alt Hacker NewsIf you buy the common reliable gas engines, and stick to timing chains, you really don't have to do much. Our 4runner has 260k miles and hasn't ever had anything done but engine oil, trans oil, and differential oil. Trans and diff oil will still be done on electric cars.
I have a 300k Ford F250 gas that also hasnt had anything done basically.
And while for trucks the electric vs gas is huge, my Chevy Volt costs per mile about the same to operate on gas vs electric, because electricity is $0.46 a kwh in my California region.
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> And while for trucks the electric vs gas is huge, my Chevy Volt costs per mile about the same to operate on gas vs electric, because electricity is $0.46 a kwh in my California region
For you.
Here in Canada gas is 4.90 USD /gal. (Diesel is 5.45)
Electricity is 0.093 USD / kWh. And it’s all from hydro.
Literally every tradesman in town has an F150 lightning because for fuel alone it’s about 1/4 the cost of any gas or diesel pickup. No oil changes just increase the savings.
I’m in a very snowy mountain town and EVs are booming. It will go insane when BYD etc are here any day.
Anecdotal evidence notwhithstanding, EVs have much lower long-term maintenance costs. See eg,
https://www.energy.gov/cmei/vehicles/articles/fotw-1190-june...
https://advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_release/electric-...
On electricity costs, California is an outlier---most people in the US pay less than half that $0.46/kwh, more like $0.15-0.20/kwh.
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.ph...
So for most people in the US, an EV will cost half what an ICE vehicle costs to operate.