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Do you have a source for these numbers? According to AAA [0] (and my experience), the average cost of car maintenance is upwards of $1000/year. Also its more

Do you have a source for these numbers? According to AAA [0] (and my experience), the average cost of car maintenance is upwards of $1000/year. Also its more than just oil that electric cars don't need replaaced. Electric cars don't have transmissions and rarely ever use the brakes two more leading causes of both regular maintenance and costly repairs of ICE cars. [0] https://www.thebalance.com/average-car-maintenance-cost-4775765 https://www.thebalance.com/average-car-maintenance-cost-4775...

SECProto 6y ago
Not OP, but I can pluralize his anecdata. I've had my car for 9 years (~120k miles - sat rarely driven for a couple years in the middle). The only maintenance I've had is oil changes (2 or 3 times a year, so $100 estimate seems accurate), brake pads (once or maybe twice? average annual cost maybe $50), engine air filter (like $10, once or twice a year), tires (similar with electric - cheaper for my car with 15" wheels). The only unexpected maintenance was an electric short in the windshield wiper (could happen just as easily to an electric. $100 labour and a $30 part from a scrap yard)
- chrisseaton 6y ago
  > 2 or 3 times a year That seems massively excessive oil changing for your mileage. Fun fact - the same car manufacturers tell British people to change their oil every 21k miles or 24 months, and tell American people to change their oil every 3k miles or 6 months. For literally the same car, being driven in potentially identical conditions. Americans are just changing their oil needlessly! And they have a whole industry of ‘oil change shops’ you don’t get in many other countries to do the needless work! Bonkers!
  - SECProto 6y ago
    I follow the manufacturer's suggested interval of 8000km. The same car supposedly has a longer interval in Japan (16000km), but using a different engine and definitely different operating conditions. It's just not enough of a cost or hassle for me to bother deviating from the recommendations. I do happily ignore the oil change shop stickers that say it should be changed in 3 months/5000km.
kortilla 6y ago
Biggest part of their quote is tires, which apply to the electric cars as well. 1k a year is absolutely insane. That must scale up with expensive cars. A new battery, new brake pads, and and windshield wipers don’t even come near 1k and you don’t even have to replace any of those annually.

SECProto 6y ago

Not OP, but I can pluralize his anecdata. I've had my car for 9 years (~120k miles - sat rarely driven for a couple years in the middle). The only maintenance I've had is oil changes (2 or 3 times a year, so $100 estimate seems accurate), brake pads (once or maybe twice? average annual cost maybe $50), engine air filter (like $10, once or twice a year), tires (similar with electric - cheaper for my car with 15" wheels). The only unexpected maintenance was an electric short in the windshield wiper (could happen just as easily to an electric. $100 labour and a $30 part from a scrap yard)

chrisseaton 6y ago
> 2 or 3 times a year That seems massively excessive oil changing for your mileage. Fun fact - the same car manufacturers tell British people to change their oil every 21k miles or 24 months, and tell American people to change their oil every 3k miles or 6 months. For literally the same car, being driven in potentially identical conditions. Americans are just changing their oil needlessly! And they have a whole industry of ‘oil change shops’ you don’t get in many other countries to do the needless work! Bonkers!
- SECProto 6y ago
  I follow the manufacturer's suggested interval of 8000km. The same car supposedly has a longer interval in Japan (16000km), but using a different engine and definitely different operating conditions. It's just not enough of a cost or hassle for me to bother deviating from the recommendations. I do happily ignore the oil change shop stickers that say it should be changed in 3 months/5000km.

kortilla 6y ago

Biggest part of their quote is tires, which apply to the electric cars as well. 1k a year is absolutely insane. That must scale up with expensive cars. A new battery, new brake pads, and and windshield wipers don’t even come near 1k and you don’t even have to replace any of those annually.