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Originally Posted by redpoint5
It's true in my case, where it costs me $0.04/mile to drive my Prius with gas, and $0.02/mile on electricity. Furthermore, I pay nothing in maintenance for the EV portion of my drivetrain per year...
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But put all those saved maintenance expenses in the bank, in order to (partially) cover one big battery replacement a number of years down the road.
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The thread title is about which is cheaper to operate, not which is cheaper to purchase, not which is cheaper when a catastrophic failure occurs.
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Well, that's been my point all along. Figuring operating cost as just electricity vs gas is misleading.