I am a California resident.
I am going into analysis paralysis and it’s making me crazy when I sit down to decide if I should go with an ICE car or an EV. HELPPPPPP!!!
Sure ICE vehicles cost more in fuel and maintenance, but EVs have some other costs as well:
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Costs relatively more to insure
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Registration cost every year is higher
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Opportunity cost: a $40k EV is generally compared to a $30k ICE car in terms of break even in 5-6 years. But people rarely mention the opportunity cost of spending the extra $10000. That $10k can make you around $1k each year if invested (subject to market risk ofcourse).
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Supercharging is still not cheap: while still being 50% cheaper than gas, its not cheap. I see 50c/kwh near my area. And not everyone has a home to charge.
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Rate of depreciation: All cars depreciate. But some loose value faster than others. My personal feeling is EVs depreciate faster than ICE. Simply because the tech is growing so fast. The argument for ICE is that there will be less demand for ICE in future due to increasing EV market share. So, little conflicted on the right answer here
I don’t know if am the only one who is unable to see the savings in EV (long term). Am I missing something?? Can eV owners share their perspective?? HELP ME come out of this shit and just book a carrr!!!
If you’re still not convinced. I leased Niro when they were giving cars away. All the incentives from the state and such added up to $15k off. I plan to buy out the lease. If used prices tank I’ll see if I can negotiate that price. I see leasing as a win - win for the consumer. Cars are terrible assets as they only lose value. Arguing the extent of that loss is mute. Buy the car you want to meets your need and budget. My operating cost are 4x less per mile. My utility offer TOU pricing so the rate is about half at night. My electricity barely increased. My insurance was about the same coming from a Golf. Live in a big city so it is already expensive to insure. Yes, it is possible to save money on an EV.