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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I spent 40k on a used EV (with 9k miles) and the last 2 cars I purchased were 50k.  I bought a smaller SUV than usual, but was comfortable with the trade offs and happy to spend less but be able to save a lot on opex.

I spent about 1500 to get the charger installed.  I drive about 20k miles per year.  And I pay 4 cents a mile to charge an EV and about 16+ cents a mile to charge the car that the EV replaced.  I also can charge for free several places that I’m parked for long periods - which means I don’t have to charge as much at home.  I *rarely* use a super fast charger, which is only about 10-15% discount over gas.

In the first year I will save approx 1400 on fuel.  Plus there’s no oil change or other routine maintenance like timing belts, spark plugs, transmission fluids.  Which are several thousand on a car over a 150k mile lifetime.

We are definitely saving money.  The car and the battery are covered for 6 years from the date we purchased them for unlimited miles.

The biggest risk is resale value in several years if the battery goes kaput or EVs completely die off.  I hope the annual opex savings more than pays for that.

If I had purchased the ICE version of my car, yes it would have been cheaper, but it wasn’t nearly as nice.  [/quote]

Insurance went up about what you’d expect going from a 10 year old car to a 1 year old car.  I don’t remember the amount but it wasn’t anomalous as if EVs were more expensive to insure or something.  [/quote]

The EV insurance premium is mostly a factor of Teslas having an outsized share of the EV market and being incredibly expensive to insure relative to the cost of the car.  [/quote]

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