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-3-costs-charge-gasoline-car

Oh, stop it. Recharging an electric car battery is less expensive. And my gasoline SUV deprecates too

I wonder which oil company funded the "research"?

I remember having a conversation with the owner of an EV. Not a Tesla, but a Volt. I asked him, given the relatively high price of electricity in the area, if had found the EV to be worthwhile.After looking at me like I had two heads, he explained that he had a free charging station at the state university where he worked.Well, no wonder it paid off for him. He's getting free charging! Well, not really free...since it's a state university, I'm subsidizing his "fuel". I wonder how these EVs would survive without subsidies and free charging stations.

wanderingaimlessly wrote: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-3-costs-charge-gasoline-carThe article is misleading in that there is no mention whatsoever of the significant routine maintenance advantage enjoyed by electric cars. The author points to battery depreciation as being the big cost difference while ignoring that many conventional vehicles incur major engine or transmission repair costs within the ten year battery life span. Hard to believe a guy who presents himself as a financial analyst specializing in the auto industry, i.e. an expert, would miss something like that.

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azrving
Explorer
Apr 02, 2018
Tesla will go BK.
jfkmk
Explorer
Apr 02, 2018
I remember having a conversation with the owner of an EV. Not a Tesla, but a Volt. I asked him, given the relatively high price of electricity in the area, if had found the EV to be worthwhile.

After looking at me like I had two heads, he explained that he had a free charging station at the state university where he worked.

Well, no wonder it paid off for him. He's getting free charging! Well, not really free...since it's a state university, I'm subsidizing his "fuel".

I wonder how these EVs would survive without subsidies and free charging stations.
pianotuna
Nomad III
Apr 02, 2018
I wonder which oil company funded the "research"?
Lwiddis
Explorer II
Apr 01, 2018
Oh, stop it. Recharging an electric car battery is less expensive. And my gasoline SUV deprecates too

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