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Originally Posted by lazjen
I've done the math on the EV we're getting. Even with the crappy weather, there's still enough solar power generated at home to top up the car for our usage, which should be a lot more than 400 kms a month. So ongoing "energy costs" = very close to zero. Unless we do multi-day trips, we expect our usage to be such that we won't need to use any 3rd party chargers.
And even if we had to do non-solar charging, the costs are still way less than petrol - and that was before the recent price hikes.
So, no, certainly not a fortune compared to a similar amount of fuel costs.
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People talk about fuel but what is the through life support of an EV? What are the maintenance costs? I just read an article, whether it is true or not, about the Batteries on a Teslar 3 significantly degrading after 100,000 miles. What are the replacement cost for a new battery bank? Then there is disposal ... environmental impacts. You don't read much on this area.