jpg https://image.kurier.at/images/cfs_landscape_1864w_1049h/372...
- pintxo 7y agoThis [1] seems to be the report including photos you are talking about. Not sure which image you linked here. Totally different story. [1] https://insideevs.com/news/328403/bmw-i3-vs-cadillac-cts-impact-results/ https://insideevs.com/news/328403/bmw-i3-vs-cadillac-cts-imp...
- lazyjones 7y ago> This [1] seems to be the report including photos you are talking about. No, you guessed wrong. The crash I mentioned happened 2 days ago: https://kurier.at/chronik/niederoesterreich/zwei-tote-in-moellersdorf-vor-unfall-gab-es-polizeieinsatz-bei-lenker/400588361 https://kurier.at/chronik/niederoesterreich/zwei-tote-in-moe... I don't know why you bring up an old rear-ending when I mention a frontal crash...
- pintxo 7y agoSorry, bad google foo on my part.
- bitexploder 7y agoI expect costs on my Tesla to be about one set of tires / 2 years. I am hard on them and they cost about 400/tire installed. When you consider they is essentially the only ongoing cost to a daily driven car that performs like a legitimate super car in a straight line it is pretty amazing though. I change to winter tires in the winter though. Still I wear down one set of tires per year approximately.
- bluGill 7y agoYour costs for a ICE car wouldn't be much more. There were be a few oil changes in there, but they are not expensive.
- ChuckNorris89 7y agoDon't know where you live but a regular yearly service with oil and cabin filter change is around €200 for a basic ICE car at a dealership in Austria. €290 for a Tesla would definitely be cheaper here.
- bluGill 7y agoYMMV. I change my own oil - it takes me less time because I can get the parts as part of a different errand, and I can do something else while waiting for the oil to drain out. If I go to the dealer I spend an hour in their waiting room with nothing to do, plus travel time for a special trip. You can do a lot better than dealer prices for oil changes if you don't do your own maintenance.
- gambiting 7y agoFor comparison - also a small city car, VW Polo 2016, 1.2L TSI - so far(3 years in), we only paid for a single service(two initial ones were free) - £159, plus £20/year in tax. So a total cost of ownership(except for petrol of course) in those three years is barely over £200. We didn't even buy winter tyres for it, which I normally do for my other cars.
- Finnucane 7y agoAfter 20 years, I'd expect it to be different. We have a '99 Honda CRV, and a significant chunk of the money we've paid for maintenance in the 12 yrs we've had it has been for the exhaust system. Over time, on any car, brakes will eventually need replacing, electrical bits will fail and need replacing, bits of your suspension will need replacing, and so on.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoAfter 10-15yr the Tesla (or any EV) will probably need a battery. After 20yr it is basically a certainty.
- MrFantastic 7y agoYour cost should also include the price to set up a charging station at home. That costs $1500+ in the USA.
- davidwitt415 7y agoTheir i3 isn't even an electric car, it's a hybrid with a petrol engine (range extender). Not true, there are two models, one with range extender, one pure EV. It's fair to assume he had the pure EV since he didn't include any ICE costs such as oil changes.
- bryanlarsen 7y agoHe did have a fuel cost and explicitly mentioned the range extender.