True cost to own

[dlb92]

I'm curious if there is somewhere you can see the true cost to own.  Everywhere I look it is overly inflated by either ridiculous financing, insurance, fuel, or maintenance costs.

 

The maintenance on this car should really be less than $100 a year or am I wrong?  It's been 2 years and I've spent 0. (first oil change free)

 

After two years my brakes are still like new, my tires are still like new, and I plan on changing my own filter thanks to you guys.

 

The ICE only has a few thousand miles on it.

Edited July 13, 2015 at 11:05 AM by jeff_h

[jeff_h]

I'm now at 56k and the only expenses I've had are oil/filter (started every 10k but now went to 15k), air filter (changed at 30k but it could have gone longer due to much time running in EV), and cabin air filter (changed around 25k, will probably do that again at 60k as that wasn't totally grubby but was dirty).

[larryh]

You might also want to consider depreciation.  In general, depreciation is high for electric vehicles.  See the following post:

https://www.yahoo.com/autos/used-evs-hit-by-plunging-values-could-give-savvy-124255982617.html

 

For a 2013 Nissan Leaf, the estimated depreciation over the coming year is expected to be 49%, i.e. the Leaf will lose half of its current value of $14,900 down to $7,250 in one year from July 2015 to July 2016 (ouch).

 

For a 2013 Tesla Model S, the estimated depreciation over the coming year is expected to be 29%, i.e. its value will fall from $74,000 to $52,600, or $21,400 in one year (ouch again).

 

For the 2013 Chevy Volt, estimated depreciation is 20%, i.e. its value will fall from $18,600 to $14,800, or $3,800 in one year.

 

For the 2013 Fusion Energi, the estimated depreciation is 10%, i.e. its value will from from $25,600 to $23,100, or $2,500 in one year.

Edited July 18, 2015 at 03:10 AM by larryh