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Originally Posted by redpoint5
EV driving also has very low wear and tear costs, and therefore lower maintenance.
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Not necessarily. With my Insight, the major wear & tear things have been a wheel bearing, tires, windshield wipers, &c - all of which are going to be pretty much the same on an EV, no?
The other major maintenance expense* has been replacement of the 12-volt battery. Curiously enough, both the EVs - Volt and Leaf - that I did a quick search on have 12-volt batteries, and people seem to have problems related to them.
*Which is a major PITA, because it seems to fail without warning (where with a pure IC, you'd notice weak starting), and the Insight won't run without a good 12-volt battery, so the failure leaves you stranded. Luckily the last time was only a mile or so from an auto parts store, so I could walk there, buy a new battery, and be on my way - but it could as easily have been 50 miles, in a place with no cell service :-(