In my country electricity is more expensive. Cheapest by far is LNG.
EVs also have much higher costs in repairs, maintenance and car insurance.
EVs also have much higher costs in repairs, maintenance and car insurance.
Not sure about the maintenance cost being higher here. The only things that need regular service are brake and tires as all of the moving parts of an EV are contained within an electric motor assembly that are very reliable across manufacturers.
By contrast, an ICE vehicle is loaded with moving parts, all of which need lubrication, have wear profiles that demand replacement occasionally, need to pass emissions testing, etc.
And spare parts are VERY expensive, like $5000 for LCD screen!
Yes, post-accident repairs are generally more expensive.
Also, many bearings in an ICE vehicle use special high-pressure, long-life, “tacky” lubricants that stick and do not usually mix with engine oil or transmission fluid. The bearings on the wheel hub most definitely do not but that’s also a part that both EVs and ICE vehicles have in common (which is also the easiest bearing to replace).
Sixt and Hertz seem fairly sure, and they are the ones with statistically-significant data on this:
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/12/08/sixt-dumping-teslas-due...
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/hertz-...
> Sixt is directly singling out Tesla here, as it continues to increase its electric fleet,” they write. “The company’s goal is to slowly replace its gasoline and diesel-powered cars until at least 90 percent of its fleet is electric, and it aims to do so by the end of this decade. Unless Tesla improves its quality, collision repair costs, and residual values, the second-largest rental fleet in Europe (and fourth-largest in the U.S.) won’t include cars from the American automaker.”