Something I learned the other day that is useful info to anyone contemplating a new car:
Electric cars have vastly lower maintenance costs. Huge parts of a gas car that often and expensively go wrong just...do not exist.
Electric cars have vastly lower maintenance costs. Huge parts of a gas car that often and expensively go wrong just...do not exist.
Here’s an article that lays it out. As our fleet goes EV, it would seem to have a profound implication for low income car owners, who are often gutted by repair costs. forbes.com/sites/constanc…
I would also imagine this could change the lease vs own calculation for many. (Though get a battery warranty)
As of right now, CA gov will no longer buy gas cars and NONE from the car makers who signed on to Trump’s attempt to gut our CaFE standards. Which I would imagine will accelerate public charging stations calmatters.org/environment/20…
So do laws that make developers put in charging stations in any garage spaces
Another thing that the fleet switch to EV means is...a lot of gas station, oil change places, repair shops will cease to exist, which has a jobs implication of course but also will free up a lot of urban land for housing/parks/charging stations
As this fuel cost per mile calculator shows, it costs on average half as much to drive an EV car. And THEN you have all the repair savings and greater longevity energy.gov/eere/electricv…
As this article shows, switching our personal and public transit to electric not only saves money, and slashes emissions, but also saves on health costs related to exhaust
