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Owning an electric car does save money – most EVs are $6-$10K cheaper
- psmithsfhn 6y agoThis is exactly what we were hoping for and expecting Making driving cheaper so you get a lot more driving Have the tesla haters been proved fucking right yet?
- castratikron 6y agoHow does this fit in with the trend stated a few years ago that low emissions vehicles are cheaper to maintain? https://news.mit.edu/2016/study-finds-low-emissions-vehicles-less-expensive-overall-0927 https://news.mit.edu/2016/study-finds-low-emissions-vehicles... And the question of the next decade will be: which BEV is cheaper to maintain and why?
- mywittyname 6y ago> Perhaps surprisingly, the smallest difference is between BEV and ICE crossovers, with a mere $3,000 estimated savings for a Ford Mustang Mach-E versus a Toyota RAV4. I'm not sure where the surprise is here. The Mustang Mach-E is a performance crossover while the Rav4 is a basic commuter. A better Mach-E comparison would be with the BMW X3 plugin hybrid.
- gamblor956 6y agoAlso, the RAV4 now comes as a plug-in electric for the 2021 year (RAV4 PRIME), so that would seem like the more appropriate comparison for the ICE RAV4 models.
- rdtwo 6y agoYou forget about 5k of Toyota brand premium that’s not accounted for
- mint2 6y agoI’m curious how much brake wear hybrids prevent and plug in hybrids in particular. Recently going down from the eastern sierras I regenerated 5 mi of range from energy that otherwise would have been partially dumped into the brake pads.
- brianwawok 6y agoI expect to get over 100k miles on my Tesla brakes. My previous car I got maybe 35k miles? But over 100k miles, that’s like $600 savings. Nice but not earth shattering.