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It just costs less to fuel in a narrow scenario (always charging on the road). For traveling salesmen, this might matter somewhat, although there aren’t that ma
by glitchc 7y ago
It just costs less to fuel in a narrow scenario (always charging on the road). For traveling salesmen, this might matter somewhat, although there aren’t that many of those left. The TCO of the Tesla is still lower. I’m not even a Tesla fanboy, but on a typical car, maintenance is ~$500 per year over the life of the car.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoHow does one know the TCO of a Tesla over the life of a car if it hasn't been out long enough? Camry has a proven track record.
- glitchc 7y agoIndeed, that’s a good point. The sporadic repairs that folks have reported (infotainment motherboard replacement for failing flash memory) have been rather costly. It’s hard to tell how frequent those are, Tesla isn’t releasing numbers and there are no third-party facilities that service Teslas who may have such numbers. It is quite hard to tell.