Tesla has lowest maintenance and repair cost of any brand

Also, collision repairs likely represent only a fraction of total maintenance costs.

  > When comparing cumulative costs by brand for years one through five
  > and six through 10, we found that Tesla had the lowest maintenance costs.

Hertz's situation was particularly noteworthy because of how much their purchases of Teslas affected the company itself, though that was partially because Hertz started to firesale their Tesla fleet just as Tesla itself lowered prices, further exacerbating the loss.

Such a consumer would be comparing typical maintenance and repair costs, fuel costs, insurance costs, license and registration costs, and probably others I am forgetting.

If that's the case then I'd expect collision repairs to not be included in maintenance and repair costs, because collision repairs are usually handled by insurance. If a particular car is more expensive to repair after a collision that would show up in higher insurance rates and so when comparing cars is accounted for when your compare insurance costs.

Could tip the balance if your business model is to rent them out to Uber drivers though, and if those are more likely to hit or be hit by other cars.

But Tesla claims 300k - 500k miles before the battery comes due for a replacement. Most of the very oldest Teslas haven't reached that mileage yet. The average drive certainly doesn't reach it in their first 10 years of owning their car.

But most Hybrids are Toyotas, and most PHEV's aren't.

That said, wear can be substantially mitigated by how the tyres are designed and manufactured, particularly the tread compounds. But, long-wearing compounds are generally inversely correlated with grip, so there is a balance to be found there.

There is also the fact that manufactured seem to absolutely not GAF about weight anymore, even on internal-combustion cars, so the ICE-vs-EV weight difference may be narrowing.

But yes, tires for heavier cars are more expensive by themselves, and ceteris paribus, wear faster, so can definitely be a significant expense factor over the 5-10 year terms in this article and discussion.

I drive year-round in a cold/hot climate with winter tires (because I'm too lazy to do the seasonal swap out). It is pretty hard on winter tires to run them in 100F days. But, so far, in the last 7 years of winter tires, I've gone through 2 sets.

Tires are the least of my annoyances with Tesla. Lack of quality control, lack of good customer service, and a fascist dictator at the helm have all prevented me from considering another Telsa.

Regeneranive braking is 1/100 of a normal brake ability. It can be upto 10/100 if using resistors instead of the battery as the load.