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Nice calculations. 200k miles is 320,000 kilometers. Most vehicles are never driven that much before scrapping (or maybe they're exported to Africa?)
by Gravityloss 5y ago
Nice calculations. 200k miles is 320,000 kilometers. Most vehicles are never driven that much before scrapping (or maybe they're exported to Africa?)
- 542354234235 5y agoIn the US, people keep new cars for an average of 8.4 years [1], and the average working age adult (age 20-54) drives about 15,200 miles per year [2]. That is over 127,000 miles, and that is average. Obviously if you are someone that trades in their car every 2 years, long term costs aren’t important to you. But lots of people keep their cars over 100k miles, and plenty keep their cars out to 200k. I included 50k and 100k on the maintenance prices, and fuel costs just have to be divided in half for 100k. At basically any distance, EVs and plug-ins are significantly cheaper to maintain and fuel than ICE vehicles. So maintenance and fuel cost over 100k miles would be roughly: -EVs $5,125 -Plug-in Hybrids $7,405 -ICE $13,435 [1]https://www.iseecars.com/how-long-people-keep-cars-study https://www.iseecars.com/how-long-people-keep-cars-study [2] https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/onh00/bar8.htm https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/onh00/bar8.htm