Verdict: False
You've likely heard detractors speak about how expensive it must be to maintain an electric vehicle, but they're only thinking about one part of the vehicle rather than the vehicle as a whole, so let's take a closer look at things.
You've likely heard detractors speak about how expensive it must be to maintain an electric vehicle, but they're only thinking about one part of the vehicle rather than the vehicle as a whole, so let's take a closer look at things. The Automobile Association of America, better known as AAA, puts together a study each year called Your Driving Costs, and in this study there is a breakdown of maintenance costs per mile for nine different types of vehicles. When it comes to maintenance costs, electric vehicles are by far the least expensive at 7.89 cents per mile. Medium sedans cost 10.89 cents per mile, while the second least expensive is small sedans at 9.55 cents. If you keep your EV long enough to require a battery replacement, that will indeed be expensive, but overall maintenance is quite a bit less expensive in an EV.
Averages don't drive your car. Plug in your miles, your gas price and your local electricity rate and see what an EV would actually cost you.
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