Owning an electric car does save money – most EVs are $6-$10K cheaper

[KaiserSanchez]

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/10/owning-an-electric-car-really-does-save-money-consumer-reports-finds/

[castratikron]

How does this fit in with the trend stated a few years ago that low emissions vehicles are cheaper to maintain?

https://news.mit.edu/2016/study-finds-low-emissions-vehicles...

And the question of the next decade will be: which BEV is cheaper to maintain and why?

[mywittyname]

> Perhaps surprisingly, the smallest difference is between BEV and ICE crossovers, with a mere $3,000 estimated savings for a Ford Mustang Mach-E versus a Toyota RAV4.

I'm not sure where the surprise is here. The Mustang Mach-E is a performance crossover while the Rav4 is a basic commuter. A better Mach-E comparison would be with the BMW X3 plugin hybrid.

[gamblor956 → mywittyname]

Also, the RAV4 now comes as a plug-in electric for the 2021 year (RAV4 PRIME), so that would seem like the more appropriate comparison for the ICE RAV4 models.

[rdtwo → mywittyname]

You forget about 5k of Toyota brand premium that’s not accounted for

[mint2]

I’m curious how much brake wear hybrids prevent and plug in hybrids in particular.

Recently going down from the eastern sierras I regenerated 5 mi of range from energy that otherwise would have been partially dumped into the brake pads.

[brianwawok → mint2]

I expect to get over 100k miles on my Tesla brakes. My previous car I got maybe 35k miles?

But over 100k miles, that’s like $600 savings. Nice but not earth shattering.

[psmithsfhn]

This is exactly what we were hoping for and expecting

Making driving cheaper so you get a lot more driving

Have the tesla haters been proved fucking right yet?