Yup, and that’s before you rebuild the 4L60E transmission in that S-10, which I’d bet it will need sooner rather than later. Or fix the rust it probably has, being a former PA vehicle now being sold in NY, where the annual state inspection isn’t as strict for rust ( I was a licensed state safety inspection mechanic in…

Well, except that the S-10 is already 20 years old, wrecked at least once and has 100k on it. So the chance of it lasting another 15 years in regular daily use is pretty slim, whereas the new Maverick hybrid has pretty good odds of lasting a long time.

Not to mention the 4L60E trans in that S-10 is due for replacement…

Sure, but (so far, anyway) most people who own EVs charge at home the vast majority of the time and don’t DC fast charge unless they have to, because it’s so much more expensive than charging at home.

It’s not hard to quantify, you pick a time/miles target and go from there.

And as far as making it to 100K without a major repair? Maybe, maybe not with all the tech in engines and transmissions these days.

There’s stacks of broken PowerShift automatic Focuses and Fiestas out there on their third and fourth trans…

You don’t charge your EV during peak hours, you charge it at night and in the morning, off peak. And with the discounted rate of the SCE or PG&E EV charging plan, your whole house electric usage is charged at that much lower rate, so if you’re running your A/C during non peak hours (typically from midnight alll the…

Sure, you can rebuild engines and transmissions. But that’s expensive, and that is a big parts of why ICE vehicles (including hybrids) are likely to have a higher total cost of ownership over the lifetime of the car.

And with the complexity of modern ICE cars, even regular cars and trucks are now frequently very…

I’m a professional mechanic and I get mine done at my dealership because my car is still under warranty. I have service managed three major market multiline dealerships in the past, and having a complete service history at (preferably one) dealership can make a big difference when you have a substantial powertrain…

Sometimes. DC fast chargers are 99% efficient, according to Car and Driver’s article. Level 2 home chargers usually see about 10% to 13% losses in normal use, more if its freezing out in the winter and using power for battery conditioning.

But even with, say, 20% charging losses it’s still substantially cheaper to run…

Which SCE EV charging rate plan are you on?

Because it’s 24 cents per Kw then, off peak (off peak is 19 hours per day- from 9pm all the way to 4pm, every day). And your cost for A/C in your house has nothing to do with the cost of charging your car, BTW - in fact, with a SCE EV rate plan, your A/C cost will likely drop…

He IS wrong, though. I’m a PGE customer, and I pay 25 cents per kwh to charge my Bolt (that’s the entire cost, power, distribution charges, etc).

Any EV owning PGE residential customer can get the EV2A rate plan for their entire home just by sending in the VIN to their EV and asking. All off peak power from midnight…

Unless one of you is driving 200 miles per day, you’d only need one charger at a time. We charge our Bolt about once a week when we drive 200 miles per week. And the level 2 charger we use tops out at 32A @220v, because that’s all the car will take off a level 2 charger. It’s a roughly similar draw to the electric…

What new cars use conventional oil?

It really depends on where you live and what you drive. Rural is often cheaper, and something like my old ‘13 Fit could run 10,000 miles between oil changes just fine while my Buick hits 10% oil life left in about 7,000 miles if you drive it a lot, or as little as 2,000 miles once yiu hit 12 months and the monitor…

The real facts are that 62 cents per Kw is bullshit for PGE home charging EV customers.

We are PGE customers, and we pay 25 cents per Kw to charge our EV. They offer a whole house EV charging plan for 25 cents per Kw, from midnight to 3pm 7 days a week, just by sending them the VIN of your EV. No charge, no second…

Sign up for the PGE home EV charging plan - EV2A and your entire house is 25 cents per Kw off peak, from midnight all the way to 3pm. Sounds like you will save an enormous amount of money, since that 25 cents per Kw includes the power generation, distribution charges and a bunch of small ancillary charges. That’s what…

Have you priced out a new replacement engine or trans these days, and the labor it takes to swap engines and transmissions? Engines haven’t been $2k installed for a reman since the days of 2 bolt carburated/TBI Chevy 350s. And the current crop of 8,9,and 10 speed automatics and CVTs often run about $3,000 and up just…

Fair point, but it’s what I have four years of real world experience with by now. I didn’t say my situation was typical or representative of anyone else’s - there’s no way any one situation could be; there’s too much regional variation with gasoline and electricity costs.

But if you use national average MPG - (26) and…

Everyone has to crunch their own numbers, dude. And that doesn’t change that the headline of the article - the broad generalization that “driving an EV 100 miles now costs more than a gas car” - no qualifiers - is pure bullshit, especially when you look at the cost assumptions they made, which are also bullshit.

All…

Your failure to get the point is the embarrassing part, but keep going, nobody is stopping you! :P

Nope.
*Insurance cost - similar
*Charging install - covered by GM, up to $1,250
*Charger itself is $350 on Amazon for a 32A Level 2 unit - which is completely portable, not hardwired, comes with you if you move, and will work on any new non Tesla EV.
*Purchase price - similar or cheaper - new Bolts are $26k now, and if…