Dealers profit more from gas vehicle maintenance than from new-car sales or EV service.
Showroom staff may downplay EVs’ lower maintenance because it reduces dealership profits.
Consumer Reports analysis shows EV owners spend about half as much on maintenance and repairs over the life of the vehicle as gas-car owners
AAA’s Your Driving Costs numbers back it up. In 2023, they pegged average maintenance for new EVs at about 8.12 cents per mile, the lowest of any vehicle category they track
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne lab found the same pattern: battery-electric cars run about 40% cheaper per mile to maintain than gas cars.
60k+ km on my ev, windscreen wiper fluid is the only thing I’ve had to do. Need to replace my tyres soon.
Bruh, not your first tyre change I hope.
Might be if they have summer + winter sets
It is and they were checked 2k km ago in a yearly inspection.
It’s really just 1 set of tires for 60K km? Or do you swap summer/winter? If the former, I’m impressed, I thought higher torque and weight would mean higher wear, even if EV tires are obviously designed accordingly.
No summer and winter tyres. Just one set. It really depends on how you drive as well.