Looking at Edmunds TCO for 5 years ownership and a few cars I found:
- $32,749 for a 2022 Toyota Corolla Hybrid
- $32,972 for a 2022 Mitsubishi Mirage Hatchback
- $33,432* for a 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV
- $34,301* for a 2022 Toyota Prius Prime
*Edmunds is applying a $1,500 tax rebate to both the Bolt and Prime in their figures.
I tried the TCO's on the 2017 models of the same cars (so about a 5-year-old car) but Edmunds only lists the Prime and the Mirage. I guess the Corolla hybrid didn't exist and they don't have a TCO for a 2017 Bolt.
- $34,152 for a 2017 Mitsubishi Mirage
- $39,198 2017 Toyota Prius Prime
This was going by the cheapest (base) models. Higher trims give more expensive TCO's.
So if my car were to bite the dust, it looks like this is what I have to go with. New is cheaper than used according to Edmunds. Any other eco cars to put on the potential list?