Electric vehicle charging cost
Interesting article, Gas is cheaper to fuel than a Tesla, which on top of charging cost, has a battery which apparently depreciates $1000 a year. https://seekingalpha.com/article/4160351-tesla-model...
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drsteve wrote:
Oil changes--where does one get a $20 oil change?--filters, brakes, random electrical sensor failures... fuel pumps, injectors, O2 sensors... ICE vehicles have very complex control systems that fail on a regular basis. I see a lot of "reasonably new" vehicles in repair shops. And again, if this guy is going to ding EVs for battery replacement ten years down the road and call it a deal breaker, while ignoring the many routine and not so routine costs of ICE vehicles and their enormously complex drivetrains, I'm going to call BS on it. He's not even close to impartial. He has an admitted interest in seeing Tesla stock fall.
Wallyworld or the local repair shop...but even if you want to argue $30 (they haven't made a replacement EV for big diesel pickups yet). I get an oil filter with the oil change.
Yes, things can fail but haven't changed a fuel pump, injector o2 sensor in years. As complex as modern engines are, they are incredibly reliable. In fact if you go by complexity, new engines are exponentially more reliable than 60yr old engines which which are drastically less complex. Complexity doesn't not correlate to less reliability.
Also, it's naive to think the electronic controls on EV's are immune to failure.
EV's have brakes and suspension parts that still need repair so you really need to dial it in to the engine/motor and there just aren't a lot of failures or ongoing maintenance...yes some but not enough to move the cost needle on average.
