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For battery electric vehicles there's also the hidden savings of having the technician coming to your home, which I believe is far more prevalent for BEV than I

For battery electric vehicles there's also the hidden savings of having the technician coming to your home, which I believe is far more prevalent for BEV than ICE.

neon_electro 4y ago
My experience of owning 2 EVs (2013 Nissan Leaf and then 2018 Chevy Bolt EV), the Leaf for 2.5 years/22k miles and the Bolt for 4 years/48k miles: Never took the Leaf to a shop for "official maintenance" other than an a general evaluation early on. With the Bolt, I never had any issues during my ownership that took my vehicle offline/out of my hands. I replaced all four tires once, at my own expense, because I wanted a different tradeoff from the OEM tire choice. I took it to the shop once for a tire rotation/cabin air filter replacement at a regular service interval, and was about to do so a second time when I totaled the car this past Memorial Day weekend. All told, I'm still totally unfamiliar with anyone visiting my home for any kind of automotive service.