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Battery electric vehicles such as Tesla Model 3 BEV are more expensive to purchase than ICE, an internal combustion vehicle powered by gasoline, and the total amount can be much lower than ICE when considering lifetime fuel and maintenance costs.
This is the result of analyzing data from an annual reliability survey conducted by Consumer Reports from 2019 to 2020. Consumer Reports calculated annual vehicle maintenance and repair costs, mileage, and lifetime mileage for each vehicle. In addition, in calculations, vehicles with a mileage of 3,200 km or less or 96,560 km or more over the past 12 months, vehicles with maintenance costs of 20,000 dollars or more, and vehicles with a mileage of 322,000 km or more were subtracted.
As a result, it was found that the maintenance cost of electric fueled vehicles such as BEV and plug-in hybrid vehicle PHEVQ is half of the ICE cost. For BEV and PHEV, the maintenance cost for the first 80,500 km is $0.012 per 1.6 km, but for ICE it is $0.028. For the next 85,000 km, the cost is $0.028 for BEV and $0.031 for PHEV, while ICE goes up to $0.06.
Consumer Reports data shows that the sample amount of maintenance and repair costs for a mileage of 100,000 to 200,000 km is small, but the average maintenance and repair cost per mile is $0.031 for BEV, $0.030 for PHEV, and $0.061 for ICE. .
In addition, BEV is expensive in terms of fuel economy, and fuel cost per 24,000 km is on average $790 cheaper than ICE. SUVs cost $1,020 and pickup trucks cost $1,310. In addition, VEV holders running at least 402 km charge 92% at home and use the DC fast charging station six times a year.
Divided into five categories, including automobile hatchbacks and sedans, crossover SUVs, luxury sedans, and crossovers, BEVs and PHEVs under $50,000, the most efficient ICE, hit products ICE, high-rated ICE, and ICE with similar performance to BEVs and PHEV On the back, the vehicle lifetime cost was also compared.
When comparing costs, Consumer Reports calculated the cost of owning a vehicle in the first seven years and the cost of driving 322,000 km at 4.7% interest using data from TrueCar, which sells used cars. When buying electric vehicles in the United States, there are tax cuts, so this amount was considered, but state or regional incentives were not considered.
According to calculations, buying a Tesla Model 3 instead of the BEW 330i saves $17,600. You can also save $13,400 by choosing the Tesla Model Y instead of the Lexus Crossover. In addition, there is little difference in cost for crossover between BEV and ICE.
In the case of PHEV, the difference in sedan cost is large, so Honda PHEV costs $10,600 less than Toyota Campy, and Ford Escape PHEV costs $10,000 less than RAV4. ICE with similar performance to BEV and PHEV refers to ICE with similar performance to electric vehicles with high acceleration evaluation. Focusing only on acceleration and comparing BEV or PHEV with ICE, you can save a lot of $16,000-23,000 for a lifetime. Related information can be found here .
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