I have an analytical way of thinking.
Most people that purchase or consider purchasing an EV vehicle obviously are thinking of economy, environment, and convenience. Lithium battery manufacturing is bad for environment. Convenience, yes no gas stations....big negative no family trips across country and if you live in an apartment complex, where do you charge your car? We all know this.
So cost is the big motive here. Maintenance differences yes, but EV vehicles have some hidden charges too like our country charges you an annual "road tax" for driving an EV vehicle of $400. So this difference is almost a wash.
If I compare two similar priced cars at $28,000 base model: Chevy Volt and Toyota Prius both same MSRP.
To go 100 miles:
Volt - At my house off hours electricity costing around $.14 per kwh and on avg takes about 30kwh to go 100 miles so will cost you $4.20 to drive 100 miles.
Prius - Will go 50 miles per gallon with gas prices at $3.60 per gallon will cost you $7.20 to drive 100 miles.
$4.20 vs $7.20 saves you $3.00 per 100 miles
My last Prius (a little favoritism here) I drove 398,000 miles before getting a new one. If I drove the Volt this would have saved me $11,670 in gas. BUT according to what Chevy states, the battery is warranted for only 100,000 miles. So more than likely I would have replaced the battery 2 times to drive 400,000 miles. Estimated cost for battery replacement in a Volt is $9,000....so $18,000 for two replacements.
So you would save $6,330 to drive a Prius 400,000 miles vs a Volt.
My 2 cents worth......
Most people that purchase or consider purchasing an EV vehicle obviously are thinking of economy, environment, and convenience. Lithium battery manufacturing is bad for environment. Convenience, yes no gas stations....big negative no family trips across country and if you live in an apartment complex, where do you charge your car? We all know this.
So cost is the big motive here. Maintenance differences yes, but EV vehicles have some hidden charges too like our country charges you an annual "road tax" for driving an EV vehicle of $400. So this difference is almost a wash.
If I compare two similar priced cars at $28,000 base model: Chevy Volt and Toyota Prius both same MSRP.
To go 100 miles:
Volt - At my house off hours electricity costing around $.14 per kwh and on avg takes about 30kwh to go 100 miles so will cost you $4.20 to drive 100 miles.
Prius - Will go 50 miles per gallon with gas prices at $3.60 per gallon will cost you $7.20 to drive 100 miles.
$4.20 vs $7.20 saves you $3.00 per 100 miles
My last Prius (a little favoritism here) I drove 398,000 miles before getting a new one. If I drove the Volt this would have saved me $11,670 in gas. BUT according to what Chevy states, the battery is warranted for only 100,000 miles. So more than likely I would have replaced the battery 2 times to drive 400,000 miles. Estimated cost for battery replacement in a Volt is $9,000....so $18,000 for two replacements.
So you would save $6,330 to drive a Prius 400,000 miles vs a Volt.
My 2 cents worth......
