3 ms·

I meant to say on average. Add up the fuel and maintenance for that corolla over a 20 year period, plus its initial sales cost. The EV is cheaper over 20 years.

I meant to say on average. Add up the fuel and maintenance for that corolla over a 20 year period, plus its initial sales cost. The EV is cheaper over 20 years. If they barely drive it and nothing ever goes wrong, they should still be spending several thousand a year on fuel and regular maintenance tasks, on average, over time. If they aren't then either they aren't doing the suggested maintenance or aren't driving it much at all, or both. The EV uses cheaper fuel and its maintenance cost is significantly lower. Again: the initial cost of the EV is greater. It's the cost over time that is lower, because ICE vehicles cost more over time. Even taking a used car into account, its average cost over time is greater.

jjav 4y ago
> It's the cost over time that is lower, because ICE vehicles cost more over time. Even taking a used car into account, its average cost over time is greater. A person looking to buy a new car today, you're mostly right in that their total lifetime cost will be less if they buy a new EV today. Mostly though, not everyone, since there are ICE cars cheaper than EVs and for someone who drives very little it'll take a long time to recover the initial price difference. But for people who already own a car it's a very different equation. The old car is already owned, so buying an EV is a huge expense unlikely to ever be recovered by reduced operating costs. Such as the example above of my parent. Were they to buy a 40K EV, it'll take easily 40 years to break even compared to simply keep driving the old Corolla. Nowhere near worth it.