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The Tesla Model 3 beat the Camry on total cost of ownership even in 2020 when the Model 3 was was considerably more expensive to buy or lease, mostly due to its
by bryanlarsen 2y ago
The Tesla Model 3 beat the Camry on total cost of ownership even in 2020 when the Model 3 was was considerably more expensive to buy or lease, mostly due to its cheaper maintenance costs. A Camry has >10X as many moving parts as a Tesla. The Tesla's maintenance cost per moving part is higher than the Camry's, but it has such an advantage in terms of number of moving parts that it's maintenance costs are a lot lower.
- lm28469 2y ago> The Tesla Model 3 beat the Camry on total cost of ownership It's a 6 years old car (and most likely 4 or 5 years old given the delivery stats)... there are camrys from the last century still on the road with 500k+ miles on them. When a tesla passes 300k miles it's news worthy, not because of reliability, just because they haven't been around for long https://www.autoevolution.com/news/this-2018-tesla-model-3-passed-the-300000-mile-mark-here-s-what-you-need-to-know-194534.html https://www.autoevolution.com/news/this-2018-tesla-model-3-p...
- bryanlarsen 2y agoAt 6 years old you've already hit ~3/4 of the TCO of the vehicle.