Your math falls apart when people, like me, have long drives. I could make my daily commute with an EV especially since my work has charging stations, but the 100000 mile warranty kills it for me. I do that in three years. I spend $50 a week in fuel which is $7800 for three years. I haven't even come close to spending another $14000 in maintenance during that time. I also expect to get at least another 3-5 years out of this vehicle.
Assuming $3/gal, $50/week for 3 years is 40mpg. Averaging that is damn impressive for an ICE car.
Just saw somewhere else that you are driving a golf. TDI or gas? I'm not doubting you. That's just impressive. I can get the mid or upper 30s on my 55mi one-way commute in my gas Passat...if I'm lucky enough to not hit traffic. But that takes me trying to drive for efficiency, and almost all highway. I'd be happy to average at 30.
Eh... You don't have a long commute buddy and I doubt you drive over 100 000 miles in 3 years!
Talk about my maths all you want, yours doesn't make sense.
Also you're acting like your battery will need to be changed after 100k miles for sure but you certainly don't take into consideration that your gas engine could blow up after your warranty expires and it's no cheaper than an EV battery! The difference is that the EV will require much less maintenance over its lifespan and is much cheaper to drive day to day.
$23 grand for a battery plus the cost of the car? I don’t think they would have spent more on gas and maintenance.
I love how you've added the capital expense with the operating expenses on only one side of the equation but not the other. You know we can see that, right?