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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kannik" data-source="post: 9455131" data-attributes="member: 984">re: costs, another flip in the mind to do with EVs is that with an EV you're kind of buying up front some of the items you would parcel out later with an ICE.  So even though the initial price is higher, it evens out or you even come ahead in the long run.  For ex, the average maintenance cost for an ICE is around $900 -- with an EV there's almost $0 except for tires.  (My maintenance guide only lists 4 things, which are tire rotations, air filters, check brake fluid, and check battery coolant every 4 years.)  As for tires, so long as you aren't pulling donuts I've found that they don't erode that much faster than my previous car, and the tires I bought as a replacement were EV specific to have longer wear times.  As for the 'fuel', it's often around half the cost per year.  I kept my last car 18 years and I expect to do the same with this one, and I figure in the end I'll come out nicely ahead (with a nice chunk of extra cash) in terms of a lower overall cost of ownership.    <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />This is a longer conversation perhaps beyond the scope of this forum, but there are indeed some concerns (especially in terms of mining and  at the same time it is also worth remembering that oil production is and has been itself very deleterious (including in terms of social costs and exploitation).  Interestingly, and perhaps nicely, battery tech is actively seeking to develop away from using those rare earth minerals that cause most of the issues onto more readily available and robust base materials.  Perhaps mostly due to cost/concerns for single-sourcing issues, but it has a nice knock down effect that it will also reduce the initial environmental load.</blockquote>

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